![]() ![]() ![]() She doesn’t have much of a plan, except to find Oishi, her father’s head retainer (and her teacher in martial arts), and make him do something to avenge her father. So one night, she escapes from the Pleasure Quarter in Edo (Tokyo) and with the intent to walk the Tokaido Road from Edo to Kyoto. ![]() It is Very Very Bad to draw your sword in front of the shogun, hence the suicide.Ĭat sold herself into prostitution to support her mother (who was left with nothing- acknowledged mistresses are not protected in the death of their lovers, especially when the wife is cranky), but dreams of getting revenge on Kira. Her father, Lord Asano, had committed ritual suicide after a rival of his, Lord Kira, insulted him in front of the Shogun and Asano drew his sword. So here we are (although I planned to do this one long before that conversation even happened).Ĭat is the daughter of a daimyo and his “outside wife” (acknowledged mistress). ![]() I remember someone in the comments of… something… asking if both characters in Impulsive were Asian, and that’s it’s rare to get both main characters to be a minority. It takes place in Feudal Japan, and is a version of the story of the 47 Samurai. It’s older, and not totally a romance, but it is a favorite of mine. This is another I Read This To Push It On The Unsuspecting Bitchery. ![]()
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The journey involves camping and driving, with plenty of chances for vengeful off-world crooks to catch up to the family. ![]() Again, taking Alex out of his home and school is a way to limit the number of children involved. Otherwise you could be confused for a good part of the book.Īlex, a boy in England, has previously met an interplanetary police officer and is easily persuaded by his contact to go to Europe with his family as a cover they get an all expenses paid trip to Disneyland Paris, though we don't see the resort in this tale. I'm rating this as four and a half stars provided the reader has read the earlier book, Alien in the Garden. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes the pace feels rushed and because of that a lot gets unexplained. Feist, Tad Williams and so on.įuries of Calderon is packed with action and the pace in which pages disappear is quite pleasing. ![]() There are a big number of people who have written in this particular field of the genre. In my opinion this is a hard field of fantasy to break through. ‘Furies of Calderon’ is Butcher’s deviation from his carved out path into the epic fantasy genre. So, yes I am a fan of Butcher, but I will try to review this story as objective as possible. Willingly spending easily twice the cash is something I extremely rarely do, so yes, I am a huge fan of the Dresden Files. The last four I've even bought hardcover because I couldn’t wait for the paperback edition. I own, up to this date, his whole Dresden series. ![]() His Dresden Files are, in my opinion, deserving off all the praise they get. Jim Butcher has been a big name in the urban fantasy genre for some time. ![]() |