Week 9 Reviews: Rise, Storm

From Goodreads:

Amanda Sun weaves together two tales of love, ink and magic in this companion novella to the Paper Gods series!

A long, long time ago, before the world was as we know it, Izanami and Izanagi came into being. Two of the first of the ancient gods of Japan, they crafted the world from ink and their own imaginations. Izanagi wants, more than anything, to be with Izanami—but one moment of pride could tear them apart forever.

Yuki and Tanaka have been friends for as long as they can remember, but lately deeper feelings have been bubbling beneath the surface. How do they navigate the transition from friendship to true love without destroying the powerful bond between them?

Set a millennia apart, can these two couples, living parallel love stories, find their happily-ever-afters?

And don't miss the epic conclusion to Katie and Tomo's story in Storm, from Harlequin TEEN.

From Goodreads:

After almost a year in Japan, Katie Greene has finally unearthed the terrible secret behind her boyfriend Tomohiro's deadly ability to bring drawings to life—not only is he descended from Kami, the ancient Japanese gods, but he is the heir to a tragedy that occurred long ago, a tragedy that is about to repeat.

Even as the blood of a vengeful god rages inside Tomo, Katie is determined to put his dark powers to sleep. In order to do so, she and Tomo must journey to find the three Imperial Treasures of Japan. Gifts from the goddess Amaterasu herself, these treasures could unlock all of the secrets about Tomo's volatile ancestry and quell the ink's lust for destruction. But in order to complete their quest, Tomo and Katie must confront out-of-control Kami and former friend Jun, who has begun his own quest of revenge against those he believes have wronged him. To save the world, and themselves, Katie and Tomo will be up against one of the darkest Kami creations they've ever encountered—and they may not make it out alive.

My Review:
Oh, I've finally finished out this series! I loved how things wrapped up so well, it was such an excellent ending to the series! And that we got Rise beforehand, that was fantastic, getting those details! They were both fantastic to read!

The fact that we got Rise was really great! Yuki has been a part of the series from the beginning, and seeing her romance play out alongside the story of the gods was a lot of fun to read! And it was a great lead into Storm to finish out this series! 

I really enjoyed seeing Katie and Tomo go on this quest. That they have these awful run ins with Jun was devastating, that this was the path that he was going on. Katie's dad makes a pretty big splash, as well, with what he adds to the story (besides just his mere presence as a parent in a YA novel!) 

All in all Storm was a fantastic way to wrap up the series, things were left in a satisfying manner, and I'm happy where we left them, if sad because there's almost certainly not going to be any new content with them in the future. But it was a great story throughout! 

I love reading these stories, and I would love to read more by Amanda Sun! 

Author: Amanda Sun
Series: Paper Gods #2.5, 3
Read: February 28th, 28th, 2023
Source: Ebook.bike, Own
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books! And Storm is a End of Series 2023 Book and a WTC Book! 
Publisher: Harlequin 
Published: May 1st 2015, June 30th 2015

Rise:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Storm:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars