I am torn about this novel. I liked the idea behind it; the folklore plot is always a favourite of mine. This is a dark twist on the often overdone plot line. There’s a lot of the violence and nasty side of the fae, which is often glanced over in well-known stories. I don’t think there are actually ...
I'm trying to figure out why this book didn't rank higher than 3 stars for me. The premise of these two boys whose friendship in the fairy kingdom changes both their adult lives was great. The mythology is interesting and the writing is good. Despite all that, and really being sucked into it at time...
While this story begins with the tale of two boys - this is definitely an novel geared towards adults. The first part of the story tells the history of Ewan, Knocks, and Colby. It all begins in the fairy courts - and eventually it seems to end there as well. The story is full of new legends and lore...
I quite enjoyed the darker aspects of the book—gruesome in parts, tragic in others, and not the happy-ever-after kind of story. Fairies aren't all glittery stuff, and I always like it when I get to see that side of theirs.On the downside, I couldn't connect with the characters. They didn't strike me...
It's an extremely beautiful, strange, terrifying and addictive read. I have a feeling that the author managed to grasp the essence of old fairy tales and distill it into this story.I would call it a contemporary fantasy, because it's not what we're used to seeing in our urban fantasy, and it describ...
Reading Dreams and Shadows is akin to entering an ethereal world: a world that is familiar enough and yet not, a world that sparks the imagination and haunts dreams. The coming-of-age story makes up only the barest bones of this narrative, and the rest is a rich mix of fable, history and mythology, ...
[I received an ARC through a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.]At first I was really interested by the synopsis, but reading some reviews as I waited for my copy I was ready to be disappointed. Well, I wasn't exactly disappointed and in fact I was for the most part entertained, but the book did have i...
First off, I want to say the positives first before I go into everything that went wrong with this book. The Positives1. One of the main characters is named Ewan...after Ewan McGregor the actor. He is so named because one of his parent's favorite nights was when they saw Trainspotting. This made me...
I loved Dreams and Shadows. I need to start reading more fantasy. It is always the imaginative reads that blow me away. I must have highlighted and wrote things down about a bajillion times while reading Dreams and Shadows, but I'm still having trouble finding the right words to describe all of my e...
I’ve been mulling this book over in my head for a few hours now, trying to decide whether I like the book, or whether it is simply ‘okay’. After some deliberation, I’ve settled on the 2/5 rating.This book is divided into two parts, and follows two protagonists, Colby and Ewan (yes, like Ewan McGrego...
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