Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. Medieval fantasy with a strong female lead and a definitive ending: That’s enough to keep plenty of readers happy.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. ![]() The various threads-primarily the importance of belief and ritual and the struggle between love and duty-come to satisfying, even emotional closings. Despite Neryn’s tendency to restate things frequently in her narration, a tic that deeply slowed the second volume, this entry keeps pace, in part because Neryn has grown into a more proactive figure and in part because the final battle finally arrives. But her plans are derailed by the appearance of a second Caller, one working for Keldec, and by a storm that nearly destroys one of the four Guardians whose magic permeates Alban and whose training Neryn must undergo. Neryn, the rebel whose magical skill allows the humans and Good Folk to work together to defeat cruel King Keldec, has only months to complete her training. The third and final entry in the Shadowfell trilogy delivers exactly what readers want without feeling either easy or obvious.Īfter the tragic events toward the end of the second volume, the rebels have regrouped. ![]()
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