Firefly: A Japanese Historical Fiction Novel (Warrior Woman of the Samurai Book 1) —by India Millar

 Fiction / Historical / Samurai

Red Empress Publishing

September 10, 2019

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07T8R9V56

4152 KB

Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1692154508

308 pages

$0.00 Kindle version as of date of review

5 Stars

 

This is a novel. It is make believe. Prepare to suspend your disbelief. It takes place in Japan, during the Tokugawa Shogunate. That’s about the only time frame we get for the book.

 

Keiko is the third child of her father and is not as beautiful nor as spoiled as her older sister. Her older brother is becoming Samurai and takes her along for the ride. She learns martial arts quickly, and soon is teaching the teacher. It’s a novel. Go with it.

 

Yes, there is sex in the story. Some might consider it gratuitous, but from what I’ve read of Japanese stories, and what I’ve seen of Japanese movies, it happens. 

 

I think what grabbed me the quickest was the introduction to some of the Samurai women of old, in particular, Tomoe Gozen. I hope she shows up in future books.

 

I enjoyed this story. It may not be historically accurate, but the key word is “novel.” A novel is a piece of fiction, it is made up, one reads it to escape one’s current world, if only for a few minutes, and for that, it was wonderful. If you want accurate history, get out of the fiction department.

 

I have already downloaded Book 2.