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River of Shadows
by Karina Halle
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
CONTAINS SPOILERS
This book was surprisingly more plot led than I thought it would be. Another supernatural/fantasy read so I was really looking forward to this series. Needless to say, Death would have me on my knees for him. No shame. Total slut for men (or Gods in this case) who dirty talk like him. And his nickname for Hanne? SO CUTE. “I want to see your sweet face as you spread your wings, little bird.” Door unlocked and legs wide open for him. ANYWAYS! Let's get to the actual plot and not just talk about Death yeah? A cool aspect that I actually liked was the chapter titles. "The Little Mermaid" when Hanne first met Bell. "The Full Moon" when Hanne and Death first kissed. It like told a little bit about what was gonna happen in that chapter and I think that's really nice. I feel like we need to address Hanne's decision making capabilities. Back in about the middle of the book when she first met Telly because Rasmus was in trouble with Death, she chose to go and help him. That's an obvious smart choice to make because he's the one who brought her to Tuonela and has to take her to find her dad. But then Death tells her why he was in trouble and how he just left her in the middle of the night. Like surely he wasn't lying about that at all, right? Furthermore, when she fell into the spider's web, Rasmus was nowhere to be found. He just left her in there it seems. And, if what Death was insinuating that he was going to offer Hanne to take her father's place in turn for him to go back to the Upper World, why in the everloving hell would she trust him and go with him? Ultimately, it seemed like Rasmus's whole plan was to take her to Tuonela to just give her to Death just so he could have her father back to train him further into how to be a proper Shaman. Something isn't adding up with him. PLUS we learned that he was Louhi's son. Louhi who is Death's ex-wife and, I'm guessing, is part of the overthrowing for the Old Gods to come back into power. SO, my theory right now is that Rasmus just "saved" Hanne so he could bring her back to Louhi and get leverage over Death in some way. *takes a bow* That is what I think is what's going to happen in the next book.
This book was surprisingly more plot led than I thought it would be. Another supernatural/fantasy read so I was really looking forward to this series. Needless to say, Death would have me on my knees for him. No shame. Total slut for men (or Gods in this case) who dirty talk like him. And his nickname for Hanne? SO CUTE. “I want to see your sweet face as you spread your wings, little bird.” Door unlocked and legs wide open for him. ANYWAYS! Let's get to the actual plot and not just talk about Death yeah? A cool aspect that I actually liked was the chapter titles. "The Little Mermaid" when Hanne first met Bell. "The Full Moon" when Hanne and Death first kissed. It like told a little bit about what was gonna happen in that chapter and I think that's really nice. I feel like we need to address Hanne's decision making capabilities. Back in about the middle of the book when she first met Telly because Rasmus was in trouble with Death, she chose to go and help him. That's an obvious smart choice to make because he's the one who brought her to Tuonela and has to take her to find her dad. But then Death tells her why he was in trouble and how he just left her in the middle of the night. Like surely he wasn't lying about that at all, right? Furthermore, when she fell into the spider's web, Rasmus was nowhere to be found. He just left her in there it seems. And, if what Death was insinuating that he was going to offer Hanne to take her father's place in turn for him to go back to the Upper World, why in the everloving hell would she trust him and go with him? Ultimately, it seemed like Rasmus's whole plan was to take her to Tuonela to just give her to Death just so he could have her father back to train him further into how to be a proper Shaman. Something isn't adding up with him. PLUS we learned that he was Louhi's son. Louhi who is Death's ex-wife and, I'm guessing, is part of the overthrowing for the Old Gods to come back into power. SO, my theory right now is that Rasmus just "saved" Hanne so he could bring her back to Louhi and get leverage over Death in some way. *takes a bow* That is what I think is what's going to happen in the next book.