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The Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean

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 yokai, 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 yokai 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-yokai 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...

Animorphs Book 28: The Experiment by K. A. Applegate

The Animorphs discover that the Yeerks are performing animal testing, and go to investigate. Ax has a brush with death that leaves him trembling. This book puts some important ideas in place but doesn't move a lot forward in the series arc.

This is one of the shortest Animorphs books, possibly the shortest one. I'll be looking for changes in Ax's behavior or personality after his most shocking brush with death yet, but he maintains his stoicism so completely that I don't know how quickly (or whether) any effects will appear in the series.


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