A review by starkiwi
Shift of Shadow and Soul by Hilary Thompson

5.0

This is the book that starts off my favorite series. So far I think this is the best book of the series. Which happens a lot with first books of a series. When I read this I wish I could write like this as well. I am a part time writer. I only write fan fiction so far, but I hope to be able to work up to this level one day. The word building and magic in this book was astounding. I loved all the magic and different kinds of magic people have. The author made the world easy to understand once you get started reading an get really into the book. As I said before, I write fan fiction. One of the first things I noticed when I started to read the first book was how many opportunities for fan fiction there were. Yay fan fiction!!! There were so many things that were not labeled and left open for readers to imagine for themselves. There are also some key places that seem like fan fiction would just work great with them. I just can't explain how good this book was in words. You need to read it and experience it. It holds some amazing feelings inside of it, like the feeling of actually using magic. It feels . . . extraordinary. I love this series so much and you all need to read it. Im serious, go read it!!!!! I am also very exited for the third book! YAY!!! No series I have ever read can compare to this one. Maybe thats just a thing thats happening because Im reading the series right now, or because its my most recent series that I have read, but I like to think not. And maybe it isn't.