Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda

Maetani is a writer and member of We Need Diverse Books. A Northern California native, she now resides in Idaho with her husband, legions of books, and a tiny five-pound cat with a giant personality. She holds a degree in English literature with an emphasis on creative writing. She also wrote the YA novel Pitch Dark-a Junior Library Guild selection-as well as Sisters of Sorrow, a comic book series she cowrote with Sons of Anarchy screenwriter Kurt Sutter. Her debut novel, Shutter, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award and hailed as a “standout in the genre” by School Library Journal. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Ĭourtney Alameda is a writer, veteran bookseller, and librarian. Can Kira save humankind? Or will the demon king succeed in bringing eternal darkness upon the world? They include Shiro, a kitsune with boy-band looks who is more flirtatious than helpful, and O-bei, a regal demon courtier with reasons of her own for getting involved.Īs the confrontation with Shuten-doji draws nearer, the fate of Japan hangs in the balance. Not exactly skilled at fighting anything, much less the dead, Kira enlists the aid of seven powerful death gods to help her slay Shuten-doji. And she’s also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Kyoto.īut things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end.

She’s bullied by the popular girls in school. Seventeen-year-old Kira Fujikawa has never had it easy. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Marie Lu. This thrilling YA retelling of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai features a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness.

Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda