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Yumi

Item: Yumi
Rating: 4
Author: Kim

category: Book Reviews
tag(s): young adult
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title: Yumi
author: Renée Ahdieh
series: Flame in the Mist #1.75
published: 15 May 2018
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
genre(s): fantasy
pages: 8
source: bought
format: eBook
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the blurb

When Yumi receives word of the battle led against her brother and the Black Clan by Prince Raiden and the Dragon of Kai, and of Ōkami’s sacrifice, she resents the bars of her gilded cage all the more. She’s tired of being a sheltered bird, protected in the Hanami. What Yumi really wants is to strike a blow against all the forces that control her life. The time has come.

my review

This is the second short story between the two books of the Flame in the Mist duology. And as much as I love Ōkami, I think I enjoyed this story even more. Yumi is an important yet secondary character in the first book, but there was something about her that truly appealed to me. She had a hidden strength to her, making it easy to overlook who she was at the core. That hidden strength becomes far less hidden in this story, and I loved that!

About Renée Ahdieh

Renée Ahdieh is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE WRATH AND THE DAWN and THE ROSE AND THE DAGGER. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renée enjoys having her head in the clouds. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and their tiny overlord of a dog.