Had it not been for your generosity, I would not have had the chance to read this amazing novel prior to its release date.
To Orion Books / Gollancz and Netgalley I take my hat off to you. But the question is, can she hide the monster within for long enough to defeat the monsters who hold her life in their hands? Full of references to feudal Japan and traditional Japanese mythology, Empress of All Seasons is about one woman’s quest to overcome adversity in order to become the most powerful woman in existence. There’s just one problem though, uncollared yōkai are not allowed inside the Imperial City, much less able to enter the competition to be the princes new wife. Her mothers plan? She’ll enter the contest to become the Conqueror of Seasons and by default, the new Empress of all of Honoku. Her mother doesn’t want to waste her daughter though – Mari has been taught from a young age to wield a naginata, becoming an expert warrior in the process.
She is an Animal Wife yōkai but her looks will never help her accomplish the task of marrying a powerful man in order to steal his riches and return to her home of Tsuma. Mari is an ugly duckling in a town of beautiful swans.
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