Sword and Mirror: Katsuo's

by Kate Grove

After winning a bloody battle, Katsuo, the samurai lord is looking forward to his wedding. He plans on spending time with his beatiful wife, however, peace isn't something easily acquired in the warring states period of Japan.

Read the first side story of SWORD AND MIRROR, available on 30th September, starring one of the main characters, Katsuo.

25 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 11, 2019

About the author

Kate Grove is a daydreamer with wanderlust. She has a degree in Japanese language and culture, and lives in Europe with her bilingual cat. Is very interested in Japanese, Korean, and Celtic folklore and enjoys reading (and writing!) stories with magic, love, and fantastical characters.

Her current series is a time-travel fantasy romance, set in medieval Japan, rich with beings from folklore.

Official website: https://kategrove.net

Reviews

[Kai (CuriousCompass) · Rating 2 out of 5]

This just felt like it didn't need to be published yet. It could have used three more rounds of edits easily. The voice is stiff and stilted, and it's lacking in description and detail to an insane degree. The spoken language of the characters also felt very weird and unrealistic, I just didn't feel like these were people, they were essentially robots or paper dolls. It was like watching a kid make up a story with their action figures - even if it's a little entertaining it's just still a mess and very cartoonish.