mariannasreads 's review for:

Lady of Shadows by Melissa K. Roehrich

3.0

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Well shit. It pains me to say it because I absolutely LOVE Melissa’s Legacy’s series, it’s become one of my FAVORITES, but this one just isn’t doing it for me. I fell in love with Melissa’s writing and was so so excited to jump into these books to see the connections between LOD and Legacy’s, but I’m personally just not the biggest fan of the storyline here and am really struggling with the main characters. Don’t get me wrong it definitely had its positives and I can see why people love this series. I did really enjoy book 1 so I was excited to jump into this, but after around the 30% mark it just really started to lose steam and drag out for me. The FMC and MMC also kept repeatedly making the most idiotic decisions that had me ready to throw my kindle across the room. A lot of the conflict seemed repetitive and unnecessary so I just found myself entirely disconnected by the end. That being said I did really love the found family and the side characters! I also loved the world that was built and am obsessed with the magic system! I can’t quite pinpoint what exactly it is about this book but I just feel like I wanted so much more. It could absolutely be the mood I’m in, I’m not ruling it out for good, I most likely will return to it at some point but for now I’m going to take a break from the series!