Reviews

Casting Shadows by J. Kelley Anderson

sumayyah_t's review

4.0

Edward Kelley hates the world for taking from him his parents and sister. He stumbles upon a necromancy spell to raise a servant, and plans to erase humanity from Earth. Except his servant refuses to obey his orders to kill, his magic teacher turns out to be a demon, someone is trying to murder him, and a weird old lady shows up and calls herself his grandmother. Full of delightful sarcasm and not-unexpected plot twists, "Casting Shadows" is a pretty good (though short at 230 pages) story about magic and revenge. Points off for typos and grammatical errors. 3.8 stars total.

evavroslin's review

4.0

Casting Shadows is a great dark fantasy read, and one of the most unique elements was Edward’s manipulation of shadows as his magic. Again, it has great series potential, and although I did wonder why Briar Rose was initially after Edward, which wasn’t really addressed, it still makes for an interesting conflict and a cool story.

For my full review, go here: http://thedarkeva.com/2012/05/book-review-casting-shadows-by-jarod-anderson/