The Night of Baba Yaga

‘Suddenly, she realized she was taking deep, heavy breaths. Unable to hide her excitement. This was fun. Preparing for a journey that could end with everybody dead.’


The Night of Baba Yaga is a stylishly visceral look into the Yakuza underbelly of Japan.


We follow Yoriko Shindo as she is thrust into a Yakuza family following a fight with some of their members.


Unsure of what to use her for, she is put as a bodyguard for the daughter of the leader of the family, Shoko, who starts their connection as cold as can be.


After warming to each other, we find that the main thing that Shoko needs protecting from is closer to home.


I enjoyed this more than I thought, sadly as most revenge type stories tend to go, the ending was a little deflating, but I enjoyed the journey to it!