Saturday, November 8, 2025

YA Fantasy - The Sequel

 Shadow Coven by S. Isabelle

I'm not sure if this book was actually better than the first, or I was just paying more attention to the beginning of the book so I liked it more. It stared with a review of all of the characters and their powers/skill sets which was good since I didn't pay attention to that in the first book. This is the summer after book 1, and how the girls are dealing with it. Thalia goes home to deal with her past and realizes it wasn't what she thought it was. She gets drugged by one of the remaining siblings of the kid she killed and they realize they were both in the wrong, which is hard for the other girl to handle and they know they aren't done with each other. Thalia's mom kills her dad after Thalia discovers that her dad didn't always hate witches. Jailah has a meeting with the head of all witches and she should be excited but she's realizing that's not the life she wants anymore after Logan shows her a picture of blackthorn under the school. Jailah is working with her former tether to help her get her magic back and bucking the rules. Iris realizes that Matty isn't her tether, it's his sister. But, Matty is her rune keeper and also they are definitely in love but don't want to admit it to each other (Matty is willing to admit it, but Iris isn't ready). Logan is seeing the ghost of the wolf-boy and now she can control the wolves. Trent is really a witch but his mom hid his powers to protect him from Jailah's mom. A lot happened in this book, but it didn't feel finished. It seemed like there was going to be another book, but there is nothing on her website to indicate if or when another book is coming.  

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