Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, February 24, 2026

Format: Paperback

Pages: 320

Rating: 3/5 stars

Summary (From Goodreads):

From the author of The Last Dragon of the East comes a sweeping fantasy adventure with a dash of romance between a nine-tailed fox and the demon-hunter who captures her, banished to the underworld together and forced to form a reluctant alliance in order to escape the circles of Hell.

Yue may be the last of her kind. At night, she stalks the streets of the capital city of Longhao, luring in unsuspecting victims with the mask of a beautiful woman, then consuming them in her true form of the nine-tailed fox.

When she is captured by a powerful demon hunter named Sonam and banished to Hell, she manages one final act of dragging him—and two of his subordinates—down with her.

Now trapped in an abyss with unimaginable terrors, they’ll need each other’s help to navigate Hell and bypass the gods who preside over each circle, each of whom presents the group with a unique and deadly challenge. Forced to depend on one another as they claw their way out of the underworld, both demon and demon hunter discover that there might be more to the other than meets the eye.

My Review:

Thank you, Simon and Schuster Canada, for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: mythology-inspired stories
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Yue is the last Nine-Tailed Fox, and she is captured by the emperor’s demon hunter, Sonam. When he goes to banish her to hell, he is dragged along with her, and the two must work together to get back to the world above.
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I liked the mythology inspiration of the story, but I didn’t really believe the romance aspect. I expected more development in the relationship of enemies to lovers, but it felt like they hated each other one second, and then all of a sudden, they were in love? But I liked the adventure part of the plot where they tried to escape the circles of hell.