Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book One

I really liked this book and I'm looking forward to the next book in the series. I felt connected to the characters, although I was not happy with the theme of suicide but that is or was a Japanese honor thing during the time period. I loved the fact that the author got some of Japan's artistic heritage in the book. He knew that those things are very important to catch the Japanese culture and ways of thinking. Because I speak Japanese and spent time there I loved that some of the places I was were included in the book. I know it is a good book when I want to go back and read about the time period in history and get more information about what actually happened.