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A review by reddyrat
Shadowspell by Jenna Black
4.0
Dana is a hot commodity in Avalon. With her abilities as a faeriwalker, both the good and bad guys want a piece of her. For her safety, Dana is practically a prisoner in her dad's safe house. This definitely does not sit well with Dana. She gives her bodyguards the slip numerous times and encounters great danger and real consequences because of it. The biggest danger is the Erlking, the faery hunter who is loose in Avalon and apparently looking for Dana.
I go back and forth between admiring Dana and wanting to smack her. She is a really strong, independent girl, probably a result of having to be the "adult" with her alcoholic mom. If someone tells her no, Dana finds a way to do it anyway, either by convincing the person to change his mind or simple defiance. This enables Dana to be brave and to save the day. It also causes her to do some really dumb things and people get hurt by her thoughtlessness. She just doesn't think. On the other hand, she's definitely a girl you want on your side. She'll fight to the death to defend her friends.
Shadowspell introduces a new concept in YA literature. A love rectangle (or square). There are now three hot, sex guys in this series. Of course, one of them is out to kill her...but little details. I'm not a huge Ethan fan, although I did feel a little better about him at the end of the book. For the most part, he's an arrogant, showy player. Dana should know better. We don't get to see his good side enough. There wasn't enough Keane in Shadowspell. I love Keane. He was around, but I didn't feel like his character went through much growth - or as much as I would have liked. The Erlking is really intriguing. He's either evil or he's not. Or perhaps he's a bit of both. He is the biggest reason, I am foaming at the mouth for the third book.
It took me awhile to get hooked on Shadowspell, but once I was, the pages were flying. If you enjoyed Glimmerglass, you must read Shadowspell. It may suffer a little bit from second book syndrome, but it sets up everything perfectly for book 3.
Rating: 3.5 / 5
I go back and forth between admiring Dana and wanting to smack her. She is a really strong, independent girl, probably a result of having to be the "adult" with her alcoholic mom. If someone tells her no, Dana finds a way to do it anyway, either by convincing the person to change his mind or simple defiance. This enables Dana to be brave and to save the day. It also causes her to do some really dumb things and people get hurt by her thoughtlessness. She just doesn't think. On the other hand, she's definitely a girl you want on your side. She'll fight to the death to defend her friends.
Shadowspell introduces a new concept in YA literature. A love rectangle (or square). There are now three hot, sex guys in this series. Of course, one of them is out to kill her...but little details. I'm not a huge Ethan fan, although I did feel a little better about him at the end of the book. For the most part, he's an arrogant, showy player. Dana should know better. We don't get to see his good side enough. There wasn't enough Keane in Shadowspell. I love Keane. He was around, but I didn't feel like his character went through much growth - or as much as I would have liked. The Erlking is really intriguing. He's either evil or he's not. Or perhaps he's a bit of both. He is the biggest reason, I am foaming at the mouth for the third book.
It took me awhile to get hooked on Shadowspell, but once I was, the pages were flying. If you enjoyed Glimmerglass, you must read Shadowspell. It may suffer a little bit from second book syndrome, but it sets up everything perfectly for book 3.
Rating: 3.5 / 5