A Hunt of Shadows

1st reading: I figured out quickly (actually in the previous book) that Ferro was Ulvarth's son. I also figured out fairly soon (though not immediately) that Ferro still didn't trust Eira - or he trusted her to try to kill him. I think he *was* surprised that she'd tricked him about the piece of plaster. I knew Harrott was his mother. I also knew that Cullen would end up engaged - that was bloody obvious, both from his father's ambitions (like, where else have we seen that before, duh), but also because it was simply an obvious plot "twist." (Is it a twist when you can see it 100 miles off?) Glad that Noelle has turned out decent - and she cracks me up. There's more to her story, I'm sure. VERY disappointed in Deneya, Vi, and Taavin. show more They should know better - or be less blinded by how much they think they know. Almost feel like there's some character assassination going on with the three of them, much like there was with Fritz and Grahm in the previous book. show less

I just wanted to facepalm through this whole book. Eira constantly did not know what she was doing, which was annoying. I also just wanted more romance which it did do better than book one but still epicly failed. I think this book suffered from the typical second-book stereotype where it just wasn't the best. Hopefully, book three will get better as they will be back to some of the competition.