Hi again. Miss me? All right so in this book I gave it three stars. And here are the reasons why. I enjoyed the overall story. So right off the bat you got a star for that. Lol. The storyline was more solid. It wasn't perfect but it was solid. The author grabbed a hold of her idea, and she actually managed to stick with it for the majority of the book. So yes I enjoyed that. There's another star. I absolutely love the dynamic between shadow and Mera. And I love watching that relationship develop. So there's the other star. Lol. Overall I liked this book. The reason that I lost two stars on this was because one, the relationship with her sub characters seem to be unstable. There is 1 point where Mera wants to introduce Simone to angel, and Angel just disappears. No one ever explains why that happened. And that really bothered me. I understand that introducing friends to friends can be complicated, you know because their relationship may not be solid or maybe the friend that disappeared felt insecure, but we never find out why she disappeared. We never find why this pain was caused. It was brief, it was fleeting, but it was there and it made an impact. So I wish the author had explained that a little bit better. Or at least giving closure to it. That's the word that I was missing before in my last review. Closure. Tying up ends. You know the closure of the storyline. That's what I was missing in the other book. So in this book the other thing that lost a star was dannie. It just didn't make sense. I know she lost herr sh*t, pardon me her mind. But still this should have been something else. More explanation maybe. I don't know. For Dannie to drop Mara into an abusive situation even though she was corrupt, she should have somehow cushioned the blow. Because they make it sound like Dannie did this because in her corrupt mine thought that this would help Mera, and keep the balance. She didn't want to kill her, but at the same time and her delusion she thought she was doing the right thing. So she thought she was doing the right thing, she managed to manipulate everyone's minds, why didn't she take away the abuse that Mera had suffered? That's still not explained. Anyway moving on, I'm, I'd say about a quarter of the way through or maybe 2/3 LOL math is not my friend I'm about halfwayish through the next book. The conclusion. So let's see what happens that. I'll see you at the end of that book. But I want to thank the author for at least attempting to be more solid with this book. The first one flopped, this one at least you have something to grab a hold of. ( )

This cliffhanger was … traumatizing. Let’s just get to book 3 please.

Just a few things about this book … all questions answered. We find out what Mera is and why she’s able to do what she can do. We see Shadow and Mera finally become “Shadowshine”. But the cliffhanger changes everything. This book was a bit slower and harder to get into than the first book. Not quite as good in my opinion despite the spice level being higher. But definitely have book 3 ready so you can dive right in. Because I cannot stress how messed up this ending is. ( )

I was completely bored with the OW drama and was completely underwhelmed by the ending. A lot of things felt like they came out of nowhere at the end. This was still an enjoyable read and I'll finish the series but I definitely had quite a few issues with this one. ( )

There was a lot of speed-up-slow-down in this book and the action sequences were blurry, I couldn't quite picture what was happening. I did appreciate the plot holes getting filled in from the first book. ( )