Heart of Shadows (Alice Worth, #5)

by Lisa Edmonds

[stacey_is_sassy]

Never trust the vampires…

I’ll admit that with all of the bad stuff going on in real life with Covid 19, I am looking for my reads to be completely un…real. Paranormal and historical romance is what I’m craving, so I’m not trying to gauge how they (the characters) would be coping with the Corona Virus. Sure, I wouldn’t mind having the vampires come in and give back to the community by donating their blood to cure the virus. I also wouldn’t mind a werewolf or two sharing their noses to ‘sniff out’ the carriers. I’m also a little bit jealous of the characters getting to go out on coffee dates. Sure, I can have coffee dates…as long as I apply social distancing, don’t sit down in a public eating area… Or better yet, stay home and make it myself. Maybe unreal doesn’t really shut out the real from creeping in.

I really enjoyed reading Heart of Shadows and getting to visit with Alice and Sean again. While I finished the story with a smile on my face, it did take a wee bit of time to settle in and get my bearings. I also had to deal with ‘time-jumping’ which I’m not a huge fan of. Once I did settle in and Alice’s journey was a little clearer, I remembered how much I love this series.

While Heart of Shadows storyline was interesting, and Alice’s mission as riveting as all of her previous ones, I found myself completely distracted by some new revelations. In this story, we get to know a LOT more about the vampires and how they’ve been playing the game up until now. To be honest, I’m a little disappointed at what was revealed about Charles. On one hand, I think I’m ready to cut ties with him after what was revealed. On the other hand, I feel like we might have missed something or maybe we’re not seeing the full picture clearly. I just can’t give up on him completely…YET!

Sean is still the love of my (bookish) life… I mean the perfect book boyfriend… I mean perfect for Alice. I am a sucker for a growly, possessive and bossy hero and Sean does it SO WELL!! I absolutely loved seeing him care for Alice when she was going through her memory loss. Sean just keeps improving with each new instalment to the series. Lisa Edmonds, please, Please, PLEASE do not change Sean or mess with the love of my... I mean Alice's life.

Honestly, in the first quarter of the book I was missing the old Alice. While I love seeing Alice and Sean’s relationship develop, there’s a little part of me that misses her strong, independent and slightly reckless behaviour. She still has a bit of this, but it’s like she’s maturing or something. How dare she mature and start caring about her loved ones and their feelings.