Yet, this book feels like it is just the first leg in a very long journey. I absolutely adored the ensemble of Good Folk characters. Actually, one of strengths of this book is the richness of the supporting characters. I came to love the characters, main and secondary. I didn't fall in love with it from the start, but once I closed that last page, I wished to still be in Alban with Neryn and Co., to not have to wait for book 2 to be written/published. It's a journey of growth, self-discovery and some healing.So, did I like it? Yes, of course I did. But in these dark times of Alban, trust is a foreign concept, and Neryn would much rather make her way on her own than be with this mysterious man.The journey to Shadowfell is fraught with dangers and perils and misfortunes, but also with unlikely friends. She is in search of a place called Shadowfell, a name that is only whispered and is the synonym to the fight against king Keldec, but that to her it's a place where she can be safe.And then there is Flint, a stranger who won her in a wager, saved her from the king's Enforcers, and said that all he wanted was to give Neryn a choice. The odds are not very good for Neryn, even worse because she also has an uncanny power herself, one that allows her to see and talk with all sorts of Good Folk.
And now, on to the review.Shadowfell takes place in Alban (read Scotland, oh Beloved Scotland), and the main character Neryn is on the run, soon to be very alone in a country ruled by a tyrant, and where people who have uncanny powers are either executed or made to work for the king against their will. I take this moment to thank both Alex and Juliet for this book. Shadowfell is the new series by Juliet Marillier and I was so lucky to win a copy in the Raiding Bookshelves giveaway, and not wait till September to read it, and have the gorgeous Australian version of the book. There is a bit of foreshadowing, and I am interested to see how that plays out.
It was their characters that I found a little juvenile. It took me a long time to sympathize with the Good Folk characters. Overall it is a good book, you just have to push yourself through the boring part. Finally at the end it starts to get interesting again. Then for a while it gets pretty boring, and kind of juvenile. It starts of wonderful, and really captures the attention. Along her journey she finds help in some strange, and sometimes unlikely places, and learns maybe there is more to her ability than she thought. Not knowing if this stranger is friend or foe, she must somehow find a way to accomplish her goal of making it to Shadowfell, and join the rebels.
Just when she thought it couldn't get any worse her father gambles her away to a mysterious stranger. At every turn she must conceal who she is, and what happened to her family. Neryn and her father are on the run from the Enforcers, because of her uncanny ability of seeing the Good Folk.
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