Blog Tour - Q&A and Review: Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean

Hi guys, it's been a little while since I last hosted a blog tour but I am back today with a stop for Empress of All Seasons! I got to ask the author Emiko Jean a question and also share my thoughts below. Thank you to Raincoast Books for organizing and inviting me on the tour~

Empress of All Seasons

by Emiko Jean
November 6, 2018

384 pages

Goodreads     Indigo

Goodreads Summary:
In a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems.

Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace’s enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. All are eligible to compete—all except yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy.

Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yōkai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari’s fate collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yōkai outcast.

Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro, and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku in this beautifully written, edge-of-your-seat YA fantasy.

BCP: From the story and the cover we can tell the naginata is significant. How did you decide on Mari's weapon of choice?

Stacking the Shelves #207

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

I picked up Empress of All Seasons from Raincoast Books, thank you! Look for the blog tour in November ;)

I got a giant stack of books from Indigo Teen <3 They were super kind to send me books from their recent #IndigoYAPreview event! I haven't heard of most of these but they sound interesting~
 

 

They were also cleaning out their YA arcs and I managed to snatch this pile ;)

 

A big thank you to Tina @ Indigo Teen!! And sorry I couldn't squeeze the kitty into the photos. XD
 

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Event Recap: Raincoast Books present TeensRead Fall 2018 Preview

 

Last weekend I got to attend the TeensRead Preview event hosted by Raincoast Books. They highlighted a bunch of exciting Fall 2018 titles! I got to meet old and new book people and it was just a blast~

  

Special guest author Tony Cliff was present to talk about his writing/illustrating processes. He is the creator of the Delilah Dirk graphic novels. It was such a treat to hear him talk and to see some of the original artwork he brought. They were amazing and it just blows my mind that they were all hand-drawn!!
 

I'm particularly excited for these titles (click on each cover for more info):

   

   

 

Below is a list of all the titles the ladies presented (click on the picture to get a better view!):

 

Are you excited for any of these?

Here's my awesome haul from the event:

 

A big thank you again to the Raincoast ladies! These events are always the highlight of my year <3