Book Review:
Title: Flame in the Mist
Author: Renee Ahdieh
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Release Date: 18th May 2017 (UK)
I received an early copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Mariko has always known that being a woman means she's not in control of her own fate. But Mariko is the daughter of a prominent samurai and a cunning alchemist in her own right, and she refuses to be ignored. When she is ambushed by a group of bandits known as the Black Clan enroute to a political marriage to Minamoto Raiden - the emperor's son - Mariko realises she has two choices: she can wait to be rescued... or she can take matters into her own hands, hunt down the clan and find the person who wants her dead.
Disguising herself as a peasant boy, Mariko infiltrates the
Black Clan's hideout and befriends their leader, the rebel ronin
Ranmaru, and his second-in-command, Okami. Ranmaru and Okami warm to
Mariko, impressed by her intellect and ingenuity. But as Mariko gets
closer to the Black Clan, she uncovers a dark history of secrets that
will force her to question everything she's ever known.