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Harajuku Crows #1
Hidden Mischief
Hello Kitty, hello sushi, hello… demons?
When my parents told me I was the next in line as guardian to a powerful and ancient stone, I thought they’d been smoking the crack pipe. Then they told me they’d lost that stone and I needed to go to Tokyo to retrieve it, so I started packing my bags.
I thought it’d be simple: pick up the stone, do some sightseeing then head home.
Not so much.
Their connection in Tokyo is a creepy mob boss dealing in paranormal objects who demands I complete a mission for him before he’ll hand over the information I need.
He makes me team up with a snarky kitsune and a shady dream eater who both hate me on first sight. Our mission – babysitting a tiny god. A very cranky, chocolate-obsessed god who has a bunch of demons gunning for him.
I have to keep that god safe until festival day, battle it out with rival gangs and try not to kill my team mates.
Luckily, I have a few tricks of my own.
When my parents told me I was the next in line as guardian to a powerful and ancient stone, I thought they’d been smoking the crack pipe. Then they told me they’d lost that stone and I needed to go to Tokyo to retrieve it, so I started packing my bags.
I thought it’d be simple: pick up the stone, do some sightseeing then head home.
Not so much.
Their connection in Tokyo is a creepy mob boss dealing in paranormal objects who demands I complete a mission for him before he’ll hand over the information I need.
He makes me team up with a snarky kitsune and a shady dream eater who both hate me on first sight. Our mission – babysitting a tiny god. A very cranky, chocolate-obsessed god who has a bunch of demons gunning for him.
I have to keep that god safe until festival day, battle it out with rival gangs and try not to kill my team mates.
Luckily, I have a few tricks of my own.
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Kat Cotton
30 books65 followersFun and enthralling urban fantasy
I’m a digital nomad (well I was until 2020 happened), although I hate that term because it makes me sound like a wanky hipster. Which I’m not. Okay, I am a bit snobby about coffee and I sometimes wear twee vintage dresses but that doesn’t make me a hipster.
On my travels, I love visiting weird and macabre places. Mummified hands that remove curses, museums of infectious diseases, collections of taxidermized frogs riding Penny Farthings - hell yeah!
Oh, and that profile photo isn't me, it's my rapscallion Bishon Frise called Hamish. Both of us highly motivated by treats.
Other places to find me:
* Facebook
* Bookbub
* On the couch eating snacks
I’m a digital nomad (well I was until 2020 happened), although I hate that term because it makes me sound like a wanky hipster. Which I’m not. Okay, I am a bit snobby about coffee and I sometimes wear twee vintage dresses but that doesn’t make me a hipster.
On my travels, I love visiting weird and macabre places. Mummified hands that remove curses, museums of infectious diseases, collections of taxidermized frogs riding Penny Farthings - hell yeah!
Oh, and that profile photo isn't me, it's my rapscallion Bishon Frise called Hamish. Both of us highly motivated by treats.
Other places to find me:
* Bookbub
* On the couch eating snacks
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April 10, 2019
MC is funny but lacks emotions in a way. Like trying to hard to be funny so that she seems flippant (?) and not caring about anything. Do like the book anyway.
February 8, 2019
Another great series by this author. I am not even surprised anymore because she delivers great adventure and great characters every single time. This series is not related to Clem Starr (not yet at least), but it prominently features Mr. Yamaguchi who had a cameo apearance during Clem’s visit to Japan. And although he is not the main character here, he is the beginning and the end of all that happens, a powerful moving force.
The main character here is Molly, a carefree millennial who is pulled by her parents from college and sent to Japan to search for information about a missing artifact. The funny thing is that Molly has no idea what the artifact is, she doesn’t know anything about her family history, or any supernatural beings or occurrences. She is quite clueless. The author did a great job putting the reader in Molly’s shoes, as she gives the reader the same amount of information that Molly has at any given moment. This makes the adventure all the more exciting and unpredictable.
So, we have a main character from a small town, hours drive away from Melbourne, who never traveled outside of Australia, who didn’t pay much attention to Japanese in school, and who doesn’t know anything about supernatural or her origin, suddenly tossed into an adventure of a lifetime, full of supernatural beings and occurrences in a country where she can barely communicate with people around her. But have no fear, Molly is awesome! Nothing is impossible for this young woman with sparkling personality, crazy determination, creative problem solving skills, Google, and crows.
There is no good and bad division in this story, all the characters are on the scale in between, perhaps gravitating more towards one side than the other, and I think that’s what makes this series so special, there are no real villains here. And although Mr. Yamaguchi might be perceived as one, so far there is no real proof that he has done anything with a malicious intent, self-serving definitely, but not malicious. The rest of the characters are amazing, not all lovable right from the start, but eventually all characters become important to the reader.
The story has a conclusion, which also leads the reader into hoping that there will be more stories coming. I sure am hoping for more adventure of Molly in Japan and wherever else possible. This is a great new series from one of my favourite authors, and I cannot wait to read more.
