The Book and K-drama Outlet

  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre: Fantasy This is exactly what I needed to get out of my book slump! I’m totally in love with this Mulan-inspired story, it was so much fun! I need to pick up more asian-based fantasies, they are totally underrated! Continue reading for more details. Synopsis: The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an accomplished alchemist. Since Mariko was not born a boy, her fate was sealed the moment she drew her first breath. So, at just seventeen years old, Mariko is sent to the imperial palace to meet her betrothed, a man she did not choose, for the very first time. But the journey is cut short when Mariko’s convoy is viciously attacked by the Black Clan, a dangerous group of bandits who’ve been hired to kill Mariko before she reaches the palace. The lone survivor, Mariko narrowly escapes...