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Title: Lord of the Darkwood
Series: The Tale of Shikanoko #3
Author: Lian Hearn
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 241
Format: Digital Edition
| Synopsis: |
After the death of the Autumn Princess, Shikanoko retreats into himself and allows the mask and its magic to envelope him. He is retreating from his humanity and if something doesn’t change, he’ll become another forest spirit.
The other characters all grow up. Shikanoko’s sons all go their separate ways, revelling in the powers that they innately have. Lots of people doing lots of things with the years compressed into paragraphs.
| My Thoughts: |
Hearn includes a scene, non-graphic, of underage boy on boy sex.
As such, I am done with this series and with Hearn as an author.
★★☆☆☆
Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road 
That *squicked* me out a little, too. Adults? Ok, that’s your beeswax. Kids, though, no thx. I’m still enjoying this series for so many other reasons, though, I can’t quit reading it! Sorry it turned out to be a bust for you! 😦
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Yuck! I won’t go near this series. Thanks for the heads up!
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Ugh, that’s too bad. I’ve only read the first book in this series, and wasn’t too inclined to continue.
I really liked the author’s Otori series, and while it probably had some sexual references, it didn’t have anything like that.
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Exactly. I was hooked years ago by her Otori books and ended up buying them in hardcover.
This was just ok but then that happened, so “goodbye”. I’ve got plenty of other books to read 🙂
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I just read your review of the 2nd book. Spider-children? Did that happen at the start of book 2? I’m starting to wonder if my audiobook player dropped a file from the first book.
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I thought it happened in the first book at the end. They are Shikanoko’s and 3 other men’s children, all from the sorceress lady from book 1.
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One of my complaints about the first book was that it seemed inconclusive. Maybe I didn’t actually read the whole thing! I’m going to have to load that one again.
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Good luck! With how and where I’m stopping, I can’t say that I hope you like it better 🙂
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Yeah, very doubtful I’ll continue the series now, but I do want to see if I’m having technical issues!
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This has to be one of the shortest reviews I’ve ever read. 😀 But that scene must have been… freaky. At least it wasn’t graphic..
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I was very thankful that it wasn’t graphic. And that’s what kept it at a 2star instead of 1/2star.
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