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Enjoyable story with roots in Japanese mythology, just not particularly overwhelming

FIND MORE HERE → Suburbia ReadsShadow of the Fox was one of those novels that really surprised me the deeper I got into the story. Of course I have read Julie Kagawa's other works, but that was when I was a teen so I was surprised by this writing style and impressed as well. Honestly, I haven't really read anything from her since I completed the Iron Fey books because at that time my taste in genres changed rapidly.However, when I saw this specific novel sitting on the shelves at B&N and skimmed the synopsis, I knew I just had to give Julie's novels a second try, and soon after completely Shadow of the Fox, I am beyond glad I did.If anyone has read The Iron Fey series and then this novel, you can definitely tell her writing style has improved.THE PLOT:The plot for Shadow of the Fox was interesting to me. Yes, I have read these kinds of books in the past, back when I was younger, but honestly, this one definitely beat those ones for the spot on my favorites list. It was full of a lot of twists and turns, not to mention, the story is told through the eyes of the character who shapeshifts into a fox, so I thought that was pretty cool. I did, however, find it a little repetitive the further I got, but that was the only thing that kind of kind of tiringTHE CHARACTERS:Now, for the characters, I thought they were a lot of fine, especially the main character of this novel. It was just fun reading this story through the eyes of a fox aka my favorite animal. At some parts of the novel, I somewhat forgot that he was an animal until the paragraph mentioned a ear twitch or other animal-related things.OVERALL THOUGHTS:Nevertheless, Shadow of the Fox was truly entertaining and I am glad that I decided to pick it up because if I never did, who knows how long it would've taken me to get around to it, plus it made me excited for the sequel's release next year.