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What Hunts Inside the Shadows by Harper L. Woods

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thecourtofearthandwater's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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adventurous dark funny 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

4.0


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reneec1's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

What Hunts inside the Shadows is all  travel, returning on the exact route Estrella took throughout What Lies behind the Veil. The prologue gives Caelum’s POV from when the veil fell, which gave good insight. Then, Chapter 1 picks up right after the end of the first book. 

Spice: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This book had more spice than I prefer, (although I know a lot of people love it! I wish I would have realized that there would be so many scenes) and I often thought it was unnecessary to the plot. I’m also not a fan of how this series romanticizes
sex in front of an audience.
 

Plot: 
I liked it overall, but there was sooo much travel that it got a little repetitive, especially when that was so much of the first book. I’m not a huge fan of extended travel in books. It did help with world-building, and I feel like I understand their world much better than I did after the first book. 

I think it was pretty obvious that
Estrella was going to accept Caldris as her mate
but I still liked reading about the journey. 

I’ve seen a lot of reviews saying that Estrella was too whiny at the beginning of the book, but I actually appreciated that part. She had just found out that Caelum was actually Caldris, and I’m really glad she didn’t just automatically accept him for it. To me, that would have felt too shallow. I appreciated the inner turmoil it caused her as she adjusted to this entire new life. 

Characters: 
Estrella- I find her actions/struggles pretty relatable and I like her as a FMC. 
Caldris- I’m so torn on him, but I think that’s the point. It still grosses me out when he calls Estrella Little One. I think My Star is cute. 
Fallon- I really liked her and wish she could have been a little more important in this book. I think she is going to be much more significant in the next one. 
Imelda- I loved Imelda and Fallon’s relationship and again, wish there had been more of her and think it would have easily worked with the back story we learn about. 
Wild Hunt: I loved and hated them at the same time, which again, I think was the idea. 

Comparisons:
I’ve read so many reviews saying this series is similar to FBAA, but haven’t read it. I think it’s really similar to ACOTAR with morally grey Rhys/Caldris and them being better than the persona they give out (which I’m expecting to see more of in the next book), but in my eyes, Estrella’s story is a little more like Arlin’s than Fayre’s. 

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sarafinley's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Entertaining? Sure, but absolutely ridiculous always. How many times is this girl going to try and off herself? It seemed like we spent so much time dedicated to these long journeys with not much happening, and when something does finally happen it isn’t given nearly enough time. 

The writing is often contradictory and confusing. I went back multiple times to reread certain situations because I wasn’t actually sure what was going on, or who was doing the action being described. 

Undecided if I’ll ever pick up book 3. So far this is incredibly similar to the From Blood & Ash series between the plot points and the writing style. 

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