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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...
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Clear Your Shit: More Teeth for the Tooth Club! (Most Expensive)

After the bartender's lengthy and mostly useless fairytale and finishing the rest of my anthology in a single go, we realize how late it's gotten and figure this town is as good a place as any to spend the night. Sure beats sleeping on the ground again. We barely manage to get a room with what little money we still have and the next morning we decide to barter again. Everything is so expensive with this falling book calamity happening so I offer Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, my most expensive book and it seems we have a bit of luck! The shop keep is excited to trade for such a prize and we manage to get more very tasty jerky, a waterskin each, and some additional teeth to fortify my club. Not going to ask why he had those.

Narrated by Alu. Follow her on Twitter and check out her website: Tome Reader Reviews.

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