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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: Unhelpful Bartender (Fantasy)

After another day of traveling we arrive at a new town instead of more forest. Since we've been on the road for what feels like forever we stop by the local bar. It looks like some of our fellow questing peasants are here too. When we ask where the witch's tower is, the bartender starts telling us a fairytale. I scribble notes in the margins of Vampires Never Get Old (edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker). When she finally finishes the tale I thank her and then settle down at a table to finish reading the anthology.

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