It took them a while to get there, but I loved watching their journey. Yet Shiro, Yumei and Emi made an unlikely but strong team. They couldn’t be more different if they tried. – YumeiĪ kitsune, a Tengu and a mortal girl. She managed an exhausted smile as she reached up to take his hand. “Today, we claim victory.” His ever-unreadable expression softened fractionally. ✮ An Unlikely Team: Emi didn’t move as he stopped beside her and gazed down with those solid silver eyes. Nothing existed around me except Emi, Shiro and their story. It’s just that I was completely immersed in their world. And towards the end of the book, I even had tears in my eyes. I even screamed out loud, much to the dismay of my husband sleeping next to me. Other times it was eerie, creepy or my claustrophobic self was freaking out. So yes I had sweaty palms and was extremely nervous in some moments. Pieces of the puzzle were falling into place, yet they kept coming up against impossible feats. Nervous energy fitted through me as I read Dark Tempest and I found myself laughing because I was so excited with how it kept playing out. “Or does pain still cause the same suffering? Does regret still make it hard to breathe?” ✮ An intricate story line that held me in it’s clutches: “Does it get easier when you live a long time?” she whispered, a tear slipping down her cheek. This book had it all! Here are some of my favorite reasons why you should pick up this series….

Yet there were moments that made me laugh, smile and melt into a puddle. *Buddy read with Sophie Beware of the Reader and Raven Dreamy Addictions*ĭark Tempest was a lush and vivid story and in this second installment, the ante was upped even more! There was adventure, it was action packed and there were so many impossible hurdles in their way. The fate of the heavens and earth rest in her mortal hands, and she must find the missing gods before time runs out for her world-and for Shiro.

With each brief awakening of his true self, she loses a little more of him.

His veiled history is somehow tied to the missing gods, but he can't remember how or why.Īs their search leads them into the murky depths of the spirit realm, the shadows of Shiro's past begin to emerge. When she first saved his life, she could never have imagined that behind his cunning and confidence, he was lost-his power bound by a devastating curse and his memories obscured. Now Amaterasu has charged Emi with an urgent mission: to find and free the earthly gods before mankind is brought to its knees beneath divine tyranny.Īt her side is Shiro, the mysterious fox spirit. Emi has dedicated her life to becoming the perfect vessel for the goddess Amaterasu, but the insidious betrayal of another deity has changed everything.

Red winter by annette marie