Monday, September 12, 2022

#BookReview: Beneath the Burning Wave (The Mu Chronicles, #1) by Jennifer Hayashi Danns






Synopsis: I was incapable of imagining what I had never seen… 

Kaori and Kairi are the first twins to survive infancy on the ancient island of Mu, where gender is as fluid as the crashing waves. One was born of fire, the other of water.

But there’s a reason why none have survived before. A prophecy that has haunted the elders since time began. A rivalry destined to sink the entire island beneath a twin catastrophe of volcano and tsunami.

As hatred spills from the forbidden twins like the deadly poison of sacrificed sea snakes, they must decide what matters to them most…

The fight for the island – for tradition and duty.
Or the fight for freedom – for love and light.

The Mu Chronicles is a visionary YA fantasy trilogy exploring the origin of gender and desire in an epic queer fusion of Japanese folklore and Egyptian mythology.



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Rating: 2 Stars
My Review: First off I got this in print and I have to say that I love the size of this book.  I wonder if this will be the new size for ya paperbacks.  Its so cool and cute and easy to read and take with you.  So I wish that I could say the same to the story.  Unfortunately I found that I was confused and bored most of the time and I finally gave up around 80 pages.  











Book Description

An epic new debut YA fantasy adventure

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Jennifer Hayashi Danns, author of The Mu Chronicles, is a Scouse writer who spent a decade in Fukuoka, Japan teaching English, raising her very genki children and finding time to explore active volcanoes and iridescent caves. She is an alumna of Faber Academy online and has published short stories and poems in various anthologies.

Jennifer loves Siamese cats, pistachio ice cream and David Bowie’s goblin king in Labyrinth.

--This text refers to the paperback edition.









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