Reviewed by JuliaAerides
Radiant Shadows is the second stand alone book in these series after Ink Exchange. As it suggest, this book is not really necessary to the storyline but will help us understand the lesser known characters. For Radiant Shadows, we leave the frivolity of the Summer Court and enter the lesser known realm of the Dark Court.
The beginning shows us a scene from Devlin's - the High court Assassin - past where he agrees to shelter a spectral girl in faerie. Fast forward a century, Devlin once again spared a halfing - Ani - from Sorcha, the High Queen who ordered her death with the warning that she may never enter Faerie.
At the present, Ani struggles to fit in with the Hound of the Dark Court due to her father's over protectiveness but also as she was too mortal to fit in and yet held too much of fey to be safe in the mortal world. As Faerie begin to fall apart, Devlin, Ani and Rae, the spectral girl will see the creation of a new court - one that will balance the High Court and will forever seal the passage between Faerie and mortal world.
I'll have to say that this book is awesome but one thing that slightly irked me was that it failed as the continuation of Fragile Eternity. We only get glimpse of Seth, Aislinn and Keenan and throughout the whole book the main canon characters did not really live up to my expectation. Those who are reading this book for Seth...don't waste your money.
In the whole, it isn't too bad but I hope that for its finale, Melissa Marr will bring back the entire storyline back as it was what that originally captivated me.
Verdict: A
