Review: A Life Of Shadows

A Life Of Shadows by Kristen Banet
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars

Overall Rating ★★★★
Plot ★★★★
Humor ★★★
Characters & Character Development ★★★
Narration ★★★★

Story: I really enjoyed the writing style with the conversations between the characters. It was more mature than some of the other Reverse Harem series that I’ve listened to and read. Throughout the book I was frustrated because her Magic was being locked away when she may need it at any moment. I was also angry that they gave her money away. I don't care what she did. Especially because of the fact that two of the people are supposedly her friends. Everything she did was in order to protect other people from harm.

The book was good but there wasn't a lot going on throughout a good portion of the middle of the book. I understand that this is the first book so there's some world building going on. I definitely would like to see some more action in the next book.

The end was a bit frustrating because of the whole magic thing. I knew that something like that was going to happen. In the end she’s kidnapped due to a bomb, and she can't even defend herself because of the wrist locking her magic. In the last fight Vincent says “You’re just a thief with a good right hook.” That was just the stupidest thing I ever heard given what they’d seen her do. Obviously she’s much more than that. So that whole dialogue wasn’t believable to me.

I’ve read plots like this time and time again when the main character doesn’t have information and/or can’t fight because of what people in the book who care about her have done. If they hadn’t locked up her power she could have defended herself more. I would like to know what she has to say after she finds out a about her money. After everything she'd been through, I hated that for her. I hope the people her money was given to will keep it safe for her.

Narration: Lucy Rivers - She's not my favorite narrator but she's alright. I felt like one of the accents was a bit much but the rest of the guys were okay.

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