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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...

BBNYA Spotlight - Salt in the Wound by Benjamin Aeveryn

About BBNYA and the Spotlight Tours

The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the books that made it to the semi-finals with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 16 finalists and one overall winner.

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website https://www.bbnya.com/ or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

Book Details

LENGTH: 431 Pages
GENRE: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
AGE CATEGORY: Adult
DATE PUBLISHED: May 9, 2023

Indie Story Geek: https://indiestorygeek.com/story/4690

Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/8G8GAiI (Canada) https://a.co/d/9PzHNw5 (USA) https://amzn.eu/d/aBkW2uL (UK)

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126583247-salt-in-the-wound

The Story Graph Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/16463e1e-9ae6-4756-932a-7a1ceb54d638 

Blurb

*A post-apocalyptic fantasy with magic whisky, folkloric monsters, and bloodshed over a fortune in salt.*

Our world is lost to time. Only our myths remain.

Once rain was a symbol of hope and harvest. Now it brings only death.

Humanity survives in sheltered cities and canvas-covered towns. Travel between these patches of safety is rare and dangerous.

It’s what Galahad lives for.

But while seeking a lost cache of salt—a fortune he plans to use to build a shelter over his hometown—Galahad is betrayed by the friends he holds dearest.

They leave him for dead. Unfortunately for them, he lives.


Author Bio

Benjamin Aeveryn is an author of SFF from Cambridge, UK, where he lives with his beautiful fiance and a grumpy old cat. People have described his Rainfallen series as a dystopian fantasy, but for a vision of England where it’s always raining, infrastructure is crumbling, and nobody trusts their neighbours, he only has to look out of his window.

Find him on Instagram @benjaminaeveryn


A blonde person kneels in a sunlit hall, holding a sword with an ornate hilt.A pale person with neatly trimmed brown hair and a small mustache and beard stares into the camera, behind him is a blurry suggestion of green leaves of trees


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