“The poets can say whatever they damned liked. And in my opinion, this is a thing that deserves half a star from me. There were little empowering, undercover feminist speeches scattered from place to place in the whole book. I mean, Alessandra wants to be this mastermind behind a kingdom’s council, but her ideas are so bloody common.Īnd also, can we talk about how bad deeds are laughed at in this book and dismissed like annoying gnats instead of being dealt with? Because this is exactly what it happens.īut somehow I couldn’t help but notice the idea of women seen as sexual beings in a world that is still not flexible in that matter. The plot is too bland to actually be exciting and the situation in which Alessandra and Kallias find themselves are quite bad. (now Adele’s Turning Tables chorus is blasting in my mind SO I WON’T LET YOU CLOSE ENOUGH TO HURT ME – picture that a bit, I’m getting you in the mood)Īlessandra and Kallias do fall in love eventually, but it doesn’t feel quite real. This inner weakness of his stands in his way to greatness. I cannot picture him like that in any way. He honestly cannot be the ruthless ruler he wants to be. His exceptional powers don’t allow him to have normal human contact without getting hurt afterwards, so that led to extreme loneliness and an unspoken desire of affection.
I just see a shy boy who loves spending time with his fluff of a dog (which, by the way, mild spoiler alert, is the best thing this book has to offer). I cannot picture this almighty, domineering king when I think of Kallias. I mean, he supposedly conquered I don’t know how many kingdoms (“fair and square”, I might add) but he somehow does not exude that kind of energy. I was expecting Kallias, the Shadow King, to be more intimidating than that.
But, to my surprise, they were very interestingly contoured at the beginning but that was the peak. I mean, if we talk about a mighty kingdom that extended its boundaries by conquering other kingdoms, at least give me a damn sketch if you can’t pull off a whole map.Īnd maybe I was willing to close an eye at the weak world if the characters were consistent. There are some vague terms thrown at us on various occasions, but apart from that I have no idea how this world is supposed to look like.
And the beginning was very promising.įirst of all, there is basically no world-building. I want to put into words what I felt after giving The Shadows Between Usa shot. I don’t want to hate on this, I don’t like to hate on things in general, but I must signal some not-so-pleasant aspects about it.
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