The Keeper of Night
Book description
“Sharp and seductive…a fantasy with teeth.” —Julie C. Dao, author of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
A girl of two worlds, accepted by none… A half Reaper, half Shinigami soul collector seeks her destiny in this haunting and compulsively readable dark fantasy duology set in 1890s Japan.
Death is her…
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2 authors picked The Keeper of Night as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Keeper of Night’s protagonist Ren Scarborough is the epitome of a character trapped between two worlds. Half-British Reaper, half-Japanese Shinigami, Ren starts off the book living in London but never quite feels like she belongs there. When she travels to Japan for the first time, she finds out that Japan isn’t quite as she expected it and ends up getting tangled in the affairs of Yomi, the Japanese underworld. Although a bit on the darker side, this is a fantastic book for anyone interested in Japanese mythology, anyone who likes their fantasy a little on the dark side,…
From Elisa's list on protagonists that are part of two worlds.
Japanese mythology has a rich plethora of stories and characters to draw from, and Kylie Lee Baker does it so well with her duology, which begins with The Keeper of Night. It’s about a biracial British Reaper-Japanese Shinigami who battles demons and monsters both external and internal. I was both terrified and amazed at the rich worldbuilding which draws a lot from Japanese folklore about the underworld. I can’t wait to read the second book.
From Van's list on on or with elements of Asian mythology.
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