The Shadow Hour

Ok. Another story that turns out has another sequel.

I’ve read many stories with multiple point of view and there are some pretty awkward and confusing stories out there, but I can honestly say that The Shadow Hour isn’t one of those.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

You get a bit of the drama, with the love triangle of Rowan, Echo and Caius; you also get a bit of the sweet stuff, with Dorian and Jasper and how their relationship blossoms in spite of the war going on; but you also get a bit of comic relief here and there and Ivy with her compassionate view of a world and the people that have done her many wrongs.

It’s  great story, but i’m not sure I liked where it ended. An absolutely not sure abut what to expect on the next one. While I enjoyed this one with its mysteries and budding romances, it felt a bit anti-climatic by the end.

And, honestly! there was too little heard from the Ala. She is one of my favorite characters!

But well… I guess there is no other option but to wait for the next installment and go from there.

“(…) if he was dead, she would paint the broken stones of Avalon with [her] blood if it was the last thing she did”.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“(…) if we die, my ghost is going to make your ghost miserable i the afterlife”.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

Guilt

H: “(…) And I did nothing“.

I: “There was nothing you could have done”

H: “Strange how that doesn’t make the guilt go away“.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“The injustice was that they had inherited a conflict that had little meaning to them”. 

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“Tell me, what honour is there in children killing children?”

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“One never knew when one might need a clean pair of socks”. 

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

I: “What’s the worst that could happen?” 

Q: “Death. Maiming. Excruciating torture”. 

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

War

“It isn’t pretty. it isn’t noble. it is hard and cruel and unforgiving. There will be pain and death”.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“He wouldn’t be caught with bare feet in an emergency. He had slightly more dignity than that”

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“(…)The world is changing, and we either change with it or we perish”.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“The time had come, she knew, to put away childish things”.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“This was war, Echo thought. This is what it did. It took the innocent and remade them in its image”.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

“They had feared the darkness, and in that fear, they created it”.

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey

C: “Are you mad?”

E: “Probably”

 

The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey