E-Audio, 11:37:37Narrated by: Anika Noni Rose
Release Date: January 7, 2020Published by: Scholastic Audio
Read from: February 29-March 3, 2020Shadowshaper, #3Source: LibraryTW: Cancer, Loss of a Parent, Chronic Illness, Alcoholism, AddictionFor fans of: Fantasy, Romance, Diversity, POC on Cover, POC MC, YAThe epic conclusion to the acclaimed Shadowshaper Cypher series!
A house divided
Sierra and the shadowshapers have been split apart. Juan, Anthony, and Izzy are in jail, anxiously waiting to find out what will become of them. Back in Brooklyn, the other shadowshapers have been getting threatening messages from whisper wraiths, catching strangely shaped figures stalking them, and fending off random spirits. A war is brewing among the houses, and the very magic of the shadowshapers is at stake.
The fate of the worlds
Sierra is determined to protect her own in the coming conflict. Even if that means keeping secrets from them. But a deal with Death by one of Sierra’s ancestors has far-reaching consequences in the battles of the present, and as old fates tangle with new powers, Sierra will have to harness the Deck of Worlds and confront her family’s past if she has any hope of saving the future and everyone she loves. Only doing so will mean following the magic to places the shadowshapers have never gone before . . . and may never return from.
*MY THOUGHTS*
I LOVED being back with these characters! I don’t feel that this one was as strong as the others, but still good in its own light. Definitely not one to miss.
From threatening messages to characters in jail, this book had it all. All while they are trying to keep the Deck of Worlds out of bad hands. Saving everyone is so much more difficult this time around.
The number one best thing about this book was the characters. I forgot some of them, but Older did a really good job of reminding us what each person did. But unfortunately, that’s part of why I didn’t give it 5 stars.There’s almost 0% of this that shows what their powers do. I remember that being my favorite part in the past books. There’s some time in there where someone is trying to learn shadow shaping, but that’s about the extent of the super cool magic.
As for the plot, I did find it slow in some places. And a small portion of this was a bit redundant. There’s only so much you can do when some of your characters are in jail. But once it got going, it didn’t stop until the end.
But the overall, the story was ok. It was an interesting story and the ending was not EPIC, but still cool and very weird. In a way only a story like this one could be. It was an interesting ride, but it still served as a great ending for the series.
But the overall, the story was ok. It was an interesting story and the ending was not EPIC, but still cool and very weird. In a way only a story like this one could be. It was an interesting ride, but it still served as a great ending for the series.
And since I listened to the audio, I’ll just tell y’all about Anika Noni Rose. She is now part of my favorite narrators because this story was awesome! She has the right inflections, the right pronunciation, etc,…..Definitely listen to the audio if you ever have time.
This wasn’t what I was expecting, but it was still such a good book. As an overall I did like this conclusion to the story. Definitely leaves open some areas for another book to be added. (Although I don’t think there will be!) This is just another series that started out stronger than it ended for me.
If you haven’t tried this series. l think you should at least give it a try, From the beginning to the end you’ll be entertained. Definitely a series where you’ll want to read all of them one after the other.
Overall, I give this
