Risuko
Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (Season of the Sword, Book 1), by David Kudler 
Blurb:My name is Kano Murasaki, but most people call me Risuko. Squirrel. I am from Serenity Province, though I was not born there. My nation has been at war for a hundred years, Serenity is under attack, my family is in disgrace, but some people think that I can bring victory. That I can be a very special kind of woman. All I want to do is climb. My name is Kano Murasaki, but everyone calls me Squirrel.My ReviewThe cover is what originally drew me to this book, because it's absolutely gorgeous! Also, I love books set in Japan in this time period, especially when they're about female 'soldiers'. However, I was left a little disappointed; there wasn't much action until the end and a little at the beginning, but the middle was a long stretch of what read almost like a schoolgirl memoire... I knew this book as YA when I picked it up, but it seemed to be written for the younger end of the spectrum.It's a shame that it was so slow going in the middle because this book is full of beautiful writing and I loved the premise of it, I just feel like most of what was in this book could have been skipped or condensed down so that we could get to the action and adventure which I think/hope will be in the second book which isn't out yet. 
Blurb:My name is Kano Murasaki, but most people call me Risuko. Squirrel. I am from Serenity Province, though I was not born there. My nation has been at war for a hundred years, Serenity is under attack, my family is in disgrace, but some people think that I can bring victory. That I can be a very special kind of woman. All I want to do is climb. My name is Kano Murasaki, but everyone calls me Squirrel.My ReviewThe cover is what originally drew me to this book, because it's absolutely gorgeous! Also, I love books set in Japan in this time period, especially when they're about female 'soldiers'. However, I was left a little disappointed; there wasn't much action until the end and a little at the beginning, but the middle was a long stretch of what read almost like a schoolgirl memoire... I knew this book as YA when I picked it up, but it seemed to be written for the younger end of the spectrum.It's a shame that it was so slow going in the middle because this book is full of beautiful writing and I loved the premise of it, I just feel like most of what was in this book could have been skipped or condensed down so that we could get to the action and adventure which I think/hope will be in the second book which isn't out yet.
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