--- title: "Book Review: The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker" description: Kristin Mock's book review of The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker. image: https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hubfs/The%20Keeper%20of%20Night%20Book%20Cover.jpg --- [![Kristin Mock Braid Logo](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Kristin%20Mock%20Braid%20Logo.webp?width=50&height=100&name=Kristin%20Mock%20Braid%20Logo.webp "Kristin Mock Braid Logo")](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/) [![Kristin Mock Braid Logo](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Braid%20Logo%20Small-min.png?width=742&height=1178&name=Braid%20Logo%20Small-min.png "Kristin Mock Braid Logo")](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/) [![Kristin Mock Braid Logo](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Braid%20Logo%20Small-min.png?width=742&height=1178&name=Braid%20Logo%20Small-min.png "Kristin Mock Braid Logo")](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. - [Reviews](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog) - [Books](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/books) - [Shop](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/shop) - [About](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/contact) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Book Review: The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker by [Kristin Mock](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/author/kristin-mock)   |   May 28, 2022 - ![star](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/star.png?width=600&height=600&name=star.png) - ![star](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/star.png?width=600&height=600&name=star.png) Hover message - ![star](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/star.png?width=600&height=600&name=star.png) Hover message - ![star](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/star.png?width=600&height=600&name=star.png) Hover message - ![gray-star](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/gray-star.png?width=600&height=600&name=gray-star.png) Hover message ## Synopsis Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries. Expected to obey the harsh hierarchy of the Reapers who despise her, Ren conceals her emotions and avoids her tormentors as best she can. When her failure to control her Shinigami abilities drives Ren out of London, she flees to Japan to seek the acceptance she’s never gotten from her fellow Reapers. Accompanied by her younger brother, the only being on earth to care for her, Ren enters the Japanese underworld to serve the Goddess of Death… only to learn that here, too, she must prove herself worthy. Determined to earn respect, Ren accepts an impossible task—find and eliminate three dangerous Yokai demons—and learns how far she’ll go to claim her place at Death’s side. ## Review This story was beautifully dark. The characters and the lore develop seamlessly. This is not the only Japanese-American main character I have read recently, and I found a lot of similarities. I think Ren and his struggles are well-written and relatable from this perspective. I loved the world-building and learning about reapers. Japan has such a rich culture that is not a part of the American education system, so if you're an uncultured American like me, you best get to reading! If you like morally gray characters and scary bedtime stories, this book is for you. Thank you, Inkyard Press, for a copy of this book. Dates read: May 25, 2022 - May 27, 2022 - - - - #### About the author Kristin Mock Topics:   [Reviews](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/tag/reviews) ### Related posts [Book Review: A Lie for a Lie by Jane Buckingham](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/a-lie-for-a-lie-by-jane-buckingham) [Book Review: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/the-lost-story-by-meg-shaffer) [Book Review: Honey by Victor Lodato](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/honey-by-victor-lodato) [Book Review: Skye, Revised by Pamela Spradlin Mahajan](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/skye-revised-by-pamela-spradlin-mahajan) [Book Review: Tenderloin by Joy Sorman](https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/tenderloin-by-joy-sorman) ### Subscribe to blog FOLLOW ME [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.goodreads.com/knicole919) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/knicole919) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Kristin Mock", "url" : "https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/author/kristin-mock" }, "dateModified" : "2023-11-01T19:59:40.332Z", "datePublished" : "2022-05-28T19:59:00.000Z", "headline" : "Book Review: The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker", "image" : [ "https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hubfs/The%20Keeper%20of%20Night%20Book%20Cover.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/blog/book-review-the-keeper-of-night-by-kylie-lee-baker", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://www.kristinmockbooks.com/hubfs/Braid%20Logo%20Small-min.png" } } } ```