KitsuneBae
Written on Mar 6, 2016
Fifteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured, but when she sets out for Shadowfell, a training ground for a rebel group, she meets a mysterious soldier and the Good Folk, who tell her that she, alone, can save Alban.
- ISBN10 0375869549
- ISBN13 9780375869549
- Publish Date 11 September 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Random House Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 410
- Language English
Reviews
Jordon
Written on Jan 15, 2013
I am a huge fan of Juliet Marillier’s writing and I love nearly all of her books. I think because of this I loved Shadowfell, like absolutely loved it. I’m used to her style of writing and as for the plot this reminded me of her Sevenwaters books and I love that series. So I do have to say that this book felt typical of her. The travelling, the good folk, the element of suspense of wanting to know why Neryn is running from the Enforcers, why she can’t ask for anyone’s help etc. It did feel like I had read this book because of all of those elements. This is Marillier’s style.
Shadowfell is a high fantasy book about Neryn, a fifteen year old girl, travelling to find a safe haven after her father is killed. She has a canny gift, a gift that is against the law and if she were turned over to the Enforcers; the kings men, she would be turned into a loyal follower against her will.
At first I was a little disappointed to see that this book was mainly about Neryn travelling, but then as I read on I grew more excited to see what troubles Neryn faced. I grew to like Neryn although I wished she would just open up to someone and at times she really annoyed me because of it. The good folk were very interesting and diverse. I loved this world and the magic that it held.
Another thing that I love about Juliet Marillier’s books are the romances. They are always deep and never shallow. You would never find insta-love in Marillier’s books. The romance in this book slowly grows, Neryn has to overcome her fear, doubt and hesitancy towards Flint. Watching them slowly fall for each other is exciting.
For me Shadowfell was one of those books that I absolutely adored. I was simply enchanted by the world and by Marillier’s writing that I needed to read more and more, and when I had finally finished I felt sad. This book left a lasting impression and had me thinking about it way after I had finished reading.
Miss J
xx
ladygrey
Written on Nov 25, 2012
But it's kind of hard to read because there's a lot of traveling alone. Which only accommodated description and internal monologue. And pages and pages and pages of that after a while are hard. They're not exactly boring because, again the world and story and character are all interesting. But dialog is so nice. And interactions between characters so much more interesting. And relationships between characters more fascinating than any character on their own. It just gets old after 300 pages and I didn't care if Neryn got to where she was going if only she'd encounter someone to talk to along the way. Particularly, Flint. He was an amazingly complex and wonderful character and every time he showed up the story was better and Neryn was more interesting.
And I do have to give Marillier credit, because she kept me interested when I was dying for some character interaction. And it is a great world and an interesting story even if it is a little hard to read.