Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Genre: Urban
Fantasy / Paranormal
Approximate
word count: 70-75,000 words
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Author:
About Maria Schneider: “I grew up in New Mexico where the
desert environment inspired me to embellish the landscape with my imagination.
After working in the computer industry for twelve years, I decided technology
moved too slowly and again put my imagination to work, creating messes and then
inventing characters to handle all the clean-up. If only that worked on the
dinner dishes!
I currently reside near Austin, Texas with my husband. My
partners in crime are Junior the cat and his feral mom, Scamper. The beautiful
horses belong to my parents and really, they are hardly spoiled at all!”
Learn more about Ms. Schneider and her other books at herwebsite or friend her on Facebook.
Description:
“Shadow is stuck In Between...dead, but not gone. Martin
insists she isn’t dead and doesn’t belong here, but as far as she can tell, the
trip was a one-way ticket. She can’t even remember her real name or how she
ended up here.
In Between is dangerous enough without wasting time
peering through the weave at the living and dreaming of what might have been.
Of course, if Adriel, the witch, and Lynx, the cat, insist on trying to help
her, she can hardly refuse to meet them at the edge. But if magic can’t locate
her living body, how can one stubborn cat achieve the impossible? Does enough
magic really exist in the world to bring her back over?”
Appraisal:
What a rollercoaster ride this book is. The story centers around the
mystery of Shadow. She has no memory of her life before arriving at In Between.
The In Between is a sort of limbo where spirits live if they don’t go straight
into the light because they have unfinished business on earth. Ms. Schneider
painted the picture of In Between with descriptive prose and outlined the rules
of the space that contains displaced demons and otherworldly nightmare
creatures as well as ghostly spirits. Demons who wish to possess humans try to
claw between the weave that separates In Between from our world.
Lynx, a recurrent shifter in the Moon Shadow Series, is determined to
find Shadow’s not-quite-dead body and help her cross back into the land of the
living. Shadow is insistent to help a sick little girl she can speak with
through the weave and a couple of fellow ghost friends who are stuck In Between
with her. She seems to be everyone’s caretaker. She is a good soul.
Ms. Schneider does an excellent job merging all the story lines into
one cohesive story without losing track of any details. There are also a few
fight scenes that are well written, highly descriptive and well-choreographed. I
could see and feel the action. This is an entertaining, thought provoking Urban
Fantasy with a touch of romance. I would highly recommend this unique story to
who enjoys paranormal or urban fantasy. Lynx gets a lot of attention in this
book. He has to be one of my favorite characters ever.
FYI:
Ghost
Shadow is Book 4 in the Moon Shadow
Series. I believe it is possible to read this as a stand-alone. The reader
is given a minor overview of the characters in the prologue. Of course for a
more in-depth understanding of the characters the whole series should be read
first.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant errors in proofing or formatting.
Rating:
***** Five stars
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