Overall the story wasn't bad. I am just not into the romance-y type books. When I had started this one, I did not think there was going to be as much as there was. The storyline itself was interesting, and I like how there were separate realms between the Fae and Humans. Also how Humans were able to see through illusions of the Fae, and other aspects that affect fae/humans when in opposite realms. I could have done without the personal conflict the main character has between two opposing fae, and falling in love with both of them, and not being able to make a choice .... ugh. I don't care for romance stories. But the rest of the book was fine. ( )

This is the first book in the Shadow Reader series, this series is a trilogy. This was an okay urban fantasy read. I wasn’t a huge fan of the writing style, the characters or the story...everything was just okay.

The story about a human woman named McKenzie who can read the shadows to help fae teleport to different places. McKenzie would love to leave the Shadow Reader job and have a normal human life. However, when she is kidnapped by Rebel Fae her whole life turns topsy turvy.

My main issue with this book is that it sounded very YA but the heroine is a woman in her 20's. I found this very odd; like the book couldn't decide what it was. Writing style, conversations, and the simple story were very YA in style...I kept thinking this character was in her teens and then being reminded by the author that she was much older.

This book really focuses on a romantic triangle, which I am not a fan of. The heroine's skill to read shadows was interesting but this really took a backseat to the romantic triangle (she is going back and forth between the warlord of a Fae court and the battle commander of a Fae rebel group). The story was very simple and unimaginative.

Overall this book wasn't something I liked all that much. I won't be continuing the series. I wouldn’t recommend because there is much better adult urban fantasy out there. ( )

McKenzie can track the fae. She works for the fae king tracking dangerous rebels and is in love with Kyol, a high-ranking member of the fae king's court. She's content, at least until she's captured by the rebels and Aren, their leader, tells her some truths she's not ready to hear.

I liked this. It was different enough to capture my attention and had enough conflict to keep it. ( )

Sandy Williams debut book is a fun, action packed, emotionally charged adventure. I was intrigued when I saw the blurb for this on Goodreads and bought and read it the same day - any book that grips me so much that I stay up half the night reading is a keeper for me.

McKenzie is a human woman with a talent that makes her invaluable to the fae. Not only does she have the second sight which enables her to see through Fae glamour, she is a shadow reader, which means that when a fae teleports, she can map where that fae has traveled to. King Atroth recruited her when she was barely sixteen and ten years later she is still called upon.

Determined to lead a normal life, which is not possible when Fae are popping in unexpectedly wherever she goes, and it's affecting her life, her family thinks she's crazy, her school is running out of patience with her, and her crush on Kyol Taltrayn-the King’s sword-master, is going nowhere. But when McKenzie is abducted everything she thought she knew is turned upside down and she doesn't know who to trust.

Mckenzie unlike most urban fantasy heroines isn't strong, brave or amazingly powerful, she's just a normal girl who happens to have a talent for tracking. She relies on her wits to help her escape rather that her powers and manages to keep her head when all around everyone is losing theirs.

I'm not normally fond of love triangles but this was so well done and the characters so real that it didn't bother me at all, I found both Kyol and Aren intriguing and the romance was built gradually that it felt natural, though I do admit the end felt a bit 50s love scene. Apart from a few minor niggles which are barely worth mentioning as I was having too much fun reading, I found The Shadow Reader a enjoyable book and look forward to reading more from this author.




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Not bad, but the fae are definitely not my thing. ( )