This book is fairly recent on the shelf, but it’s also huge and one I’ve been itching to read for a while. The Rise of Kyoshi by F. C. Yee is a novel set in the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe, prequelling the animated series. I’d heard a lot about it before picking it up and was already a big fan of the show, so this was already a guaranteed win for me. What I hadn’t expected was the fact it was clearly aimed at an older audience than the show, and could take far more risks than the cartoons ever could.
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