Shadow Kin by M.J. Scott

Shadow Kin by M.J. Scott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Shadow Kin is aussie author M. J. Scott's debut novel. It's written on the first person point of view (POV) but of two different characters. It took me a couple of chapters to realize that the picture of little moon before a chapter meant it was from one character, and the sun picture for the other character. I thought M. J. came up with innovative idea especially for me. Though I love PNR, I often can't connect with characters from a 3rd person POV.

Lily is a slave/assassin wraith, the only one she knows of her kind, to a vampire lord. Lily has the skill of shadowing herself and walkthrough walls at night (moon). She is sent to kill Simon, a sunmage (you get the drill), butt fails when he catches her and calls up sunlight to stop her from shadowing.

M.J. built a world where the peace of all races is depended on a fragile balance of power between the Blood, the beasts and the humans.

I liked Lily. She's not a kickass heroine, but she pretends well. She was mistreated and beaten at the Blood court most of her life, and I couldn't help thinking "why doesn't she just stay shadowed?", the answer would be something like that she would be afraid of what would happen if she did, and for that she lost a lot of points with me.

Simon started off like a very standard martyr. He wanted to save all, and his drive was what lead Lily and Simon together. The only thing that bugged me was that halfway the book he was acting like a total jerk and I just didn't get why.

M.J. came up with a different idea that worked well. It didn't feel like a paranormal romance as the heroe and heroine had more issues than Time magazine.

It's an original fantasy novel that will appeal to Urban Fantasy fans that will leave you wondering what M.J. will come up with on the next installment.










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