Review: Shadowlands by Kate Brian
Title: Shadowlands
Author: Kate Brian
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Publication Date: January 8, 2013
Page Count: 338
Where I got it: Borrowed from a friend.
Where you can get it: Amazon
How much: List Price 17.99
Format I read it in: Kindle ebook
Description/Blurb:
Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived … and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now she must enter the witness protection program. At first it seems like her family’s new home may be just the fresh start they need. But just as they’re starting to feel safe again, one of Rory’s new friends goes missing. Is it a coincidence? Or is the nightmare beginning all over again? New York Times best-selling author Kate Brian is back with a haunting new YA series packed with dark twists and turns.
Shadowlands by Kate Brian
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I had received Hereafter for review though Netgalley, so I borrowed Shadowlands from a friend. As I was reading through the book, I was a ball of mixed emotions. I was horrified about this man, Steven Nell. How could they do that? Throw that kind of drama into this book when I was going to get completely emotionally raw? Totally not fair.
But the beginning felt a little slow to me. I really did not know what to expect.
Okay, let me start over. First of all, I love the name Rory for a character. You get so tired of all the names of characters being so common and seeing them over and over again. And there was a Tristan too, so as I am reading I am having major Gilmore Girls flashbacks just by watching the names. Don’t worry, this is a good thing.
Something about Darcy always bothered me. She just seemed snobby, stuck up, difficult. Overall, a typical teenage cheerleader.
Then there are the boys on the island. Totally full of themselves, like they are God’s gift to.. Well, you know. But oh the twist.
The plot twist in this one came as a complete surprise to me. You almost expected a twist, definitely, but I didn’t expect it to come right at the very end. The plot twist is RIGHT at the FRICKING END OF THE BOOK!!! I was like, WTH????
And I totally didn’t see it coming. I am so eager to see what comes next that I had to scramble my thoughts down now, so I can go start to read it this evening!
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