I found this to be a wonderful sequel to the Gatekeeper's Son and thouroughly enjoyed the story.
The characters were well developed and the writing just flowed.
I was left wanting more.

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What attracted me to this book was the culture. I love the history behind Japanese culture, and I really think there is a gross under-representation of Asian or Asian-American YA books. You see more predominantly White, or African-American protagonists. Which there's nothing wrong, but I'm an avid diversity in reading advocate.

However, afterwards this fell a bit short for me. I'm not entirely sure how I felt about the back and forth between terminology of Japanese words versus English. I was hoping more of Japan with a sprinkle of not-Japan.

On top of it what or me was the writing. While this is a great adventure story and a brief (accuracy is debatable) delve into Japanese culture, the entire story reads as a dialog or a play. There's nothing but character verbal interactions throughout the entire story. I wanted to SEE Junya and Shoko when they experienced all these different times, gods, and powers, because man is that kind of thing interesting. Not just hear them talk about it. I think this could have been executed a lot better than it was.

Shoko she has an elegant style with which she accomplishes her task, elegant but deadly. This book is an interesting and adventurous read with a manga style. I liked the adventure in this book. it was a great read.

As one of the gatekeepers Shoko is a powerful kickass woman, who is also a deadly warrior, she has an elegant style with which she accomplishes her task, elegant but deadly. An adventurous storyline eclipse with powerful and magical beings. Shoko and Junya another gatekeeper injured from their last encounter with their deadly foes are faced with a monumental and perilous task, that has fatal consequences for all, that of saving the land of the Gods Izumo. Up against a formidable and powerful enemy, so evil and deadly, not only is his bite poisonous, he as an army of poisonous reptiles at his disposal. This book is an interesting and adventurous read with a manga style.

This is the second book in the Gatekeeper's Son series, and picks up where the first book left off. We follow Junya after the great battle and how her life changes as a consequence of this. And this book was okay. Th plot was a little slow and the the pacing made it worse, but nonetheless an enjoyable read. Also, that cover is absolutely beautiful!!

The Fallen Gatekeepers is part of an adventure series that I would gladly visit in full. Complete with an engaging story and a young, relatable character, this is a blend of young adult and grown up speculative fiction that would find a proud place on my way personal or classroom shelf. Smart fantasy.