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abigaillo's review against another edition
3.0
Plot was a bit confusing, but I still liked it. Thought the premise was really cool!
urbanaudreye's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic book! Meredith Houston spins an awesome tale about a girl who's fate seems doomed. After finding her family slaughtered, she goes on the run. She falls in with a couple guys who see things she thought only she could see. Together they take on evil to defeat an alien race.
*I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
*I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
mlboyd20's review
4.0
A strong YA novel dealing with the paranormal. "Shadows" taking control of people and doing absolutely horrific things with them to and to them. The book starts off right after Leah's family had been killed and the police were on their way. Leah knew she couldn't stay because everything pointed at her. If only her family had listened to her.
A well written and intriguing book, I was captured right away with the story and found myself thinking about aspects of it and the Shadows, even when I wasn't reading. I wanted to get back to the story and see where it would go. The actual dialogue wasn't as fluid as the story itself, but that's not what gears the reader into the story anyway. It's almost like white noise, but not in a negative way, because of the paranormal aspect throughout the book, I just wanted to know more about the Shadows.
Leah is a strong lead and as a reader, I found her admirable. She has her faults, like every person does, but she is also loyal, brave and quite the fighter. For someone who's lost their family to something that others can't seem to understand, she keeps on pushing through. Her inner guilt is always just at bay.
This is a great read and one that will linger with me for days. If you enjoy a good paranormal book, without all the romance involved, this is the book for you. I look forward to reading more from this author.
A well written and intriguing book, I was captured right away with the story and found myself thinking about aspects of it and the Shadows, even when I wasn't reading. I wanted to get back to the story and see where it would go. The actual dialogue wasn't as fluid as the story itself, but that's not what gears the reader into the story anyway. It's almost like white noise, but not in a negative way, because of the paranormal aspect throughout the book, I just wanted to know more about the Shadows.
Leah is a strong lead and as a reader, I found her admirable. She has her faults, like every person does, but she is also loyal, brave and quite the fighter. For someone who's lost their family to something that others can't seem to understand, she keeps on pushing through. Her inner guilt is always just at bay.
This is a great read and one that will linger with me for days. If you enjoy a good paranormal book, without all the romance involved, this is the book for you. I look forward to reading more from this author.
sagek's review
4.0
*I’m posting this as part of the XpressoBookTours An Absence of Light Blog Tour. I recieved a free ebook copy of this in order to do so.
An Absence of Light is a book full of action, growth, bravery, romance, and perhaps even horror. I honestly didn’t find it scary, however if I were to deal with something like that in real life, then yeah, I’d be pretty terrified. We follow Leah in the beginning after the tragic death of her family, and then she runs away and stumbles upon a man who can also see the shadows. It all begins unraveling from there, learning more of her special abilities, of the shadows, and of how to possibly solve the problems the shadows’ mere presence create. In the midst, there’s romance, action, and a whole lot of twists.
See my full review here: Fishing For Books.
An Absence of Light is a book full of action, growth, bravery, romance, and perhaps even horror. I honestly didn’t find it scary, however if I were to deal with something like that in real life, then yeah, I’d be pretty terrified. We follow Leah in the beginning after the tragic death of her family, and then she runs away and stumbles upon a man who can also see the shadows. It all begins unraveling from there, learning more of her special abilities, of the shadows, and of how to possibly solve the problems the shadows’ mere presence create. In the midst, there’s romance, action, and a whole lot of twists.
See my full review here: Fishing For Books.
sagek's review against another edition
4.0
*I’m posting this as part of the XpressoBookTours An Absence of Light Blog Tour. I recieved a free ebook copy of this in order to do so.
An Absence of Light is a book full of action, growth, bravery, romance, and perhaps even horror. I honestly didn’t find it scary, however if I were to deal with something like that in real life, then yeah, I’d be pretty terrified. We follow Leah in the beginning after the tragic death of her family, and then she runs away and stumbles upon a man who can also see the shadows. It all begins unraveling from there, learning more of her special abilities, of the shadows, and of how to possibly solve the problems the shadows’ mere presence create. In the midst, there’s romance, action, and a whole lot of twists.
See my full review here: Fishing For Books.
An Absence of Light is a book full of action, growth, bravery, romance, and perhaps even horror. I honestly didn’t find it scary, however if I were to deal with something like that in real life, then yeah, I’d be pretty terrified. We follow Leah in the beginning after the tragic death of her family, and then she runs away and stumbles upon a man who can also see the shadows. It all begins unraveling from there, learning more of her special abilities, of the shadows, and of how to possibly solve the problems the shadows’ mere presence create. In the midst, there’s romance, action, and a whole lot of twists.
See my full review here: Fishing For Books.
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