Shadowchasers (4 books in series)

La chasse des ombres (2011)
language
English
3.79 of 5 Votes: 4
review 1: Not quite as good in my opinion as the first, but still fun. We find out more about Kira, about her relationship with Balm. As I suspected we find out more about the Solomon family. And man do I dislike what we find out. Ditto the elaborated history of Kira's birth. The battle b...
La lame des ombres (2011)
language
English
3.46 of 5 Votes: 3
review 1: A strong start to what looks like an interesting series! The pluses for me were having a heroine of color, the Egyptian themes - including the gods & goddess, a very unique magic system and subtle romance.The one bobble was Kira's moment of "temporary insanity", like those throw...
Shadow Blade (2010)
language
English
3.47 of 5 Votes: 5
review 1: This book is a mixed bag for me. Once I got into the story, I found I liked most of the characters, even though the main couple failed to fully engage me. I'm not usually a fan of main characters though, so that's a grain of salt sort of complaint.The mythos it draws from is Egyp...
Shadow Chase (2010)
language
English
3.79 of 5 Votes: 3
review 1: I enjoyed the first book in this series quite a bit, but had a hard time with this one. The first 100 or so pages are filled with introspection and grieving (and some info-dumping about what happened in the previous book, but that wasn't too bad). While I think those elements wer...