Neven is the true main character of the story for me and I will be reading the next book in the hopes of finding his destiny. Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries. While I may not have cared for Ren, my heart ached for Neven and everything he gave up so that his sister would never be alone. A half Reaper, half Shinigami soul collector seeks her destiny in this haunting and compulsively readable dark fantasy duology set in 1890s Japan. Baker reveals an extraordinary landscape of places and characters that intertwine and exist over centuries. The thing about not liking the main character in a book though, is that it really opens you up to everything else the author is showing you, and Ms. Kylie Lee Baker’s first work The Keeper of Night is a dark historical fantasy YA novel inspired by Japanese folklore and mythology. When everything has gone too far and there is no way to turn back Ren finally sees herself and all her mistakes. Ren seriously has no redeeming qualities at all, until the end. Even when there is a bright neon light pointing at the "DO NOT MOVE FORWARD" sign, she does it anyway, because it's all about her and what she gets and not about the one person she says is the only one that matters. I am going to be completely honest, I do not like Ren's character at all.
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