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In Shadowside
"You were wondering how I got here. How the story begins. Ask." - Madison E. L. Leonine Ask and you shall receive in this fast paced story of a girl who takes an amazing chance only to find herself in unfamiliar territory. Most girls go far away from their homes to college, but most girls at least stay on the planet. Most girls do not have vampires as their school mascots. Most girls do not have a vampiric roommate nor do they go to class with that which goes bump in the night. Madison didn't need another reason not to be like "most girls" but she got it. If moving far away from everything she'd known and learning about a world and people she didn't even know existed wasn't enough, now Madison has to worry about her growing feelings for Joshua Ravenheart and the scandal a relationship with him would start. Mysteries and lies surround this less than reputable man, but she also senses in him something that tugs at her very soul. Would she be safe with him? Should she even try? Take this roller coaster ride with Madi, Josh, Poe, and all their friends as they prove that when all else fails your friends never will.
488 pages, Paperback
First published March 13, 2006
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July 31, 2007
I originally read this story when the author (I know her as Echo) posted it chapter at a time on her website back in what, 2001? 2002? It was so much fun meeting these characters again.
Shadowside pulls on a lot of elements that I like in other works. It’s like Harry Potter in the finding the destiny you didn’t know you had in a school/dimension/world you didn’t know existed type way. The camaraderie of the characters is very much like the universe Joss Whedon created with Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
There’s witches, vampires, werewolves, half-demons, zombies, “frankensteins” and a slew of pop-culture references. You can tell it’s written by someone who digs tattoos, The Ramones, Doc Martens and being a little different.
I love the way Echo writes her characters. Her themes that the family you choose is just as meaningful (if at times not more so) than the family you were born into resonate with me. And I’d say that the bulk of the storyline is moved along by dialogue, which I dig.
I wish that she had been able to have an editor go over the novel before it went into book form, as the typos and repetition of some lines stood out more in one reading than they ever would have online. But I anxiously await getting to read the sequel in print.
Shadowside pulls on a lot of elements that I like in other works. It’s like Harry Potter in the finding the destiny you didn’t know you had in a school/dimension/world you didn’t know existed type way. The camaraderie of the characters is very much like the universe Joss Whedon created with Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
There’s witches, vampires, werewolves, half-demons, zombies, “frankensteins” and a slew of pop-culture references. You can tell it’s written by someone who digs tattoos, The Ramones, Doc Martens and being a little different.
I love the way Echo writes her characters. Her themes that the family you choose is just as meaningful (if at times not more so) than the family you were born into resonate with me. And I’d say that the bulk of the storyline is moved along by dialogue, which I dig.
I wish that she had been able to have an editor go over the novel before it went into book form, as the typos and repetition of some lines stood out more in one reading than they ever would have online. But I anxiously await getting to read the sequel in print.
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