Red Winter is a deep exploration of the universe of Japanese Mythology, with a world ruled by the magic of Ki (life force).

Review #2 Red Winter (Red Winter Trilogy #1) audiobook streamming online so I have a bad feeling things won’t be happily ever after at the end of this trilogy. However, it is perfectly set up for a bittersweet ending or open ending like steel and stone…. Over all – great book even if the beginning is slow. Thats when things get awesome and cant put the book down. This changed quickly about a third through the book. Although it was very informative, it was difficult to move the plot along at a reasonable speed. It was EXTREMELY descriptive in order to educate the reader. Although I realize the beginning was a necessary evil for those who are not familiar with Japanese folklore, it was so slow and tedious for me to get through. The only thing that kept me from rating the book at 5 starts was the first quarter to third of the book. I have always been familiar with Japanese mythology and literature so this was a very pleasant surprise (especially then the male lead turned out to be a fox youkai, every shoujo fanfirls dream!). The paranormal aspects and mythology this book are based on are very different for an American author. I was pleasantly surprised at the sheer uniqueness of this book. I was nervous of starting something I would love only to see it end horribly. It is with this feeling that I started reading the authors newest book, Red Winter. This of course left me slightly bitter and angry. I would have said the steel and stone series was the nest series I had ever read until I got to the last chapter of the series.

It is not often I leave book reviews, but after reading Annette Marie’s steel and stone series, I felt compelled to give my opinion on this book.

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