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Shadowbound
About 250,000 people go missing in the UK each year. Rhiannon Wellmorrow knows this because her sister is now among them. Taken from her London apartment, Allesha Wellmorrow has become the focus of a nationwide hunt, but without success - it is as if she simply disappeared.
Then Rhiannon starts to see them. Inhumanly beautiful and unfailingly treacherous, the Fae are not to be trifled with. They took Allesha and now they want Rhiannon too. With her eyes newly opened, Rhiannon must retrace her sister’s final steps as she searches for a way to avoid the same fate.
Then Rhiannon starts to see them. Inhumanly beautiful and unfailingly treacherous, the Fae are not to be trifled with. They took Allesha and now they want Rhiannon too. With her eyes newly opened, Rhiannon must retrace her sister’s final steps as she searches for a way to avoid the same fate.
- GenresFantasy
267 pages, ebook
First published September 27, 2014
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About the author
Lisa Stout
3 books3 followersLisa Stout grew up in South East England and graduated from Durham University with a degree in law. Since then she's split her time between working as a receptionist and writing paranormal stories. Her childhood (and much of her adult life) has been full of various book related obsessions, and her greatest ambition is to write something that creates a similar impact on others. Her favourite genres are currently urban and dark fantasy, and she enjoys the challenge of taking familiar plot lines and twisting them so that they play out unpredictably.
Her first novel Shadowbound is now available on Amazon. Shadowbound is an urban fantasy involving the Fae. The blurb is:
"About 250,000 people go missing in the UK each year. Rhiannon Wellmorrow knows this because her sister is now among them. Taken from her London apartment, Allesha Wellmorrow has become the focus of a nationwide hunt, but without success - it is as if she simply disappeared.
Then Rhiannon starts to see them. Inhumanly beautiful and unfailingly treacherous, the Fae are not to be trifled with. They took Allesha and now they want Rhiannon too. With her eyes newly opened, Rhiannon must retrace her sister's final steps as she searches for a way to avoid the same fate."
It can be found here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadowbound-W...
The Prologue can be read for free here:
http://lstout.livejournal.com/933.html
Lisa has also recently won a Liars League short story competition with her entry 'Fairest of them all.' The story, which was performed by the actor Greg Page is now available on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W94S...
Her first novel Shadowbound is now available on Amazon. Shadowbound is an urban fantasy involving the Fae. The blurb is:
"About 250,000 people go missing in the UK each year. Rhiannon Wellmorrow knows this because her sister is now among them. Taken from her London apartment, Allesha Wellmorrow has become the focus of a nationwide hunt, but without success - it is as if she simply disappeared.
Then Rhiannon starts to see them. Inhumanly beautiful and unfailingly treacherous, the Fae are not to be trifled with. They took Allesha and now they want Rhiannon too. With her eyes newly opened, Rhiannon must retrace her sister's final steps as she searches for a way to avoid the same fate."
It can be found here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadowbound-W...
The Prologue can be read for free here:
http://lstout.livejournal.com/933.html
Lisa has also recently won a Liars League short story competition with her entry 'Fairest of them all.' The story, which was performed by the actor Greg Page is now available on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W94S...
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August 31, 2024
I had the same problem with this as I did the first time. By the end I can't figure out who's who. That is more the fault of the Kindle and listening to it than actually seeing the words. Not that the names are all similar&mdah;they aren't, but I get confused about who's the son or daughter of whom and where they fit into it all.
I re-read this in the hope that the second volume will be coming out soon. I sgtill wonder whether the author can follow up with a more intereting or thematically powerful story for the second volume. Shadowboudn should not go the way of the Thomas Covenant books and so crawl into its own universe that it loses all interest for everyone but the insanely bored or thesaurus-obsessed.
I re-read this in the hope that the second volume will be coming out soon. I sgtill wonder whether the author can follow up with a more intereting or thematically powerful story for the second volume. Shadowboudn should not go the way of the Thomas Covenant books and so crawl into its own universe that it loses all interest for everyone but the insanely bored or thesaurus-obsessed.
March 15, 2016
This review is from Bob Boze on behalf of Truth About Books
Shadowbound is a fantasy, roughly based on the fairytales many of us are familiar with.
The books heroine is Rhiannon, younger sister of Allesha, who has gone missing. Rhiannon’s hunt for her older sister takes her from secret night spot to secret night spot trying to trace her sister’s footsteps thought a realm of deceit and mystery. A realm, it turns out, run by the Fae so that they may trap humans and transport them to a land where the fairy live.
A land whose ruling families have a special interest in Allesha, Rhiannon and their family.
From here I will not go into the twists and turns of her journey; simply because there are far too many of them to remember.
I had a lot of difficulty rating this book, for several reasons. First, Fantasy is not my cup of tea and Shadowbound is not a book I would have selected on my own to read. It is however, very well written (with a few exceptions that I’ll get to) with a good plot, a ton of twists and turns, and great characters.
On the flip side, several things annoyed me. At times it seemed like the author was trying to use every word she’s ever heard; sometimes needlessly or incorrectly. There is also a scene containing animal sacrifice that I found disturbing and several scenes that are quite dark with fairy being tortured and killed in cruel and unusual ways. (This is the side of fairies your mum never told you about!)
Finally, Rhiannon’s realizing she had been misled, over and over again wore thin after a while and, toward the end of the book you could pretty much predict each time it was coming.
All of the above would normally have reduced my rating but, L. Stout’s talent as a good story teller and author shined through the things I didn’t like. I sincerely hope she takes my, and other reviewers comments to heart, and uses them to improve because I believe she is going to become an outstanding author.
Recommended as a good read with a lot of twists and turns that will hold your interest.
Shadowbound is a fantasy, roughly based on the fairytales many of us are familiar with.
The books heroine is Rhiannon, younger sister of Allesha, who has gone missing. Rhiannon’s hunt for her older sister takes her from secret night spot to secret night spot trying to trace her sister’s footsteps thought a realm of deceit and mystery. A realm, it turns out, run by the Fae so that they may trap humans and transport them to a land where the fairy live.
A land whose ruling families have a special interest in Allesha, Rhiannon and their family.
From here I will not go into the twists and turns of her journey; simply because there are far too many of them to remember.
I had a lot of difficulty rating this book, for several reasons. First, Fantasy is not my cup of tea and Shadowbound is not a book I would have selected on my own to read. It is however, very well written (with a few exceptions that I’ll get to) with a good plot, a ton of twists and turns, and great characters.
On the flip side, several things annoyed me. At times it seemed like the author was trying to use every word she’s ever heard; sometimes needlessly or incorrectly. There is also a scene containing animal sacrifice that I found disturbing and several scenes that are quite dark with fairy being tortured and killed in cruel and unusual ways. (This is the side of fairies your mum never told you about!)
Finally, Rhiannon’s realizing she had been misled, over and over again wore thin after a while and, toward the end of the book you could pretty much predict each time it was coming.
All of the above would normally have reduced my rating but, L. Stout’s talent as a good story teller and author shined through the things I didn’t like. I sincerely hope she takes my, and other reviewers comments to heart, and uses them to improve because I believe she is going to become an outstanding author.
Recommended as a good read with a lot of twists and turns that will hold your interest.
November 28, 2014
I was utterly riveted by this read from the moment I started reading the very first page! The characters are all so different and complex, with monsters and magic that somehow felt totally new and fresh, with emotional content and profound depth unlike any other story in this genre I have come across. This book is a must-read and a cannot-put-down ( I was unable to do anything else for about three days) as well as a beautiful story, beautifully told! I can't wait for the next Book!
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