Over the years their friendship turns into a forbidden love that will shape the course of Hiro’s destiny. Shinigami begins when a young compassionate Hiro takes pity on a starving boy and from his kindness a bond between them is forged. I don’t want to say too much about the historical Fujiwara no Hirotsugu as it would spoil some plot elements, but he was a real person and I liked how the author incorporated this into their work. As with the first book in the series, Shinigami draws Japanese religion and folklore into its stories as well as the life of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu. Shinigami is the second novel in the Takamagahara Monogatari series. *I received this novel for free in exchange for an honest review* While he battles to find his own path, Hirotsugu finds solace in a boy who will become his secret friend, then his salvation, and then as they become adults together, the love of his life.
The human world meets the yōkai in a power struggle for the fate of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu. A coming-of-age love story between an orphan and the heir of the richest family in the Land of Yamato.
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