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Reviewed on March 7, 2025 | Middle Grade
Gr 4–7—Lin's follow-up to Creatures of the In Between provides readers with an expansion of the rich worldbuilding and fantasy adventure introduced in the first book. Recently crowned Emperor Jin begins the novel with naive hope that his experience with magical uncanny beasts will easily change the minds of everyone in the realm from fear to understanding. His attempts to demonstrate the usefulness of the beasts fail, in part through sabotage, but also because Jin rushes forward wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More