Shadows, E.C. Blake
Shadows, E.C. Blake
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Shadows

Author: E.C. Blake

Narrator: Elizabeth Morton

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/05/2014

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian


Synopsis

In Masks, Mara Holdfast's life changed forever. As the daughter of the Autarch's Master Maskmaker, she had a clearly defined future: a quiet, ordered life in the capital, making Masks with her father and doing work important to the ruling Autarch. But when her Mask, specially made by her own father, cracked and fell to pieces during her Masking ceremony, Mara was exiled from everything she once knew. Now she has become part of an underground rebellion, rejecting the unjust rules of a Masked society. She must try to understand her unprecedented ability to use all types of magic-and to tear magic from the living bodies of those around her. But Mara has yet to discover just how horrifying her power can be..

Reviews

Goodreads review by Candace on August 01, 2014

This review is also found at [URL not allowed] After another round of ‘what should I read next?’ I picked up Shadows by E.C. Blake. This book is not under a Young Adult imprint, but it’s young adult in my opinion. It’s not that it’s dumbed down in any way, in fact the author doesn’t hol......more

Goodreads review by Brannigan on November 09, 2014

Previously published at TheQwillery.com E.C. Blake provides an excellent sequel in Shadows. We continue Mara Holdfast's journey in discovery of her magical gift and how to properly control it, before it controls her. I still really enjoy this magical system. It's not your basic rainbow spectrum magic......more

Goodreads review by Viviane on August 05, 2014

Mara Holdfast returns in the second novel by E. C. Blake to a frightening past and future. In Masks, she failed on her Mask Day, causing death and having to flee the land where the evil Autarch rules tyrannically over every man, woman and child. Her father, the official Mask-Maker, it seemed, had ei......more

Goodreads review by Cyndi on January 19, 2016

The Shadows kept me involved from the start of the book. The world building developed gradually, but the author held true to its rules. The characters were interesting and the twist between Mara and Chell I didn't see coming. It was unexpected and interesting in that it kept the story moving, but al......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on August 01, 2015

Satisfying second installment in the series that began with Masks. Mara continues to be an interesting heroine, with both agency and vulnerability and some very hard choices. I liked how she "leveled up" magic-wise and how the world expanded. While still focussed on Aygrima and the ovethrow of the e......more