Beneath the Burning Wave, Jennifer Hayashi Danns
Beneath the Burning Wave, Jennifer Hayashi Danns
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Beneath the Burning Wave

Author: Jennifer Hayashi Danns

Narrator: Vivienne Rochester

Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2022


Synopsis

“One of the most unique books you'll read this year” Buzzfeed What readers are saying: “A trilogy opener” Kirkus Reviews Twins destined to bring about devastation. . . Since the beginning of Mu there has been a prophecy. Twins born of fire and water will lay waste to the island. For the sake of Mu’s inhabitants, no twins can survive. Or else a catastrophe of volcano and tsunami will annihilate them all. Kaori and Kairi are forbidden twins, two halves of a whole, the first to survive on the ancient island of Mu. One was born of fire, the other of water. As the twins are pulled in opposing directions, and hatred reaches a boiling point between the two, many will die in the crossfire. Will Kaori and Kairi unwittingly enact the prophecy and destroy the island of Mu or can one twin stop the other from bringing about destruction. . . ? The Mu Chronicles is a visionary YA fantasy trilogy exploring the origin of gender and desire in an epic queer fusion of Japanese folklore and Egyptian mythology. “An and debut which left me ” Caleb, NetGalley reader review “An take on an epic YA fantasy series exploring gender fluidity … a political commentary … If you’re looking for , this might be ” Clara, NetGalley reader review “This is a YA fantasy novel. I just loved what it was trying to do. Whilst it might not be for everyone I do think it’s worth a go for the style … there’s to the story and the way it’s constructed” Gabrielle, NetGalley reader review “This storyline was and flowed nicely, I will reading this book!” Michelle, NetGalley reader review “The use of neopronouns is to see and was not at all hard to process” Luca, NetGalley reader review “I the twins story … both characters I was willing to find their own strength and courage in such a world” Wendy, NetGalley reader review

Reviews

Goodreads review by Len on October 26, 2024

An interesting depiction in the first two thirds of the book of a society in which the binary notion of sexuality does not exist in the use of pronouns. Instead of he/him/his or she/her/hers there is a neutral mu/mem/mir (mu referring to he or she, mem to him or her, and mir to his or her. It takes......more

Goodreads review by DiaryOfAReader on October 27, 2022

Here’s What I loved! We follow the story of Kaori and Kairi, twins who grow up on Mu, an ancient island, where magic flows, and “gender is as fluid as the waves that crash against the surf”. Their lives have been a haunted shell of a prophecy that predicted they would ruin their community. Every set......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on June 03, 2022

Beneath the Burning Wave is a YA-fantasy novel. That deals with a gender fluid community, this I struggled with more than I had expected to, leaving me with a mellow feeling about this book. The storyline follows twins Kaori and Kairi, who grow up on the ancient island of Mu, where magic flows and tw......more

Goodreads review by Jessie Carvalho on October 21, 2022

**Check triggers. There is a warning in the book.** Read this if you like: Dual POV, LGBTQ representation, Japanese folklore, Egyptian mythology Kaori and Kairi are the first twins to survive infancy on the ancient island of Mu, where gender is as fluid as the crashing waves. One was born of fire, the......more

Goodreads review by Allie on September 24, 2023

This book is set on the fictional island of Mu where in the past twins have been forbidden to walk on the island and murdered at birth. All this years later forbidden twins Kaori and Kairi are the first twins to survive infancy on this ancient island. Gender is fluid and instead of the usual pronoun......more