![]() ![]() I could see the answer just sitting there, but I never knew what it meant! Brilliant writing? Probably. But in Shadow, Kara Swanson picks up with the subtle but rich symbolism and near allegory she used in Dust and runs with it.īit by bit, layer by layer, she lays out the entire story with all the questions answered before we ever get to the reveal, and yet I couldn’t pin it down. ![]() Maybe it is just the Disney rendition of it? I don’t know. I had forgotten all about the part in Peter Pan where Peter cuts off his shadow. When Shadows Take on New Motives Readers Better Beware Note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. The best kind, right? So what would she do after sprinkling pixie Dust all over the literary world? Well, she tackled Shadow (and not the old, “me… and my shadow… strolling down the av-en-ue…”). That first book hadn’t exactly ended on a cliff-hanger… but yeah. ![]() So, when the opportunity for me to read a review copy of book two came along it was kind of a no-brainer. Or, perhaps a better way of saying it is: last year an author retold and expanded on a story I’d never liked… and I LOVED what she did. Last year, an author made me fall in love with a story I’d always hated. ![]()
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