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To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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To Kill A Shadow, gave me some Mulan vides with Kiara being a woman in the man's army and out fighting the men and holding her own. Also gave me some Shadow and Bone vibes by having to fight an unknown darkness full of strange demons. I really liked Kiara and Jude's interactions and I liked the kind of found family Kiara had with some of the other recruits. The little bits of notes at the start of the chapters were interesting. I would have like seen a little more world building in the beginning. Maybe a little more interaction between Kiara and her bother and how they were really each others only friend, then I could have felt it more when she took his place in the calling. Things started very quick then felt a kind of slow in the middle as they wonder the darkness and then the end picked back up. Going into this book I was hoping it was a standalone this definitely feels like only part of the story and I'm very interested to see what happens next. How the story progresses might determine how I rate this part.