878 reviews for:

The Shadow Wand

Laurie Forest

3.95 AVERAGE


I will try not to add to many spoilers but just in case read at your own risk :)
Well I’ve officially caught up in the black witch series and I can honestly say I’m not sure what I feel... the first few chapters had me a little all over the place with the various character updates and it felt a little slow to start.
I fell deep in love with both the black witch and the iron flower stories, re-reading them over and over again until the Shadow Wand came out and while I loved being back in Erthia I felt like this story lacked some of the magic the first two stories brought me. I wanted more of the power Elloren started to really show at the end of iron flower and it didn’t really happen until almost the end of the shadow wand.
I also wanted more information on Yvan as he really stole it for me in the iron flower but now I can’t believe it but I might be jumping ship to team Lukas because of how incredibly selfless, loving, supportive, and unfailingly heroic he has been to not only Elloren but to others who are supposed to be his sworn enemies. Lukas was my absolute favorite part of the story and played his roles very well.
I can certainly say I am looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book being left with such a HUGE cliffhanger and I’ll be holding onto hope that my boy Lukas has a BIG role in the Demon Tide because he’s got my vote 100%

However I loved all of the insight into the different magical abilities of the various characters in this book, hearing their sides and thoughts really made a difference in how they view all of the other beings. I loved, loved, loved the Dragons!

I need the next book now, please!!
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ktwiles's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Skimmed the story. Got the gist of it. Just somewhat bored with the storyline but kind of interested in how it all ends.
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious slow-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3-3.5 stars. I disliked so many points of view in the beginning, and it took a long time for things to start happening.