What I liked about it:

- BEARABLE WRITING STYLE
- THE PREMISE WAS GOOD
- TALKS OF INTERESTING THINGS LIKE CREATURES OF THE DARK
- PROMOTES HELPING EACH OTHER IN TIMES OF CRISIS
- Good descriptions

What I did not like:

- TOOK TOO MUCH CREATIVE LIBERTY
- I CANNOT PLACE THIS AS A YA FANTASY
- WAS A POOR ATTEMPT AT A RAPUNZEL RETELLING (EXCEPT FOR BEING STUCK AT A TOWER AND CHOPPING OF THE HAIR, NOTHING SEEMED LIKE RAPUNZEL)
- THE PROTAGONIST FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE FIRST GUY SHE EVER MEETS
- I COULDN'T REALLY PLACE WHERE THE STORY WAS GOING (IT LACKED PURPOSE)
- Predictable ( )

Reign of Shadows was certainly not perfect but despite it's imperfections I still enjoyed it. I think I'm just a sucker for a fairy-tale retelling, I almost never dislike them.

Here we have a loose retelling of Rapunzel set in a world plunged in darkness with only about an hour of light a day.
17 years earlier an eclipse left the kingdom of Relhok in the dark and it hasn't let up since. The day of the eclipse also happened to be the day Princess Luna was born. Unfortunately, her parents were murdered and she was rescued by her wet-nurse and a loyal guard. Ever since, they've lived in a tower deep in the woods.
The world is a dangerous place not just because the usurper would want her dead if he learned of her existence but because with the darkness came the dwellers.

The world-building leaves much to be desired. I wanted to know more about the dwellers and the eclipse. There's a bit of insta-love which I didn't really mind because I've come to expect it with books like this. I also liked Fowler and Luna together so..there's that.
While Reign of Shadows never quite reaches it's full potential I'm hoping the next book will. Regardless of whether it does or not I'll definitely be reading it because well...MAJOR cliffhanger. I can't just not know what happens next. ( )

I picked this one up because I have a copy of it's sequel that I have to read for review at work, and I can't read the sequel without reading book one first!

I went into the novel with low expectations seeing as the reviews were pretty mixed, but I really ended up enjoying it quite a bit.

The characters were fun, the pacing was fast, and while the world could be better developed, it was overall a really fun read with quite the cliffhanger ending! ( )

It got me through a train ride. Barely. ( )

Now I read an amazing review for Reign Of Shadows on one of my book blogger friends. And I heard about the pure brutal ending of this amazing book. So I really wanted too wait until the next book too come out so I can binge read the books together. But I keep hearing more amazing reviews plus I've been dying too read a Sophie Jordan book for a long time now and this book was just calling too me too check it out. So I decided too check Reign Of Shadows from the library. And Ohh boy I am so glad and happy that I got a chance too read this book because I thoroughly love and enjoyed Reign Of Shadows. It pulled me right from the very beginning describing the pitch dark world and kingdom of Relhok full of ferocious creatures that came from the eclipse that happen seventeen years ago. This world building fascinates me so much because it is a very unique and original that I never read a world quite like this before. The plot and concepts is full of quests, discoveries and love & sacrifices that I couldn't put this book down I always had too read one more chapter late in the night. The characters were very well rounded and dynamic that I connected too them right away I felt there ever emotions on all the hardships and troubles they had going on in the book. Especially I felt for Luna who had too leave from the tower where she lived at since she was a babe. She had to leave for a very big reason but I don't want to say why because it would be spoiler, but she didn't want to leave behind her loves ones Sivo and Perla behind. But Fowlar made a promise to Sivo that he will protect and not abandon Luna and will take her too a myth city called Allu. Luna had no choice but too leave the tower without her love ones and go on a quest too a myth city Allu with the harden and broody Fowlar. Now at the beginning when Luna and Fowlar met there were complete strangers that didn't get along with each other at first they always have funny and sarcastic banter between them. Than while Luna and Fowlar were on there quest for months too Allu they find themselves in some hardships and troubles along the way. So they both started too open up and trust each other and they started too feel something more special between them. Before they now it they both fell in love with each other. There love was really slow-burn and heated that it caught Luna and Fowlar both off guard. Especially for Fowlar because he lost a lot of love ones back in Relhok that's way he always guarded his heart from love ever again. But somehow Luna broke the shields too Fowlar heart and become part of it instead. Now I am going to leave it off here because I don't want too spoil it for anybody else. But both Luna and Fowlar discover and learn about each other secrets that they were keeping from each other at the end of the book. And I will warn you there is a huge cliffhanger at the out of Reign Of Shadows that I literally started to cry out in frustration when I read the end! The ending was pure brutal like my friend said! I really want the next book in my hands ASAP but alas I have too wait for it next year which is going to be pure torture for me too wait so long. But I know the wait will be so worth it at the end when I get it in my hands on the next book. I will most definitely will continue too read more books by Sophie Jordan because I absolutely loved her flawless and expressive writing style that I can't get enough of her books! ( )