The main character here is Molly, a carefree millennial who is pulled by her parents from college and sent to Japan to search for information about a missing artifact. The funny thing is that Molly has no idea what the artifact is, she doesn’t know anything about her family history, or any supernatural beings or occurrences. She is quite clueless. The author did a great job putting the reader in Molly’s shoes, as she gives the reader the same amount of information that Molly has at any given moment. This makes the adventure all the more exciting and unpredictable.
So, we have a main character from a small town, hours drive away from Melbourne, who never traveled outside of Australia, who didn’t pay much attention to Japanese in school, and who doesn’t know anything about supernatural or her origin, suddenly tossed into an adventure of a lifetime, full of supernatural beings and occurrences in a country where she can barely communicate with people around her. But have no fear, Molly is awesome! Nothing is impossible for this young woman with sparkling personality, crazy determination, creative problem solving skills, Google, and crows.
There is no good and bad division in this story, all the characters are on the scale in between, perhaps gravitating more towards one side than the other, and I think that’s what makes this series so special, there are no real villains here. And although Mr. Yamaguchi might be perceived as one, so far there is no real proof that he has done anything with a malicious intent, self-serving definitely, but not malicious. The rest of the characters are amazing, not all lovable right from the start, but eventually all characters become important to the reader.
The story has a conclusion, which also leads the reader into hoping that there will be more stories coming. I sure am hoping for more adventure of Molly in Japan and wherever else possible. This is a great new series from one of my favourite authors, and I cannot wait to read more.
February 8, 2019
Molly is going to college when all of a sudden her parents cancel her classes and makes her come home. They tell her they are not normal: they are guardians of a stone and it is missing. She believes they are loony, especially when they tell her they need her to go to Japan to find information from a Mr. Yamaguchi to get the stone back. Then they are attacked by some kind of mole creatures that are big! Now she believed! She goes to Japan and meets her “team” Shun and Yuki. Shun is a Baku and Yuki is a kitsune. She meets Mr. Yamaguchi and he has the three of them watching a box containing a kami that only Molly can see and talk with. Molly meets some others and decides to go partying. Come to find out they are the enemies and they steal the kami. They have to find it before Mr. Yamaguchi comes back for it! They find it but things have now changed! One of the enemies worked all along for Mr. Yamaguchi and ratted out her ability…she is a God! What kind of powers does she have? He offers her a bargain work for him for one year, he will help find the stone, get paid monthly, keep the apartment, Yuki lives and gets her star ball at the end of the year, and she will walk away free and she accepts. This is a new series that occurs in Japan and we will see what kind of powers Molly ends up with and what kind of situations she finds herself immersed with from the boss! This is a fast read with plenty of action and builds up to the finale! Our new heroine also has an affinity with crows! I received this book for free and am voluntarily leaving a review!
February 7, 2019
“I’m a millennial. My life isn’t meant to be this complicated.”
Oh Molly, you poor Aussie lass, so little fo you know - including who (what) you really are and, trust me, it’s much more than a uni student with “new age” hippie parents. Magic, adventure and thrills are in store for you, Molly, and we readers are in for a total treat.
Kat Cotton is one of my favorite authors. No surprise then that I was delighted that she’s started a new series, Harajuku Crows, the first book of which is Millennial Mischief. No surprise too that it’s well written, as this author seems incapable of anything less. Add in a great plot and superb cast of lead (hi Molly) and supporting characters and the result is a real winner. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend. I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in this series.
Oh Molly, you poor Aussie lass, so little fo you know - including who (what) you really are and, trust me, it’s much more than a uni student with “new age” hippie parents. Magic, adventure and thrills are in store for you, Molly, and we readers are in for a total treat.
Kat Cotton is one of my favorite authors. No surprise then that I was delighted that she’s started a new series, Harajuku Crows, the first book of which is Millennial Mischief. No surprise too that it’s well written, as this author seems incapable of anything less. Add in a great plot and superb cast of lead (hi Molly) and supporting characters and the result is a real winner. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend. I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in this series.
February 18, 2019
Molly is the perfect millennial character. She is happy in her own world, believes everything is going to be exactly as she thinks it will, and now knows her parents are crazy. All millennial's think their parents are crazy. She is about to find out just how closed off she was from her reality, and we get to tag along.
This series opener has cemented Kat Cotton's place on my book shelf as one of my faves. Her Clem Starr series was fantastic and my expectations going into this one might not have been fair since the bar was set so high. I'm pleased to say that she not only met those expectations, she blew them out of the water. This is an incredible ride! Ms. Cotton has created a well written, fun-filled story that has a lot of action, the perfect blend of humor, and flows at the perfect pace. The characters are amazing (just like I expected) and have complex personalities that make them believable. It's also a book that can be enjoyed by both adults and teens since the violence is minimal and there are no graphic sexy scenes.
