Seriously? Are you? This is a joke right? This is Fother Mucking joke, RIGHT? Because I can't. I seriously...I....no. *pinches self* I'll wake up. I'll wake up.

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(view spoiler)[ Seriously, I'm about to rant, there is a spoiler here. I'm giving you time....

URGH! It was a good book, it was getting good and then BAM. Just like that it turned to shit.

I didn't know, I didn't realize that a series that had started off pretty amazing could just....crumble like (hide spoiler)] More...

Well, there goes another series. This book was a huge disappointment to me. I stayed up until 3 a.m. last night finishing it, hoping and hoping, that it would redeem itself. But no. I finished it knowing that I will never read another book in this series. Frankly, I might just give up on the author because of the direction this book took...but that might be my PMS talking.

(view spoiler)[When it comes to scifi/fantasy novels, I think my tastes are pretty diverse. I'll read just about anything, enjoy just about (hide spoiler)] More...

I don't think I've ever had to force myself to finish a book. And I don't think I've ever actually thrown a book across the room. And I don't think I've ever hated a book as much as I hated Shadowflame.

And through it all, I just have one question: WHY??! Why did it have to happen? Where did Devon even come from? The whole situation feels just wrong to me. What's the point of having something like that happen? There was no need whatsoever to have something so disgusting take place. This book and More...

Everyone who read Queen of Shadows knows that this series is dark. Miranda's ability and what she experienced (in QoS) could have completely wrecked her. Instead, she overcame her fears, learned to control the powers that had her believing she was insane, and found a man to care for her while giving her the space she needed to heal. As it happened, that man was her Signet-chosen Mate. The darkness of the Shadow World, Miranda’s new world, doesn’t end there.

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CAUTION: Spoilers

I have mixed feelings for this book. I liked that the book wasn't predictable, that a mainstream UF have LGBT characters that actually play a big role instead of being a gal-pal's BFF, that the author had no qualm killing off characters. Yet I was totally pissed off about David's infidelity.

You think Miranda would dump his ass but it's too bad she can't—she would die. Seriously. Because of the stupid soulmate bond, if she even spend three days without close physical contact with More...

5 stars...and I don't care what other people think!

I was so enthralled and thought how can I give this book the credit it deserved. How high can I place this among my favorites among my PNR reads, and why it touched me differently?

How can I love another bad-ass human-turned-vampire Queen? David Solomon...that's why! When your husband is David, 350 YO and counting, he has fought, lived and loved...deeply. Only 3 three months in her new role, Miranda ready for ALL of his secrets? This book was fil More...

SHADOWFLAME succeeds the previous QUEEN OF SHADOWS in so many ways and you are left wondering if it is even possible to turn the pages fast enough. Dianne Sylvan has truly created a vampire world that I want to be apart of for years to come.

Miranda is now Queen and wife of David Solomon, Prime of the South and since becoming a vampire her life has changed more ways than you could possibly imagine. She is a very young vampire, but in our eyes she is the wisdom of one born to be queen. David is as More...

SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS...

Shadowflame is the second instalment in the Shadow World series and to say it packs an emotional punch is an understatement.

In the Queen of Shadows, Sylvan shows herself to be a talented Urban Fantasy in overall character and plotting development. She has an easy flowing style which i found a pleasure to read. The actual writing style in Shadowflame is much the same but her controversial subplot involving a "gay for you" adulterous relationship is where she loses a More...

I am really disappointed with this book. I loved so much the first one, Queen of Shadows. I also translated for some friends who don't know English.... for them read it.

I am a romantic reader, I wanna see the hero and the heroine together and happy. I know that someday something would happen to disrupt this relationship, but, they had just three months!!! WHAT? WHY?



I don't understand why the author wanted destroy David's image, I don't understand why the author wanted destroy Miranda's image, b More...

I was planning to start this book today but now that my nosey self has stumbled onto a major spoiler I have no interest in reading this book anytime soon. I loved Queen Of Shadows, but now that I have discovered that David becomes a complete A$$h@!€ in this book I don't care to read it. Its these character inconsistencies that cause authors to loose faithful readers.

I did something I Never do after stumbling upon the entire plot spoiler, I returned this book back to B&N. I loved Queen of Sh More...

Shadowflame picks up, pretty much where Queen of Shadows left off. Miranda, is the newly appointed Queen and eternally soul-mate-bonded to David the Prime of the South. While all is not perfect and they are still getting to know each other, things are progressing nicely in her life and all is pretty well. That is until it comes to light that there is an assassin in town; a visit from a sick, deranged Prime and visit from another sick, deranged Prime threatens to throw Miranda and David way off t More...

''I don't think I've ever had to force myself to finish a book. And I don't think I've ever actually thrown a book across the room. And I don't think I've ever hated a book as much as I hated Shadowflame. ''
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Aug 08, 2011 Dija

''Crossed this series off my list. I wish I could get those hours I wasted reading this book back.'' from
Jan 04, 2012 juliet
''I gave up. I'm not one of those people that avoids awkward story lines. I read a lot of weird and/or dark books. But the blatant infidelity i More...

