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The Shadow Cabinet
by Maureen Johnson
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...).