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A review by mariakazantzi
Girl in the Shadows by Gwenda Bond
3.0
Don’t let my rating fool you. It is a good book to spend your afternoon. But is not the book that will leave you breathless and in awe.
Moira is a great protagonist. She is smart, willing to pursuit her dreams, no matter what, believes in herself and is willing to risk her life for her craft. And she is good at it. The parts about her magic tricks and her escapes are the reason I liked this book.
But overall the book lacked depth. The only explanation about her (real) magic is that she descends from an ancient family – that’s all folks! nothing else! And even if this magic can prove fatal for her, she never actually tries to learn to control it. She just uses it and then chaos prevails. And because that is the course of events every single time she uses magic, the book becomes a little bit tiring to read.
As for the romance, I believe it was pointless. There was nothing that justified it, it happened so fast that you didn’t have the time to care for the characters, and the fact that they were willing to risk their lives for each other without even knowing each other was annoying.
But if you can overlook the insta-love romance (and drama) and the lack of story-building, it is a nice book that you will enjoy reading.
Moira is a great protagonist. She is smart, willing to pursuit her dreams, no matter what, believes in herself and is willing to risk her life for her craft. And she is good at it. The parts about her magic tricks and her escapes are the reason I liked this book.
But overall the book lacked depth. The only explanation about her (real) magic is that she descends from an ancient family – that’s all folks! nothing else! And even if this magic can prove fatal for her, she never actually tries to learn to control it. She just uses it and then chaos prevails. And because that is the course of events every single time she uses magic, the book becomes a little bit tiring to read.
As for the romance, I believe it was pointless. There was nothing that justified it, it happened so fast that you didn’t have the time to care for the characters, and the fact that they were willing to risk their lives for each other without even knowing each other was annoying.
But if you can overlook the insta-love romance (and drama) and the lack of story-building, it is a nice book that you will enjoy reading.