Shadow (The Paper Gods, #0.5)
I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look. Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench. A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness. And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and...
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I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look. Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench. A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness. And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine. On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building. Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they'll both be targets. Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00A9UOST0
Publish date: June 1st 2013
Publisher: Mira Ink
Pages no: 68
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Paranormal,
Urban Fantasy,
Cultural,
Romance,
Japan,
Short Stories,
Mythology,
Supernatural
Series: Paper Gods
{Feb 10th 2014} UPDATE retrying attempt to write this, but too frustrated to bother at the moment unfortunately, since GR made my almost finished review disappear again, will attempt to write this review tomorrow most likely.[Katie's] heart pulsed like the earthquake, like the turbluence on the plan...
This fell a little flat for me, as an introduction. I felt like the writer was trying a little too hard to create a distressing, depressing environment for Katie's feelings to anchor to but it just didn't work in the end. Even the use of various Japanese words and phrases sprinkles throughout the st...
Meet two teens whose worlds are about to change forever in this paranormal Young Adult novella, a prequel to Ink by debut author Amanda Sun… Katie Greene’s worst nightmare comes true when her mother dies, and she’s devastated to learn that she will have to leave the only home she’s ever known. Desp...
Source: Purchased on Amazon Publisher: HarlequinTeen Series: Paper Gods #0.5 Edition: Ebook, 69 pages Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble * *I receive a small monetary kickback from Amazon purchases Rating: 4/5 Wow! I wish I had read this before Ink! Shadow starts while Ka...
My issue with this prequel was the huge amount of Japanese culture and vocabulary that is just thrown at you non-stop. I don't know Japanese, I am not familiar with Japanese culture, and because of this I felt like I needed to read this thing with a dictionary and guide book. Not to mention the fact...