Claimed by Shadow (Cassandra Palmer, Book 2) (edition 2007)

Cassie Palmer is still on the run from mages, vampires, and her new unwanted powers. Will she or won't she complete the "ritual" required to completely claim her status as the new Pythia? I wasn't surprised at her decision on this particular issue, just who the other participant in the ritual was. Didn't make much sense to me. Guess I'll have to keep reading the series to see where this goes! ( )

A very fast-paced second entry in the adventures of Cassie Palmer. Lots of excitement, some allies that seemed impossible, some magic tricks that were too difficult to deal with, and the bad guys being worse than anticipated. ( )

Full of more action. Can't wait to read the next book. ( )

In the last book Cassandra got the power of the pythia but there's one thing she has to do before the power is hers. There's a geis between herself and the vampire Mircea, a geis that's hurting both of them, there's another clairvoyant who wants to be pythia and several other complications in Cassandra's life.

It wasn't bad, it took me a while to remember some of the background, and in many situations I didn't get a great sense of place or time, not the best read but not a bad read. I'm not pushed to get the next book in the series but I wouldn't reject the idea of reading it. ( )

RATING: barely 3 stars.Okay this series just isn't doing it for me (lol). No really. The author sets a plotline at the beginning and then instead of a linear story we get huge conversations/ info-dump moments interlaced with fast and furious action just as if the author remembered suddenly that ah! I have a story to get to, can't waste any more time with chitchat. Plus all the action seems kind of meaningless because most of the times it doesn't even advance the story that much (SPOILER - like the scene at Casanova's with the bucket of cow entrails - yuck). Then to top it off, the ending is always disappointing. And some of the tasks set out at the beginning are never completed. Still, this one was a little better than the first. And since I've bought the first three books and the first in the author's other series I suppose I best read them all and get them out of the way... :p ( )