Heir to the Shadows

"After Ladvarian made it clear that Cat belonged to him - "
*Mine!* said the puppy.
The kitten lifted a large, white, furry paw and squashed the puppy.
*Ours!* said the puppy, wriggling out from beneath the paw.

WARNING!
This is the second book in a trilogy, and reading this review without having read book one might spoil some of your fun.

The story:
Jaenelle's Chalice was shattered, but her web remains intact. And the price Daemon had to pay for saving her, was his own Chalice. He has no memory of what happened at the Dark Altar, only that Jaenelle's blood, and lots of it, was spilled.

Lucivar is in the salt mines in Pruul, as a punishment. Daemon's grip on reality is weakening. And Jaelle is not quite healed; she too can remember nothing of what happened that fateful night.

But she will have to face her own memories, and the knowledge of what she is and people's reaction to her. She will have to face her destiny. But what can a Offering to the Darkness give her, when her Birthright Jewel is Black, the darkest of the Jewels?

Thoughts about the book:
Beautiful. This book is sweetness and darkness, and almost everything between. What Daughter of the Blood was, Heir to the Shadows is more.

I think I have fallen in love with her characters; both Saetan, Lucivar and Daemon, with Tersa and Surreal, with the children, the worlds, with Smoke and Kaetien, with Kaelas and Ladvarian, and most of all, with Jaenelle.

This is not a book I would recommend to new fantasy fans, but for everyone who is getting tired of the "standard" fantasy, I think those books will prove a refreshing new addition to the genre.

About the author Anne Bishop
About the previous book Daughter of the Blood
About the next book Queen of the Darkness

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