TL;DR: The ride was a bit rough, but the payoff on this was well worth it.
Source: NetGalley! Thank you so much to the publisher!
Plot: Emiko has to return home to Tokyo. We see her face her family and her history, and finally unlock her power and potential.
Characters: ****We get a LOT more characters in this second book and I really enjoyed all of them. We definitely get less of Adam, who was my least favorite character in book one and frankly I’m pleased with that.
Setting: The bulk of this one takes place in Tokyo and I loved that setting and all the magic we saw there.
Magic: There was so much and it was all delightful. We finally got to see a full rainbow of magic from the families and that was my favorite part of this one (besides the ending).
Thoughts:
Blood Jade follows Ebony Gate and sees Emiko settling into her role as Sentinel of San Francisco. She’s still trying to protect her friends from the truth of her heritage and grapple with her power when she’s called to Tokyo. She has to return to her family, and face her past. Along with that she finds she must protect friends and then family as an assassin of unknown origin begins to target them. It’s a fast, confusing mess, and the pace on this does net let up.
The tension in this book had my skin crawling, I’m not going to lie. I was deeply frustrated at times. Something seemingly life changing (indeed actually life changing) would occur and Emiko could not get a straight answer out of anyone. And we as the reader were left just as frustrated, if not more. I’m still on the fence on if this was intentional or accidental but so much happened in this book I can’t even begin to puzzle it out. We have Emiko facing her father, the looming and almost diabolical figure of her past, her meeting a fellow Sentinel, her power and meridians being healed and awakened, actual immortal beings taking an interest in her and helping her, and the entirety of her society turning it’s eyes to her and things getting incredibly messy.
All that too say, I did absolutely love the ending of this book. I am not completely sold on how a few conflicts or looming issues were resolved but that ending was beautiful and glorious. I’m very sold on this series, it’s one I plan on following to it’s conclusion and if you enjoy urban fantasy/paranormal books you have to give this a try.
4 out of 5 Blood Jade beads
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