These are not two books that serve as first and second books in a series together, they are one story. Readers of Sword of the Warrior will want to read this book (and should) anyone else attempting to start here will be lost. At times, it feels like nothing's happening, but when you pause long enough to think about the plot, you realize she's keeping you engaged without any tricks. It's not purple or overly distracting it simply flows well, carrying the reader along in its gentle yet relentless pace. There's a plot to Journey to Inuyama, but Hearn's narrative takes center stage. Hearn writes well, with her style and characterization carrying the story. Their stories take place against the backdrop of the lords' politics, in which they will serve a large part, but the story is about Takeo and Keade first and foremost. Where we learn of Takeo and Keade's histories in the first part, in the second part we see them come together, where their lives will become intertwined. It picks up right after the first part ends, and serves as acts two and three of the book. Journey to Inuyama is the second part of Across the Nightingale Floor, the first book in Hearn's five-book fantasy story set in an alternate feudal Japan.
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