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Book Review: Enshadowed, book 2 of Nevermore series, by Kelly Creagh
Book Description from Goodread.com: Varen Nethers is trapped in a perilous dream world -- a treacherous and desolate realm where the terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe come to life. Isobel Lanley, plagued by strange visions and haunted by the nightmares of Varen's creation, is the only one who can save him.
Isobel knows that her only hope lies within a Baltimore cemetery. There, in the early morning hours of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, a mysterious stranger known as the "Poe Toaster" will make his annual homage at the legendary poet's grave.
Only the Poe Toaster holds the key to the way between worlds. But even greater dangers lie ahead for Isobel. An ancient evil, draped in veils of white, is watching, challenging her for Varen's affections. When Isobel finally finds Varen, he is no longer the quiet and brooding boy who once captivated her, but a dark force, powerful and malevolent.
For book 1 Nevermore, see my review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/…
I had just turned the last page...and right now I'm feeling a lot of things at once...
I want to scream.
I want to cry out "NO DON'T DO THAT TO ME!"
I am impressed by how Ms. Creagh ended her second book.
I love her writing and her plot twists.
I keep wishing I could write like her.
But I also want to wrap my hands around her throat and squeeze for ending the book like THIS.
Enshadowed is not what I have expected, but it isn't like I can't see the ending coming...although it really isn't the ending I would like to see.
The book isn't without flaws, for most of the time the suspense keeps building up as Isobel being haunted by illusions and her own dreams, but when all these build-ups reach the climax, the book has already reached its end.
Plus, Isobel is still very slow and she is as poorly researched about Poe as she was in book 1. I mean, she is now on a quest to save Varen, but how could she not even bother to look more closely at Poe's works, his life and his mysterious death in order to look for answers!?
To be 100% honest, Isobel's Do Not Do The Research flaw is once again getting into my nerve. Now she realized Varen's fate was tied to Poe and his works, then why didn't Isobel start getting her hands on every Poe-related material already in order to get some answer!? I never see her burying her nose into Poe's novels, I never see her looking up Google or Wiki to look for details of Poe's life and his mysterious death. NOTHING. *sighs*
Through out reading the book, the beautiful, gothic images of my beloved Italian old schooled horror films keep surfacing in my mind...
I love how Ms. Creagh descried the shadowy, ghostly villain Lilith, the scenes with her are as scary as the scene when Anna first showing up in Anna Dressed In Blood.
A scene from Mario Bava's Black Sunday. This actress can very well be Lilith.^^
It has been a long since I'd last became so emotional over a book.
And in the end Varen became a guy who mourned the death of the lovely girl he loved---just like so many of Poe's male leads.
Now I'm desperately waiting for the next book. What will Isobel do next?!?
Book Description from Goodread.com: Varen Nethers is trapped in a perilous dream world -- a treacherous and desolate realm where the terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe come to life. Isobel Lanley, plagued by strange visions and haunted by the nightmares of Varen's creation, is the only one who can save him.
Isobel knows that her only hope lies within a Baltimore cemetery. There, in the early morning hours of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, a mysterious stranger known as the "Poe Toaster" will make his annual homage at the legendary poet's grave.
Only the Poe Toaster holds the key to the way between worlds. But even greater dangers lie ahead for Isobel. An ancient evil, draped in veils of white, is watching, challenging her for Varen's affections. When Isobel finally finds Varen, he is no longer the quiet and brooding boy who once captivated her, but a dark force, powerful and malevolent.
For book 1 Nevermore, see my review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/…
I had just turned the last page...and right now I'm feeling a lot of things at once...
I want to scream.
I want to cry out "NO DON'T DO THAT TO ME!"
I am impressed by how Ms. Creagh ended her second book.
I love her writing and her plot twists.
I keep wishing I could write like her.
But I also want to wrap my hands around her throat and squeeze for ending the book like THIS.
Enshadowed is not what I have expected, but it isn't like I can't see the ending coming...although it really isn't the ending I would like to see.
The book isn't without flaws, for most of the time the suspense keeps building up as Isobel being haunted by illusions and her own dreams, but when all these build-ups reach the climax, the book has already reached its end.
Plus, Isobel is still very slow and she is as poorly researched about Poe as she was in book 1. I mean, she is now on a quest to save Varen, but how could she not even bother to look more closely at Poe's works, his life and his mysterious death in order to look for answers!?
To be 100% honest, Isobel's Do Not Do The Research flaw is once again getting into my nerve. Now she realized Varen's fate was tied to Poe and his works, then why didn't Isobel start getting her hands on every Poe-related material already in order to get some answer!? I never see her burying her nose into Poe's novels, I never see her looking up Google or Wiki to look for details of Poe's life and his mysterious death. NOTHING. *sighs*
Through out reading the book, the beautiful, gothic images of my beloved Italian old schooled horror films keep surfacing in my mind...
I love how Ms. Creagh descried the shadowy, ghostly villain Lilith, the scenes with her are as scary as the scene when Anna first showing up in Anna Dressed In Blood.
A scene from Mario Bava's Black Sunday. This actress can very well be Lilith.^^
It has been a long since I'd last became so emotional over a book.
And in the end Varen became a guy who mourned the death of the lovely girl he loved---just like so many of Poe's male leads.
Now I'm desperately waiting for the next book. What will Isobel do next?!?
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