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As an avid consumer of Sailor Moon and all related content, GUARDIANS OF DAWN: ZHARA by S. Jae-Jones scratched a particular itch from Jamie from Books and Ladders!

Disclaimer: I was not compensated for this review. While Wednesday Books has previously sent me books to review, Guardians of Dawn: Zhara was not one of them.
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This (mostly) non-spoiler review of Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones discusses character arc, plot summary, and reading experience.

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GUARDIANS OF DAWN: ZHARA
Author: S. Jae-Jones
Series: Guardians of the Dawn #1
Source: Indigo
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Publication Date: August 1, 2023

Representation: genderfluid, lesbian side characters, lesbian romance (hinted at)

Rating: 5/5 stars
Diversity Rating: 5/5 stars
Content Warnings: animal death, animal cruelty, parental death (off screen), parental neglect, parental abuse, body horror, gore, disability, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, discussions of war, mistreatment of refugees, colourism
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Book Summary:
Sailor Moon meets Cinder in Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the start of a new, richly imagined fantasy series from S. Jae-Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of Wintersong.

Magic flickers.
Love flames.
Chaos reigns.

Magic is forbidden throughout the Morning Realms. Magicians are called abomination, and blamed for the plague of monsters that razed the land twenty years before.

Jin Zhara already had enough to worry about—appease her stepmother’s cruel whims, looking after her blind younger sister, and keeping her own magical gifts under control—without having to deal with rumors of monsters re-emerging in the marsh. But when a chance encounter with an easily flustered young man named Han brings her into contact with a secret magical liberation organization called the Guardians of Dawn, Zhara realizes there may be more to these rumors than she thought. A mysterious plague is corrupting the magicians of Zanhei and transforming them into monsters, and the Guardians of Dawn believe a demon is responsible.

In order to restore harmony and bring peace to the world, Zhara must discover the elemental warrior within, lest the balance between order and chaos is lost forever.
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