I liked the mythological excerpts, those were cool. The characters too were quite likeable, though the 'villain' of the piece was pretty obvious, and the romance was just ok (while it was building up ok, again it felt like everything happens too quickly). Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro, and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku in this beautifully written, edge-of-your-seat YA fantasy. Damage|| 80 110 165 (melee) |. Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean. But Mari, Akira, and Hanako are still everything. The fl is so fucking cute. I love the way the author has flipped a few stereotypes on their heads – the prince being the prize and wanting to run away for instance (don't be deceived, it's nothing like the Selection), the potential love triangle being strangled at birth by the heroine being honest from the start, the ruthless girl warrior also being kind and moral to name just a few.
So for Empress of All Seasons we have 3 POVs... divided into 384 = 128 pages. It's Not Fun Being the Empress of the Empire. Buddy read with Jen, Chelsea and Amy. Didn't see that one coming! Destined to be empress. When grown the woman are expected to marry and then steal their husband's wealth but Mari's mother gave her the ultimate goal, marry the prince. View all messages i created here. Survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms. Guess that's one benefit to leaving my review so late, huh? So Mari's story was basically 128 pages, give or take.
But there is only so much page time, and I feel like he didn't take away from the story, but he didn't add to it either. Having three main characters and POVs, I was excited to see how all the characters would meet and how their paths would intertwine. Sometimes I also had problems with the speech in this novel - it erred on the side of being just a little too modern. The Prismatic Lacewing is one of the few entities that can be detected by the Lifeform Analyzer. When he taught he unfavoured, he suddenly promoted as empress with a bun in tow. Have a beautiful day! Chapter 1: Clara's Romance. Becoming an Empress Is Hard Manga. In the first few chapters it felt as though we were being constantly reminded that Mari was unattractive which started to grate on me. Taro was interesting at first because of his love of engineering, then he had insta-love for Mari, and then towards the end of the book he kinda became a massive a-hole who was a bit too possessive of Mari and honestly what even?? And of course, when Mari calls him out on this: "You know, you don't have to regret it, " Mari said quietly. It actually ruined the whole sexuality thing Mari had going on... ). One of my biggest gripes in this book was how Taro was portrayed because it was so unjust. Year Pos #5834 (-2227).
As far as the writing goes, I thought that the three POVs were very easy to tell apart, it was just a struggle as it was all the same voice for three different perspectives. Frankly, my biggest stick with this is that I just didn't connect with/like any of the narrators and it 100% affected my view of the story. Rep:: all-Japanese cast, sapphic side character || ownvoices for Japanese rep:: content warnings:: murder, death, torture, captivity, slavery, loss of a loved one, parental abuse, physical abuse, drugging, depictions of blood, body shaming, rape. This is not a long book at all either. What a disappointment. The plot follows Mari, a yokai girl (one of the Animal Wives), who has never quite fitted in amongst her people because she lacks the exceptional beauty and mastery of her inner beast expected of her. Jun 12, 2022Chapter 5: I, Albu, Don't Agree. It's Not Fun Being the Empress of the Empire. These swords are summoned behind where the player was moving, or all around the player if they were stationary. "I am subject to my father's whims like everyone else.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review. I especially enjoyed how the story made me reflect on perceptions of beauty, gender roles, and prejudice. I had requested this fantasy title mostly because of the Japanese fairytale–folklore background to it, and I really enjoyed these elements—the story is told from the perspective of three characters, Mari, Taro, and Akira, but interspersed between their chapters are stories of the gods and goddesses, who face similar struggles, similar issues as we do, and must face the consequences as well. Becoming an empress is hard chapter 1. My thanks to NetGalley and Orion Publishing Group for a review copy of this book. I originally received an ARC through Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review but ended up listening to the audiobook from the library. 100 140 210 (Everlasting Rainbow). I loved and adored Akira, one of the three POV characters. He was plagued just for how he looked, that wasn't even taking into account he is yokai yet! Concealing her true identity, Mari must conquer the seasons and find a new way forward for human and yokai to live together in peace, but can she do it before open revolt breaks out?
Mari is a yokai, a supernatural being. TL;DR: a Japanese-inspired fantasy standalone, it has lovely worldbuilding and interesting themes, but undeveloped characters hinder its full potential. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. Mari herself was such an awesome character and definitely my favorite in this book. Little Witch Wife, Don't Run Away From Me! Becoming an empress is hard disk. Which brings me on to my second issue; the pacing. Honestly, nothing much to review here. This isn't a bad cover at all. There were also themes in this book that were interesting (the role of women in society etc) and there were good lines expressing those themes, but in the end they felt a little underdeveloped too. My name is Clara, and I am a renowned romance witch. He is a childhood friend of Mari—this was really not well fleshed out—and he spends most of his internal monologue being the perfect foil for Taro's POV. Winter would always be for regrets.
Taro: called the Cold Prince for his so-called lack of a heart, and a little too clever. I had my usual clench of irritation at how traditional Japanese martial arts and weaponry was portrayed (to be fair having actually studied martial arts for 25 years and specifically learned naginata and kitana among other things, I'm going to be looking for an unreasonable level of detail). As blown away as I was by the world-building, the characters and character development left something to be desired. Ganon Pala mag solve sa math. Hanako: the love of my life, sapphic Weapons Master yōkai resistance leader! "Do not cling to the hand that holds you down".
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