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The final book in the Tales of the Otori Trilogy (or not, as we shall see later!)ÂÂ
The final book is full of tales of the battles fought by Takeo with his new Army.  I admit, it get tedious at times, especially sicne it lacks the flashes of brilliance from the first book in the trilogy.  [...]

Ok, so I HAD to read the second book straight away.  It would have been wrong not to; I couldn’t leave it on the shelf for the story to fester (although the trilogy has been on my shelf for over a year now)
This is the second book in the tales of the Otori Trilogy, and [...]

At first, the Japanese names and confusing relationships between characters make this novel difficult to get into.  But after initial confusions have been cleared and you’re completely clear in your head about who is who, you won’t be able to put this book down!
It took a while to get into, and each time you stop [...]