Shadowflame (Shadow World, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Dec 28, 2010 Steph rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series-i-love, series-ongoing, author-웃, year-read-2011, sos-games-bsb-r3

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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Jul 02, 2012 Thenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic, reviewed, series, vampires, paranormal, 2015

A series that takes a few very unexpected turns and remains as dark as it begun, if not more.

It's been a couple of years since I read the first book in the series and I'd forgotten quite a few things about the Shadow World, but after getting into the story I found myself remembering various things I enjoyed about it, Miranda's strength of character among them.

Miranda is still experiencing nightmares left over from her past trauma, but she's gone a long way towards recovering. Unfortunately, the ...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Katyana rated it liked it

Shelves: abuse, ass-kicking-women, uf, vampires, fantasy

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.

I can't make my mind up about wha ...more

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