Sweet Shadows
by Tera Lynn Childs
Sweet Venom,
book two
Book Description:
Gretchen may have known she was a descendant of Medusa long
before her sisters—after all, she's spent her life fighting the monsters that
escape the abyss—but that doesn't mean it will be easy to teach the other girls
the ropes. Can she rely on Grace and Greer, or even trust herself to keep them
safe? Greer has pressing social commitments on her plate and precious little
time to train in her newfound powers. But that wretched second sight won't leave
her alone, and her fabled heritage seems to be creeping into her fashionable
life.
Grace has worries closer to home—like why her brother,
Thane, has disappeared. He's hiding something. Could it possibly be related to
the secret heritage the triplets share?
With the warring factions among
the gods of Olympus coming for them, the creatures of the abyss pushing into
their world, and the boys in their lives keeping secrets at every turn, the
three girls must figure out where their fate will take them and how to embrace
the shadows of their legacy.
Review:
I am a huge fan of Tera Lynn
Childs's writing style. If you want a fun, easy to read book, you can pick up
any one of her titles and throroughly enjoy yourself. There is always a
little element of romance and there is also plenty of adventure.
In this series, TLC has definitely
taken things up a notch. Not only are there three main characters, the
triplets Gretchen, Greer, and Grace, to juggle, but each has her own day-to-day
teen problems...and a prophecy that leaves them hunting monsters and running for
their lives in their spare time. :P
This book was impossible to put down. From the first
page, the girls were battling monsters, uncovering big secrets, and well, trying
to figure things out with the help...inadvertantly, of course, of the cute boys
in their lives! After the girls had discovered one another in the first book,
Sweet Venom, they had still been somewhat uneasy with one another. Here,
though, readers get to watch the girls turn to one another. They start to
not only depend upon one anothers' talents, but also to seek each other out for
emotional support. I truly think that was my favorite aspect of the book.
I cannot wait to find out all the
secrets that are still just out of reach in the next book! I, for one, am
*DYING* to know exactly what Grace's brother, Thane's, big secret is...
he definitely knows a lot more about what's happening than he lets on.
