Today, I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE LAST FALLEN MOON by Graci Kim BLOG TOUR hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my review post below and make sure to enter the giveaway for your chance to win!
Author: Graci Kim
Pub.
Date: June 14, 2022
Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
Formats: Hardcover, eBook,
audiobook
Pages: 384
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in Graci Kim's magical and mysterious Gifted Clans trilogy.
"Graci Kim does such an amazing job of blending Korean mythology into the modern world, I am now wondering how I ever lived without knowing all this cool information."--New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan
For Riley Oh, life as the Godrealm’s last fallen star is not all it’s cracked
up to be. Her new divine heritage doesn’t even come with cool magical powers;
half of her friends and family (including her parents) can’t remember her; and
to top it all off, the entire Gom clan is mad at her for killing the Cave Bear
Goddess and stripping away their healing abilities.
But when their anger boils over and a group of witches curse Riley’s home, she
knows it’s up to her to restore magic back to her clan – even if it means
sneaking into the Spiritrealm.
Luckily, Riley has some backup. Along with her sister, Hattie, Riley meets
Dahl, a heaven-born boy with shockingly white hair and a fondness for toilets
who might not be telling the whole truth about who he is. Together they’ll
fight vicious monsters, discover dark underwater worlds, and race to save the
land of the dead from a fate that no one could have foreseen.
And this time, Riley won’t let anything get in her way. Because she can’t shake
the feeling that something terrible is coming their way – and the gifted
community is going to need all the powers they can get.
Grab THE LAST FALLEN STAR now!
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This was a thrilling ride from start to finish.
When first we meet Riley Oh, she's lost her touch with her yourself, with her family, with her friends...with her LIFE. While it's understandable considering all she has been through...discovering an incredible heritage, inadvertently making her clan lose their powers of healing while trying to save the world, having her parents and friends completely mind wipe on her, and almost losing her sister for good...it doesn't make it any easier to digest. She's cut off from her emotions; lost her way. She blames herself for so many things that were outside of her control, as so some of the former clan, and all she wants to do is set things right. That guilt, that desire to make things good again for everyone is what drives her to make an irrational choice, landing her in the underworld on a self made quest to restore the clan's powers...but as you might have guessed, things are not quite that simple. There are many obstacles along the way, including a 1000 year sentence to be served in one of the seven realms of hell, imugis that are not nearly as cute as the name might make them sound, and additional unknowns that seem to pop up from every corner. Good thing she has a guide to help her through...sort of. Good thing she catches up with someone she knows though is surprised to find...sort of. Good thing at the end of the day the drudgery through the seven levels is more than a punishment...or vacation (what a concept!)...but a chance to learn and grow as she makes her way from the Riley she was before to the new(ish) and improved(ish) version left behind after all is said and done.
I really enjoyed this story from start to finish. It was so interesting to learn about some of the Korean beliefs surrounding the afterlife, and reincarnation, while being engrossed in the Fantasy story unfolding before our very eyes. The dummy book Riley Oh encountered put it pretty cut and dry, even from the contents page, while the real thing's makeover was hard to believe, yet quite the concept! As the story unfolded, so many more pieces, more characters, more stories were put into play that you could just feel it building to the possibility of another title in the series, still to come. I mean, it's bad enough to have to leave characters behind that you've grown to know and love, but when they're are left on such a precipice as these were? All true fans can do is count the days until the next adventure is ours to explore!
So take a walk into the past, to secure a future for Riley Oh and her family, friends, and clan. There are many surprises along the way, as well as liberal use of imagination, but that's what makes stories like these so unforgetable!
About the author...
Graci Kim is the bestselling author
of The Last Fallen Star, book one in the Korean mythology-inspired middle grade
adventure series. Called a “sparkling yarn” by Entertainment Weekly, the Gifted
Clans trilogy has been optioned by the Disney Channel for a live-action
television series, and was a 2021 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for “Best
Middle Grade & Children’s Book”.
Graci is also one of the authors of The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities short story collection, published by Rick Riordan Presents (Disney Hyperion), which became an instant New York Times bestseller.
In a previous life, Graci was a diplomat for the New Zealand foreign service, a cooking show host, and once ran a business that turned children’s drawings into cuddly toys. She lives in New Zealand with her husband and daughter. You can find her sometimes on Twitter (@gracikim), more often on Instagram (@gracikimwrites), and always at her website (www.gracikim.com).
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner will win a finished copy of THE LAST FALLEN MOON, US Only.
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Tour Schedule:
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