And if I’m not mistaken, I’m pretty sure Mulan is Chinese not Japanese. In Mulan, Mulan’s father is drafted to fight the Hun. Mariko is very similar to Mulan but their journey’s are different.įor one, Mariko is almost assassinated on her way to marry her betrothed and her twin brother sets out to hunt her down and bring her home. I really enjoyed all of the parallels between the two. I was stoked right when I found out about this retelling! Mulan is so kick-ass. Reason number 2 I was intrigued was because Mulan has always been my favorite Disney Princess. The number 1 thing that caught my attention that it was of course written by Renee Ahdieh and I loved her other duology The Wrath & The Dawn and The Rose & The Dagger, a retelling of 1,001 Nights (Arabian Nights). That’s the second thing that caught my attention about this book. I had to google several different terms but that’s okay, it was interesting to learn about feudal Japan! I can’t say that I’ve read many books set in that time period and culture. There’s to be a glossary included in the completed books but I received an Advanced Reader Copy so the glossary and all the extra stuff in the end was not printed yet. The only thing I struggled with in Flame in the Mist, was some of the Japanese language she incorporated. Her books are rich with culture so they’re perfect for diverse readers. As Mariko gets closer to the Black Clan, she uncovers a dark history of secrets, of betrayal and murder, which will force her to question everything she’s ever known.Ĥ.5/ 5 stars! I love everything Ahdieh writes. Still believing her to be a boy, Ranmaru and Okami eventually warm to Mariko, impressed by her intellect and ingenuity. But she’s quickly captured and taken to the Black Clan’s secret hideout, where she meets their leader, the rebel ronin Takeda Ranmaru, and his second-in-command, his best friend Okami. But en route to the imperial city of Inako, Mariko narrowly escapes a bloody ambush by a dangerous gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, who she learns has been hired to kill her before she reaches the palace.ĭressed as a peasant boy, Mariko sets out to infiltrate the ranks of the Black Clan, determined to track down the person responsible for the target on her back. At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor’s favorite consort-a political marriage that will elevate her family’s standing. The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place-she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. ***I was given this ARC at TXLA this year, and this is my honest spoiler free review.***
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