Night of the Dragon Blog Tour | Mini-Review + Playlist

I'm so excited to be a part of the blog tour for Night of the Dragon! This book is the final installment in the Shadow of the Fox series by Julie Kagawa and I'm happy to report that it was amazing. It was everything I hoped it would be and more, which is why I am doubly glad that I can fangirl over it with you all on this tour. 

Mini-review

We all know series enders are tough and Julie Kagawa knocked this one out of the park. It was truly everything I hoped it would be and more. Each of the characters, romantic relationships, and friendships between them all have grown so much with every passing book. I loved picking up Night of the Dragon and seeing them at their very best, even as they faced down the enemy they've been working towards since book 1. And although kitsune Yumeko gave up the final piece of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers to save everyone she loves, she and her companions continue on to make a last-ditch effort to stop the Master of Demons from calling on the Great Kami dragon. As always, I swooned over Yumeko and Tatsumi (even more so!), laughed at the dynamic between everyone and at one point was moved to tears because things get intense. If you've been a fan of the series all along, you won't be disappointed.  

The book is out as of this past Tuesday, March 31. Add it to your TBR or better yet, order yourself a copy. 

Playlist

After reading Night of the Dragon, I knew I'd want to do a Shadow of the Fox series-inspired playlist! Keep going to listen to the songs and read why I chose each one.

For Yumeko

“Save A Little for Yourself” by Mandy Moore

A man’s gotta fight

A girl’s gotta win

A shift in the tide

This is the world we’re living in

I’m out on my own

The easy target

Somewhere beyond the winnin’ and losin’

Heart on my sleeve, right where the truth is

What else could I be?

The easy target

A conscious choice

Yeah, it’s one way to live

Through all of the noise

Goin’ out on a limb

Out on a limb again

For Tatsumi

“Forevermore” by Yuna

I’ve been dreaming of this life (of this life)

Piercing through my darkest night (oh-ohh)

I’ve been fighting all my life (ooh-ooh)

Reaching for the sky

I can feel a change this time (ahh ahh)

They’ll never take away what’s mine

I’m gonna reach even higher, I know

I found the strength I’m looking for

I’ll take it to forevermore

Yeah I was scared, but now I know

That I can take it to, that I can take it to forevermore

For Okame

“I Like Me Better” by Lauv

Damn, I like me better when I’m with you

I like me better when I’m with you

I knew from the first time, I’d stay for a long time ‘cause

I like me better when

I like me better when I’m with you

I don’t know what it is but I got that feeling (got that feeling)

For Daisuke

“Myth” by Beach House

Drifting in and out, you see the road you’re on

It came rolling down the cheek

Say just what you need

And in between, it’s never as it seems

Help me to name it

Help me to name it

If you built yourself a myth

You’d know just what to give

What comes after this

Momentary bliss

For Reika

“All This And Heaven Too” by Florence + the Machine

And the heart is hard to translate

It has a language of its own

It talks in tongues and quiet sighs

And prayers and proclamations

In the grand deeds of great men and the smallest of gestures

And short shallow gasps

But with all my education I can’t seem to command it

And the words are all escaping, and coming back all damaged

And I would put them back in poetry if I only knew how

I can’t seem to understand it

For Suki

“Ghosts” by Fanfarlo

There are ghosts by the reservoir

But no one wants them round no more

There’s a spell

For the dam to break

They’ll tell you all about the time when it came

What they took away

[…]

Do I look like someone?

I’ve heard the voices through the floor

In a strange cold language

They’re planning out a war

For Yumeko/Tatsumi

“Love You a Long Time” by Maggie Rogers

Came in like a vision from the old west wind

Like a bright new dream that I was stepping in

I saw your face and I knew it was a sign

And I still think about that moment all of the time

You know that I could never make this up

I found the reason I’m not giving up

I felt the fever and I knew he was mine

Oh I, I’m gonna love you for a long time

For another pairing I love (but can't say who because spoilers!)

“No Judgement” by Niall Horan

Barefoot and a bottle of wine

You can stay with me tonight

You don’t have to change when I’m around you

So go ahead and say what’s on your mind

On your mind

When you’re with me, no judgement

You can get that from anyone else

You don’t have to prove nothing

You can just be yourself

When you’re with me, no judgement

We can get that from everyone else

And we don’t have to prove nothing

When you’re with me, no judgement

For these friends who stuck by each other

throughout this journey

"Anywhere" by Passenger

If you get out on the ocean

If you sail out on the sea

If you get up in the mountains

If you go climbing on trees

Or through every emotion

When you know that they don't care

Darling, that's when I'm with you

Oh, I'll go with you anywhere

Follow the playlist here. 

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Hope you all enjoyed my blog tour post! 

Make sure to check out the rest of the stops

and more importantly, read this amazing book & series!

Thank you Inkyard Press for sending me a review copy

and inviting me to be a part of this.