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Three Reasons You Should Read This Vampire Romance:
- The Shadows by J.R. Ward will run you through the full gamut of emotions, from devestating loss to profound joy.
- Readers finally get a look into the mysterious society of the Shadows, which drew on several mythologies, but was combined in a uniue way.
- Several of the brothers from prior books have some developments that help pull the naratrive thread through the series very nicely.
About The Shadows by J.R. Ward
Title: The Shadows
Author: J.R. Ward
Series: The Black Dagger Brotherhood #13
Genre: Vampire Romance
Trez “Latimer” doesn’t really exist. And not just because the identity was created so that a Shadow could function in the underbelly of the human world. Sold by his parents to the Queen of the S’Hsibe as a child, Trez escaped the Territory and has been a pimp and an enforcer in Caldwell, NY for years- all the while on the run from a destiny of sexual servitude. He’s never had anyone he could totally rely on… except for his brother, iAm.
iAm’s sole goal has always been to keep his brother from self-destructing- and he knows he’s failed. It’s not until the Chosen Serena enters Trez’s life that the male begins to turn things around… but by then it’s too late. The pledge to mate the Queen’s daughter comes due and there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no negotiating.
Trapped between his heart and a fate he never volunteered for, Trez must decide whether to endanger himself and others- or forever leave behind the female he’s in love with. But then an unimaginable tragedy strikes and changes everything. Staring out over an emotional abyss, Trez must find a reason to go on or risk losing himself and his soul forever. And iAm, in the name of brotherly love, is faced with making the ultimate sacrifice…
My review of The Shadows:
I have been wanting to learn more about the past of the brothers Trez and iAm. While parts have been hinted at in previous books, The Shadows really goes into their past and their very unusual society. I found it fascinating and really want to go back to their homeland and see a lot more of it.
Trez’s story was just about everything I had hoped for him. It was freeing and bittersweet, but so meaningful. Of course when he finds love, it can’t be simple. It’s going to be messy, complex, and potentially dangerous for everyone around him. But it was so worth it. It changes him. And I like the new Trez (even if he makes me cry) a lot better than the old one.
While Trez is having his life-changing moment, iAm isn’t immune to fate. It turns out they ahve a lot of things to take of back home, and that a lot of things they thought were true might not quite be what they thought they were. The journey both brothers take are oddly parallel until the very end. i dont always like romances with mutliple people getting their moment in the sun, but it seemed fitting that Trez and iAm, so inseparable, would have their story together as well.
There are a lot of lingering storylines for other member sof the Brotherhood that weave their way through the book, and a few new loose ends are left at the end to draw me into the next book. Once again, the story Ward presents is engaging. I’m just afraid taht we won’t see as much of the Shadow’s society in the future – similar to the way the Smpathes faded from view after their one story.
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