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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Slow to start, and not the end of the series, but the last 100 pages makes the rest of the book worth it.
*5 stars*
It's been quite a long time since I was reading the book and came to the abrupt realization that there's no way I can end the day without knowing exactly what happens. This was one of them
I finished 'The Madness Underneath' in the past two days and binged this (longer) book today. I don't know what happened: I had work today.
Well. Well well well.
The fourth book is apparently going to be released in 2018, which I for some reason find hard to believe. Anyway, I was glad for the gentle cliffhanger at the end of this book. Things are unresolved, but I'm not in nearly as much distress as I was at the end of the second book. Seriously, I could barely eat dinner.
Anyway, back to the actual book.
I won't say anything, because this is the third book and all the plot revolves around things that have previously happened in other books, but I will say this: remember when this was simply a murder mystery set at a boarding school?
Man, I do miss it.
But I loved this series so much.
It's been quite a long time since I was reading the book and came to the abrupt realization that there's no way I can end the day without knowing exactly what happens. This was one of them
I finished 'The Madness Underneath' in the past two days and binged this (longer) book today. I don't know what happened: I had work today.
Well. Well well well.
The fourth book is apparently going to be released in 2018, which I for some reason find hard to believe. Anyway, I was glad for the gentle cliffhanger at the end of this book. Things are unresolved, but I'm not in nearly as much distress as I was at the end of the second book. Seriously, I could barely eat dinner.
Anyway, back to the actual book.
I won't say anything, because this is the third book and all the plot revolves around things that have previously happened in other books, but I will say this: remember when this was simply a murder mystery set at a boarding school?
Man, I do miss it.
But I loved this series so much.
I thought this was a trilogy, but that ending?! What? This book went into a lot of directions. I can't wait to see what the next installment brings.
This one was easily my favorite of the series! It has a completely different feel, but I loved it even more than the others which I also gave 5 stars. :)
I made the mistake of thinking this was a trilogy. It is not. This is a tetralogy. Knowing that going in will help a lot. Because otherwise you will spend too much of this book thinking, How could Johnson possibly wrap everything up in this book??
[b:The Madness Underneath|15721638|The Madness Underneath (Shades of London, #2)|Maureen Johnson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345810446s/15721638.jpg|18093620] ended with Stephen dead and his ghost missing. Rory is struggling with her love interest's loss right after they shared their first kiss. At the same time, she and the team are trying to find the manipulative, ruthless Jane and stop her from bringing back this series' best villains, Sid and Sadie. Sid and Sadie are pale, creepy, charming, murderous twins. They have the charisma of cult leaders and the predatory instincts of Ted Bundy. As part of Jane's plot to revive Sid & Sadie, Jane steals Oswulf's Stone, one of several stones in London that maintain the veil between the living and the dead. The removal of any of the stones causes massive danger (in the case of Oswulf's Stone, an eerie fog slithers through London).
Shades of London is Johnson's best series yet, and has much more narrative weight than the fun, fluffy series she wrote before. The Shadow Cabinet is spooky, exciting, romantic, and fun, and the stakes continue to rise. I'm excited to see how Johnson wraps things up in the next book (if, in fact, it doesn't turn into a five-series book...).
[b:The Madness Underneath|15721638|The Madness Underneath (Shades of London, #2)|Maureen Johnson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345810446s/15721638.jpg|18093620] ended with Stephen dead and his ghost missing. Rory is struggling with her love interest's loss right after they shared their first kiss. At the same time, she and the team are trying to find the manipulative, ruthless Jane and stop her from bringing back this series' best villains, Sid and Sadie. Sid and Sadie are pale, creepy, charming, murderous twins. They have the charisma of cult leaders and the predatory instincts of Ted Bundy. As part of Jane's plot to revive Sid & Sadie, Jane steals Oswulf's Stone, one of several stones in London that maintain the veil between the living and the dead. The removal of any of the stones causes massive danger (in the case of Oswulf's Stone, an eerie fog slithers through London).
Shades of London is Johnson's best series yet, and has much more narrative weight than the fun, fluffy series she wrote before. The Shadow Cabinet is spooky, exciting, romantic, and fun, and the stakes continue to rise. I'm excited to see how Johnson wraps things up in the next book (if, in fact, it doesn't turn into a five-series book...).
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Eu gostei muito de como as coisas se desenvolveram, talvez eu esperasse apenas algum fechamento na história, mas estou muito curioso em saber no que essa história vai se desenvolver...
This book resolved several points from the last book, but opened up a lot of new directions for the series. I think I would have enjoyed it more, but I found out as I started reading that the author basically abandoned this series so all the interesting cliff hangers will go unresolved.