Lady of Shadows by Melissa K. Roehrich

4.1 AVERAGE

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cass_joy's review against another edition

5.0
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
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maddy_ski's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-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: No

tazmae79's review against another edition

5.0
What a great way to start the 2024 new year! This book was fantastic! I enjoyed it better than book 1 and book 1 was a 4.5 star for me. Totally addicted to this series and I’m so excited to start book 3.

kyliek46's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging mysterious 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

alarue22's review against another edition

4.5
medium-paced

samwatts's review against another edition

3.0
3.5. The story is still pretty good. But the details are extremely frustrating. The dialogue is immature—these are centuries-old immortal beings, not teenagers. Even the twenty-year-old acts too young for her age. The actions these people take are also fairly wild at times.

There is definitely a need for a better editor. The vocabulary and sentence structure need serious work.

mdrought1212's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

amandadaniel's review against another edition

2.0
The main female character is a brat, it almost makes this story unreadable at how little control she has over her emotions. She is whiny, hypocritical and obnoxious.

lydloef's review against another edition

4.0
I enjoyed this book. There were a few moments when it slowed down for me and I was finding it a bit tedious. Specifically Scarlett and Sorin's relationship. It just seemed like there was bit too much of Scarlett resting and being sad and her and Sorin arguing. I know Scarlett has been through a lot, but honestly I was ready for her to kind of move past the trauma processing (as horrible as it is to say). I just found myself saying, "Alright, let's move on." 

I still liked this book. I liked a lot of the side characters. Especially Talwyn and Azriel. I'm excited to see more of them. Also, the plot, lore, and world-building in this book were really good. It set us up well for the next book and I'm excited to keep reading the series. Overall, I did enjoy the writing a lot and my read in general!

brooke_c_b's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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