Reviews - Shades of Shadows

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Shades of Shadows

V.E. Schwab

4.21 AVERAGE

corvinyx's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The first half was so much better than the first book, but lost its momentum fast, to the point that I barely wanted to finish it. Still, the bones and worldbuilding are good, and that first half was a REALLY fun read despite the fact that Kell and Lila are my least favorite characters. Schwab deserves praise for making me enjoy a series so much even when I dislike the main protagonists.

sierrareadssss's review against another edition

4.0

Even though the first half was very slow, once I got into Essen Tach I was HOOKED. And the last 50 pages had me failing to breathe. Immediately jumping into the next!!

jillie_lee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

carnavallaj's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.75/5

I put off reviewing this forever. But from what I remember I generally liked it. The characters are fun and interesting but the plot kind of goes no where the entire time and was pretty pointless to the overall series arc except for the last 30 pages or something. World building was pretty interesting though.

ryuklovesapples's review against another edition

3.75

Loveable characters: Complicated

lilypiggy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

carlijnmuller's review against another edition

4.0

This second book in the series felt a little bit like a bridge between the first and third book. Like some extremely well-written bonus-chapters. Still, VE Schwab did an amazing job. It remained entertaining, even with so many fights in the competition. Kell and Rhy were once again amazing chatacters and Alucard and his whole crew were lovely as well. Only Lila felt a little bit too much "not like other girls" to me.