Title: Shadows
Author: Ilsa J. Bick
Published: September 25th 2012 by EgmontUSA
Source: ARC from BEA
Buy it from: Amazon
Goodreads summary:
The Apocalypse does not end. The Changed will grow in numbers. The Spared may not survive.
Even before the EMPs brought down the world, Alex was on the run from the demons of her past and the monster living in her head. After the world was gone, she believed Rule could be a sanctuary for her and those she’d come to love.
But she was wrong.
Now Alex is in the fight of her life against the adults, who would use her, the survivors, who don’t trust her, and the Changed, who would eat her alive.
Welcome to Shadows, the second book in the haunting apocalyptic Ashes Trilogy: where no one is safe and humans may be the worst of the monsters
Review:
How many emotions can one have about one book? Here is a brief list of mine.
Confusion: Who on earth are all of these people? Ilsa Bick wrote Shadows from at least 6 POVs and it really threw me off. I didn’t have a strong memory of almost any of them at first and just when I felt like I was “getting” them, BAM we were back onto the next person.
Disappointment: Largely related to the confusion, but I had major love for Ashes and Shadows felt all over the place in comparison. It was hard to keep the events and POVs straight at first because they didn’t have a lot of overlap. About midway through the book I abandoned it, bitterly disappointed because I had been so excited to get my hands on an ARC at BEA.
BUT THEN.
Worried: Because when I finally picked the book back up, I felt for these characters, new POVs and all. And lord do they have problems to contend with.
SCARED: The Changed were crazy horrifying in Ashes, but not only does that continue, but the awfulness of HUMANITY continues over in this one.
Frantic: So much was happening and the action was good and AHHHH characters I like are doing things and AHHH SCREAMING. (This is the good kind of frantic as far as reading goes)
DESPAIR: Ilsa Bick, HOW COULD YOU END LIKE THAT ON ME?
To sum up: Power through the beginning to get to the good stuff because I think when this ish wraps in Monsters, you’ll want to be around for it.
