Rebel Dawn by Ann Sei Lin

The Blurb On The Back:

Nothing can be gained without sacrifice …

Desperate to free the shikigami, Kurara journeys deep into the mountains of Mikoshima - through villages devastated by a roaming swarm of shadowy monsters, and a country at war across land and sky. If Kurara cannot find a way to make the Star Seed bloom, the suffering she has caused will be for nothing.

But there is more to lose than she knows.

( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )

The Verdict:

The conclusion to Ann Sei Lin’s YA fantasy trilogy delves deeper into the mythology of her Japanese-inspired world and focuses on themes of grief, loss and guilt. However there’s too much plot here for the length of the book, which means that some storylines unfurl in too perfunctory a way and don’t have the room they need to give the emotional punch Lin wants readers to experience, which is a real shame in the case of one specific character death.

REBEL DAWN was released in the United Kingdom on 7th November 2024. Thanks to Walker Books for the review copy of this book.