Books by Samantha Sotto Yambao

“It’s all about a back street in Tokyo, where there’s a pawn shop…It’s where you go and pawn your life choices and your deepest regrets. Unlike normal pawnshops, you can’t buy them back. You think pawning your regrets is going to change your life for the better, but the book is fundamentally a journey about how those regrets are what build you…And it most definitely is fantasy. It takes you to this magical world that my brain certainly wouldn’t be able to think up. You’re in a night market up in the clouds, making worlds out of papier-mâché. You’re jumping through puddles; the water is a portal into different worlds. It’s just magical.” Read more...

The Best Adventure Novels: The 2025 Wilbur Smith Prize

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