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Book: The Rise of Kyoshi

Author: F.C. Yee

Book Series: The Kyoshi Novels Book 1

Rating: 5/5

Diversity: Asian and Sapphic romance!

Recommended For...: ATLA fans, Asian fantasy, fantasy, superhero books

Publication Date: July 16, 2019

Genre: YA Fantasy

Recommended Age: 16+ (slavery, cat calling, gory, starvation, violence, death, romance, sexual content, abandonment, found family, torture, sassy Kyoshi)

Publisher: Amulet Books

Pages: 442

Synopsis: F. C. Yee’s The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom–born Avatar. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world’s history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline, and fall of her own nation. The first of two novels based on Kyoshi, The Rise of Kyoshi maps her journey from a girl of humble origins to the merciless pursuer of justice who is still feared and admired centuries after she became the Avatar.

Review: Overall I really enjoyed this book. It has the raw emotions and feel of Avatar that I love and Kyoshi is such a complex character. I loved her development and the romance. I loved the action scenes and the plot line too.

The only issue I had was that the book sometimes did more telling than showing and the book sometimes was confusing in bits. I had to reread some of it but it was a great book overall.

Verdict: Highly recommend Avatar fans!