Week 21 Review: Zhara

From Goodreads:

Sailor Moon meets Cinder in Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the start of a new, richly imagined fantasy series from S. Jae-Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of Wintersong.

Magic flickers.

Love flames.

Chaos reigns.

Magic is forbidden throughout the Morning Realms. Magicians are called an abomination, and blamed for the plague of monsters that razed the land twenty years before.

Jin Zhara already had enough to worry about—appeasing her stepmother's cruel whims, looking after her blind younger sister, and keeping her own magical gifts under control—without having to deal with rumors of monsters re-emerging in the marsh. But when a chance encounter with an easily flustered young man named Han brings her into contact with a secret magical liberation organization called the Guardians of Dawn, Zhara realizes there may be more to these rumors than she thought. A mysterious plague is corrupting the magicians of Zanhei and transforming them into monsters, and the Guardians of Dawn believe a demon is responsible.

In order to restore harmony and bring peace to the world, Zhara must discover the elemental warrior within, lest the balance between order and chaos is lost forever.

My Review:
Oh, I really enjoyed reading this book! I've enjoyed her other books before, and this book sounded just as good, the comps were so intriguing to see how they could come together! This world with the Guardians of the Dawn, and the magic that there is, with the rules, yeah, it was so interesting to watch! 

Zhara was immediately someone who I cared to read about. Her situation was pretty rough, her stepmother was awful, and she has magic, which is banned. It's a hard life, and I was rooting for her to find something better! 

When she got connected with the Guardian's of the Dawn, thanks to Han-who was cute and adorable and I loved him and their banter-yeah, it really opened things up. I had such a great time watching her make these connections with these people, learning more about magic and the history of the world.

That ending was epic! This is based on a Sailor Moon-esq team up, meaning we're going to be following another character in the next book. And I'm so excited to see how that's going to play out, given the ending of this book! It's going to be so fantastic to read! 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to continue on! 

Author: S. Jae-Jones 
Series: Guardians of Dawn #1
Read: May 22nd, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book!
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: August 1st 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars