A review by librarylassamj
Blossoms and Shadows by Lian Hearn

3.0

I enjoyed some of this fictional account of the background to the Meiji Restoration and the fall of the Shogunate, but I tended to get a bit lost in some of the detail Their were so many characters, it was difficult to keep a track on who was who and I think sometimes Lian Hearn didn't quite know what to do with the characters or where the plot was headed. At times it reads like a very dry textbook. Interesting though and her knowledge of Japanese history seems very thorough. I preferred he Tales of the Otori series, set in Feudal Japan, much more.