This series opener has cemented Kat Cotton's place on my book shelf as one of my faves. Her Clem Starr series was fantastic and my expectations going into this one might not have been fair since the bar was set so high. I'm pleased to say that she not only met those expectations, she blew them out of the water. This is an incredible ride! Ms. Cotton has created a well written, fun-filled story that has a lot of action, the perfect blend of humor, and flows at the perfect pace. The characters are amazing (just like I expected) and have complex personalities that make them believable. It's also a book that can be enjoyed by both adults and teens since the violence is minimal and there are no graphic sexy scenes.
February 12, 2019
Wow another hit for Kat Cotton this story is amazing and I loved it, I can see that all of the traveling that Kat has done works out so well in her stories. Molly is told by her parents that she is a Millennial at firs she thought that they were joking and that they had too many drugs but no they were quite serious, so she packs her bags and goes to Japan. I love this story and it’s just a plus that Molly is Australian yay go us lol. Molly is not a normal human being she’s a Millennial but what is that?, we also meet up with an old friend Mr Yamaguchi who was in the Clem Starr books. Sorry guys I’m not going to go too much into this story because I don’t want to spoil it but if your a fan of Kat Cotton’s then your in for a treat with this one. This is an amazing story a 5 plus ⭐️ read and I highly recommend this book it’s definitely well worth the read.
September 8, 2020
I loved this book and once I finished laughing I was able to write a review for it. Molly's internal voice was a riot. In theory she is off to Japan to get a lead on something stolen from her family but of course things do not go as planned. Molly tries her best but she is such a young adult that I just had to laugh as her character was well written and hit all the high points to a girl obsessed with followers on social media. I liked the actual story line and the paranormal elements written into a modern day story. All the characters were well written and easy to like and hate too. Just an entertaining story. I received an advance copy and once I stopped laughing I wrote this review and it is my honest opinion
February 18, 2019
Molly is a fun character to spend time with and I enjoyed this first book. She really has no filter and reminds me of Clem a lot from the earlier series in her unique way of looking at things.
She goes to Japan after learning her parents have been keeping quite a few secrets from her. She is now dealing with magic artifacts and a man that seems to have a plan for keeping her under his thumb.
I am looking forward to more adventures with her.
I am voluntarily reviewing a copy I received.
She goes to Japan after learning her parents have been keeping quite a few secrets from her. She is now dealing with magic artifacts and a man that seems to have a plan for keeping her under his thumb.
I am looking forward to more adventures with her.
I am voluntarily reviewing a copy I received.
February 7, 2019
Fascinating new world to explore with characters who are filled with imperfections and contradictions in the most interesting ways. The plot twists and the character interactions kept me reading just more page until I finished the whole delicious book in one go. Oh - speaking of delicious, did I mention the plot involves a god who loves chocolate....
It was my pleasure to receive this ARC and give my honest review.
It was my pleasure to receive this ARC and give my honest review.
February 12, 2019
With this new series we are introduced to a new cast of characters.. Molly is the lead character pushed into a role she has not been prepared to do. Shin and Yuki have worked in for awhile. Everyone has special gifts.
This group is not for the faint of heart. Now Molly is under the contract to Yamuguchi and who knows what will happen now.
Looking forward to reading this new series.
This group is not for the faint of heart. Now Molly is under the contract to Yamuguchi and who knows what will happen now.
Looking forward to reading this new series.
September 22, 2020
Quick read. Liked the writing. I felt it suffered from a lack of world building. Much of the problems experienced by the main character could have been solved if her parents or her teammates had shared basic information with her. And the main character didn’t seem to have much ambition to gain knowledge about the world around her, especially all the new dangers affecting her.
February 13, 2019
What a great start to a new series. It captured me from the very start and kept me entertained all the way through, and I can't wait for the next book in the series. If you enjoy Urban Fantasy then you will certainly enjoy this book. Well worth the five stars allocated.
September 14, 2020
A good start
I am intrigued enough to read the second one. Not your usual suddenly discovering paranormal power book. The main character frankly seems way too clueless at the beginning about her parents and her family life. Once beyond that it plays out like Jackie Chan wannabe movie. Lots of action and discovery. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would
I am intrigued enough to read the second one. Not your usual suddenly discovering paranormal power book. The main character frankly seems way too clueless at the beginning about her parents and her family life. Once beyond that it plays out like Jackie Chan wannabe movie. Lots of action and discovery. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would
February 8, 2019
This was a good read and I enjoyed it. I would not mind reading more in this line. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy.
Did Not Finish
November 5, 2019DNF at 11%
Something about the writing style and voice of the main character didn't work for me at all, so I decided to DNF this one.
Something about the writing style and voice of the main character didn't work for me at all, so I decided to DNF this one.
September 3, 2020
Good
The story line had a lot of potential and I had hoped for better however it is hard to really like an ebook when you really dislike the main character.
The story line had a lot of potential and I had hoped for better however it is hard to really like an ebook when you really dislike the main character.
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