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Enshadowed (Nevermore, #2)

Kelly Creagh

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Jun 12, 2012 Darlene rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I received this Advance Reader's Copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I did not receive any compensation for my review, and the views expressed herein are my own.

Because I recently finished reading Nevermore, the first in the trilogy, I thankfully did not have to wait 1.5 years to continue the story!

Enshadowed picks up approximately two months after Nevermore ends, where we left off at The Grim Facade ball on Halloween. Now, the setting is Christmas and Isobel is determine I received this Advance Reader's Copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I did not receive any compensation for my review, and the views expressed herein are my own.

Because I recently finished reading Nevermore, the first in the trilogy, I thankfully did not have to wait 1.5 years to continue the story!

Enshadowed picks up approximately two months after Nevermore ends, where we left off at The Grim Facade ball on Halloween. Now, the setting is Christmas and Isobel is determined to get to Baltimore for Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday on January 19th because she believes that the Poe Toaster will make an appearance and that he will lead her back to Varen. I was eager for Isobel and Varen to be reunited, and I was approximately 300 pages into the story before the monumental event of Poe’s birthday finally took place! Even though Varen was absent for the majority of the book, we learn some valuable insight into what is going on through Isobel’s interactions with Pinfeathers (love him!) and Lilith. I flew through the final 130 pages of the book, and I was horrified that the book ended on such an emotional cliff-hanger that I was rendered speechless!

Creagh does not disappoint, and the momentum that she built up through the first two-thirds of the story were anxiety-inducing! I found Enshadowed to be slightly darker than Nevermore. Isobel seems obsessed and driven to find Varen and will stop at nothing. Even knowing that her family will be hurt at her betrayal does not persuade her to change her mind. There is a particularly poignant moment, the restaurant scene in Baltimore, where Isobel even comes to grips with her own mortality. She realizes that she may not come back.

I love quirky Gwen, and I hope that she will also figure prominently in the next book. I have to admit that I missed Varen. I was so hoping for Isobel and Varen to be reunited, and what happens is just tragic. I am aching to find out what happens next!

The final book in the trilogy is slated for release in 2013. In the meantime, since Creagh has re-awakened my interest in Poe, I plan to read The Fall of the House of Usher and other works.

MY RATING: 4 stars!! It was really good! You should put it on your "To Be Read" list.

My full review can be found on my blog:
http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2... ...more

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May 08, 2020 Danya rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, mount-tbr-challenge-2020, finishing-the-series-challenge-2020, start-on-your-shelfathon-2020

I didn't remember much at all from the first book in this series, which made navigating this sequel a bit challenging at times. Unfortunately, while there are bits and pieces from book 1 mentioned throughout, there isn't a nice summary paragraph of all the important points, so I had some difficulty figuring out what certain details were referring to. I like that we get some more of the world building in this book (we really get to see the "alternate reality" dreamworld and how it works). I am st ...more

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