I gave up. I'm not one of those people that avoids awkward story lines. I read a lot of weird and/or dark books. But the blatant infidelity in the main character's marriage, and how little time it apparently takes her to get over it just really annoyed me to no end. I flipped to the end, read the last couple pages, and I probably won't ever continue this series. Sorry. :/

Over the last couple of years I have read a lot of Urban Fantasy, and one of the things that has bothered me most about the genre is the expectation that everything is perfect and roses between the couples. If you bond, you lose your identity and all the baggage that you're bringing in suddenly disappears in a poof of rose-colored smoke. That's not how relationships work. Ever. It may be how they're done in Paranormal Romanceland, but Shadowflame is not a paranormal romance, and these relationsh More...

This book gets 2 Stars and that might be generous, the actual story is good, the writing is good BUT what the author has done is taken characters that the reader base had emotionally invested in from Queen of Shadows and destroyed them. The actions in this book are in no way the actions of the characters she created in Queen of Shadows, this might have been an outstanding book if she had made it book 1 of a new series with new characters but by destroying the images most readers had of the h and More...

I read Queen of Shadows and was just wowed off my feet. For some reason I kept picking this one up and putting it down never quite starting. Looking back it was an omen.

(view spoiler)[To start what the heck happened to David? In the first book David was smart, kind, charming and a force to be reckoned with. In this one he seems lost, he has absolutely no self-control, his self esteem is shot, seems to indulge in a lot of self loathing and the kicker is he is a cheater. The cheating thing really got to me becau (hide spoiler)] More...

What did I think of this book?

SERIOUSLY?
Plot is ok but forgettable.
Relationship is a mess and unforgivable.
Characters?? I don't give a shit anymore.

Miranda: She keeps developing new skills! Just dump everything to her already! And for thinking of (view spoiler)[ sharing / working things out among the four of you?
Woman, are you dumb or what?!
Did your transition from human to vampire damaged your brain?
REALLY?
Aren't you all bad ass about how Prime Hart treats his women? HELLO? And you are ok with your honey (hide spoiler)] More...

Very disappointed in this book.I loved Queen of Shadows and i kept reading Shadowflame with a hope that it would get better but it didnt. Im not sure in what direction Miranda and David's relationship is going and im not sure i want to keep reading to find out.

Beware, some spoilers are present.

3,5 stars

God help me (I'm going to be slaughtered after posting this), but I actually liked Dianne Sylvan’s Shadowflame. I know there are and will be many (MANY!) people who will disagree with me, and I honestly can't blame them. There are some things that would make a crapload of people want to go ‘Ah, fuck it, I hate this shit’. However, it didn't bother me all that much. Whether that's a consequence of having prepared myself for it to suck (which it didn't, More...

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I am a huge fan of Urban Fantasy and a small fan of Romance novels, so I had no problems with this book, the characters, or the plot lines. If you are looking for a Romance novel this is NOT the book for you, if lovey dovey hearts and flowers is what you want turn away, also if you don't like a little boy on boy action this might not be your cup of tea HOWEVER if you are interested in a Three dimensional, heart breaking, outside the lines type of story I would absolutely recomme More...

Okay.

There are a couple things this series is doing wrong, in my opinion.

Firstly, sexual assault as a theme. It was rampant in the first book, and it is rampant in the second. It is starting to feel like a crutch: if someone is a "bad guy", he assaults people sexually in this series; if someone is a "good guy", s/he has been the victim of sexual assault. I am just not sure how I feel about this as a defining characteristic of a large number of these characters.

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I'm not going to lie, I enjoyed this book. Lately, I've been losing patience, but this I finished. It's a pretty easy read, with lots of paranormal elements. It wasn't until chapter 17, that I said to myself "this is ridiculous."

Dianne Sylvan has this sense of melodrama in her writing, that's becoming a bit much. I didn't notice it in Queen of Shadows, but it is clear to me that Dianne Sylvan watches soap operas. Which is fine, I love soaps and even worked on "One Life to Live" right before it w More...

I feel compelled to write a review because I do not agree in any way with any of the venomous and/or furious 1-star reviews this book received. In short the book is well written, and I enjoyed it even more than Queen of Shadows. Queen of Shadows got my attention and piqued my interest, but this book really challenged the characters and revealed their inner selves in a way the first book did not.

Yes, the book has infidelity. No, it's not gratuitous or needless like some other reviews suggest. In More...

Shadowflame is the second book in the Shadow World series by Dianne Sylvan and an ACE Urban Fantasy.

Book Blurb:

Spread throughout the dark corners of our world lies the Shadow World, a society of vampires who feed off the living. In Austin, Texas, one woman must find her place within that world, before she loses everything...

It's been three months since musician Miranda Grey became a vampire and married David Solomon, Prime of the South. As Queen, Miranda must quickly come to terms with her new r More...

I wanted to read this second installment but after reading the negative reviews I REALLY wanted to read it... which usually makes me a sucker, but not this time. The first novel in this series really kept to traditional romance lines for the most part, but there was always a hint that it aspired to be something more. The more traditional elements may have given a false sense that this would be one of those where love fixes everything. I'm relieved it's not.

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