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    Shadowcaster
    Shadowcaster
    Shadowcaster
    Audiobook13 hours

    Shadowcaster

    Written by Cinda Williams Chima

    Narrated by Kim Mai Guest

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima, this is a thrilling story of the unfathomable costs of war, the allure of dark magic, and two principled and conflicted characters drawn together despite everything they stand to lose.

    Alyssa ana’Raisa, the reluctant princess heir to the Gray Wolf throne of the Fells, feels more comfortable striking with a sword than maneuvering at court. After a brush with death, Lyss goes on the offensive, meaning to end the war that has raged her whole life. If her gamble doesn’t pay off, she could lose her queendom before she even ascends to the throne.

    Across enemy lines in Arden, young rising star Captain Halston Matelon is being sent on ever more dangerous assignments. Between the terrifying rumors of witches and wolfish warriors to the north and his cruel king at home, Hal is caught in an impossible game of life and death. 

    Lyss and Hal’s intricately linked fates become inseparable when they fall under the shadow of a new enemy—a force that threatens to extinguish the last rays of hope in the Shattered Realms.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 4, 2017
    ISBN9780062661753
    Shadowcaster
    Author

    Cinda Williams Chima

    Cinda Williams Chima is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes fantasy for teens of all ages. In addition to the Runestone Saga, her critically acclaimed work includes the Heir Chronicles and the Seven Realms series. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and she is always working on her next novel. Find out more at cindachima.com.

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    • 5/5
      Great book! Interesting and well developed characters, intricate cultures, and written without underestimating the reader’s intelligence - aka no over-explaining.
    • 5/5
      SHADOWCASTER is the sequel to FLAMECASTER and follows a different set of characters as they fight a war that has gone on for at least twenty-five years. Lyss is the heir to the Queendom but is much more comfortable in her role as Captain Gray leading her troops in the army. She has lost her older sister, father, and older brother to the fighting and is her mother's only surviving child. She has come to believe that the war will never be done unless they take the fight onto the enemy's soil.Captain Hal Matelon is one of the king of Arden's soldiers. However, since his father is one of the King's Thanes and in a conflict with the king, Hal finds himself leading troops on what is essentially a suicide mission. While the king won't kill him outright, he doesn't hesitate to put Hal in situations where the enemy will do it for him. Breon is a young, leaf-addicted musician who has no memory of his life before the age of ten. When his handle gets him a gig using his magical talent to lure a girlie into the hands of a shy suitor, Breon finds himself inadvertently luring Lyss into an ambush which is designed to lead to her assassination. Breon's magemark on the back of his neck makes him a target for more than Lyss's forces.Lyss survives which adds to her desire to take the fight into Arden. Breon flees but is eventually captured by Lyss's allies. Hal is also captured by Lyss when she takes the town in Arden he was sent to subdue. Lyss and Hal fall in love but it is a Romeo and Juliet sort of business. They are enemies from different countries. He doesn't know she's the heir to the throne, And he wants to escape to try to find out what has happened to his mother and sister who have come under the control of the king of Arden.The story also gave us a cameo appearance by Jenna and her dragon Flamecaster who were major characters in the first book. This was a great story but with a major cliffhanger ending. Checking Chima's website lets me know that this is book 2 of 4. I can't wait to know what happens next.
    • 3/5
      Shadowcaster
      Shattered Realms #2
      by Cinda Williams Chima
      Fantasy YA High Fantasy Romance
      Scribd Audio
      Ages 16+

      Alyssa, captain and the youngest daughter of the Queen of the Fells, is now destined to become the next queen, but that is if she and the rest of her people can survive the war that Arden has raged against them for years all because Alyssa's mother denied his request of marriage.

      Halston Matelon is a captain also but of Arden, the enemy of the Fells. His life is not only in danger from those across the border, but those within his own.

      Breon, an orphan with a magemark on the back of his neck, whose song can mesmerize its listeners, is tricked into committing a crime, which if he is caught, it is his death.

      Those are the three main characters in the second book of the Shattered Realms series. The events take place around the same time and just following the previous book. Only two MCs of that book make an appearance in this one, thus connecting the plots together, hinting to the reader what is possibly in store for this world.

      It's a good story, but not as great as the others. This one seems like a connector between the last book and (hopefully) the next. While the pace was decent, it still felt slow as there wasn't a lot of action. What threw me for a loop was not knowing that this was along the same timeline as the first book. I felt as if I had to spend too much time reminding myself that it was the same timeline. I think the author should have merged the two books together and split them. Though with all of the characters, and if she is planning to add more in the next books, I can also see why she didn't.

      But it was also a twist knowing what happened. It kind of felt as if I had a big secret. Sadly though, the namesake of this book 'Shadowcaster' isn't really talked about. While writing this review, I had to stop and think of who/what and what was said about them. And at this time in the storyline, I really don't think it fits the character.

      It doesn't have a lot of romance, though it is clear that is going to happen, and there is one borderline scene, but it is the violence, even though not as bad as the first, that makes this story not suitable for readers under 16.

      3 Stars