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Dark Light Saga #2
Luminous Shadows: Dark Light Saga, Volume 2
Victoria Clapton's Luminous Shadows, second in her two-volume Dark Light Saga, is about love, music, and psychopathic paparazzo. This book picks up with the fearful and the fearless, only this time, the wheel of fate is turned, and the hunter is now the hunted. A conclusion that you don't expect, but can't put down.
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First published February 10, 2014
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Victoria Clapton
27 books64 followersSouthern-born Victoria Clapton is no stranger to writing. She completed her first book of poetry at age eight and her first novel at age thirteen. Multilingual, friend to all creatures, (and in particular, especially a friend to cats in need of rescue), Victoria is a forever curious world traveler with a mysterious knowledge of things and places that encompass many lives ago, an avid collector of saga books, a practicing vegetarian and yogini with her feet well balanced in earth’s splendor. She and her cat companions enjoy all things Viking, faery, vampire, new writing instruments, herbology and anime.
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March 25, 2014
After reading Dark Light, I though the story was pretty well wrapped up and I couldn't imagine what Ms. Clapton could possibly add to it. I was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong. Luminous Shadows continues where Dark Light had left us. Katherine wounds have healed and lives a 'sort of' normal life with the help of her beloved Sterling. The thing is she feels followed. Hunter not only left scars on her body, but he has also left her emotionally scarred. She might never be the same…
In this sequel, although Ms. Clapton's style hasn't changed, it has matured. The characters' emotions show more, even in the dialogues. Once again, I found myself rooting for the strong heroin, who albeit her near death experience, shows courage all through the story, and for the poor Sterling, who feels responsible for all that happened to her. After all, Hunter would never have so much as looked at her twice if not for him.
That brings me to the villain, Hunter, the one we learned to hate in the first book. Yet again, Ms. Clapton goes deep into his mind. Although he is clearly deranged, he feels very real, scary real. He's just as devious as he was in Dark Light and just as much 'in love' with Sterling. I liked how his irrational thoughts lead him to think that he's doing him a service. And, against all odds, that made me, I wouldn't go as far as like him, but at least appreciate him. He's like a dog on a discarded bone, and he just won't let it go.
Luminous Shadows is sweet romance with a slight touch of paranormal and let's not forget a surprising ending. Although it helps to have read book I, I believe someone who would pick it up without knowing it was a sequel would be able to follow the story easily.
In this sequel, although Ms. Clapton's style hasn't changed, it has matured. The characters' emotions show more, even in the dialogues. Once again, I found myself rooting for the strong heroin, who albeit her near death experience, shows courage all through the story, and for the poor Sterling, who feels responsible for all that happened to her. After all, Hunter would never have so much as looked at her twice if not for him.
That brings me to the villain, Hunter, the one we learned to hate in the first book. Yet again, Ms. Clapton goes deep into his mind. Although he is clearly deranged, he feels very real, scary real. He's just as devious as he was in Dark Light and just as much 'in love' with Sterling. I liked how his irrational thoughts lead him to think that he's doing him a service. And, against all odds, that made me, I wouldn't go as far as like him, but at least appreciate him. He's like a dog on a discarded bone, and he just won't let it go.
Luminous Shadows is sweet romance with a slight touch of paranormal and let's not forget a surprising ending. Although it helps to have read book I, I believe someone who would pick it up without knowing it was a sequel would be able to follow the story easily.
March 12, 2014
Yes! This is so much better than I imagined the sequel would be like (and that's saying a lot)! I loved this book!
Let's start at the end. The ending was perfect. (That's not a spoiler... You don't know what I consider perfect. In fact I wasn't even expecting it. Fantastic).
So we do know the bad guy is alive... The entire book Ms. Victoria played with my emotions regarding him. I despised him, then pitied him, laughed at him. Our main characters, Katherine and Sterling, they are odd as usual, but in such a way that their love is perfect even with their flaws. Oh they have flaws. I want to strangle them sometimes. They keep secrets from each other, trying to protect the other. Their relationship is stressed with a maniac on the loose, but I love the way they fight for what they believe in.
I enjoyed Luminous Shadows even more than the first part, Dark Light. The entire book was like a game, hunting the hunter. It was romantic, funny (I laughed so many times), beautifully written, very unpredictable, and thoroughly enjoyable. I found myself enjoying the dark chapters way more than I should. The bad guy's thoughts are so dark to the point that his internal ramblings were entertaining. Complemented by lovable supporting characters and a few new ones, and the vividly depicted settings, this was truly a wonderful sequel!
Let's start at the end. The ending was perfect. (That's not a spoiler... You don't know what I consider perfect. In fact I wasn't even expecting it. Fantastic).
So we do know the bad guy is alive... The entire book Ms. Victoria played with my emotions regarding him. I despised him, then pitied him, laughed at him. Our main characters, Katherine and Sterling, they are odd as usual, but in such a way that their love is perfect even with their flaws. Oh they have flaws. I want to strangle them sometimes. They keep secrets from each other, trying to protect the other. Their relationship is stressed with a maniac on the loose, but I love the way they fight for what they believe in.
I enjoyed Luminous Shadows even more than the first part, Dark Light. The entire book was like a game, hunting the hunter. It was romantic, funny (I laughed so many times), beautifully written, very unpredictable, and thoroughly enjoyable. I found myself enjoying the dark chapters way more than I should. The bad guy's thoughts are so dark to the point that his internal ramblings were entertaining. Complemented by lovable supporting characters and a few new ones, and the vividly depicted settings, this was truly a wonderful sequel!
March 6, 2016
Yes! This is so much better than I imagined the sequel would be like (and that's saying a lot)! I loved this book!
Let's start at the end. The ending was perfect. (That's not a spoiler... You don't know what I consider perfect. In fact I wasn't even expecting it. Fantastic).
So we do know the bad guy is alive... The entire book Ms. Victoria played with my emotions regarding him. I despised him, then pitied him, laughed at him. Our main characters, Katherine and Sterling, they are odd as usual, but in such a way that their love is perfect even with their flaws. Oh they have flaws. I want to strangle them sometimes. They keep secrets from each other, trying to protect the other. Their relationship is stressed with a maniac on the loose, but I love the way they fight for what they believe in.
I enjoyed Luminous Shadows even more than the first part, Dark Light. The entire book was like a game, hunting the hunter. It was romantic, funny (I laughed so many times), beautifully written, very unpredictable, and thoroughly enjoyable. I found myself enjoying the dark chapters way more than I should. The bad guy's thoughts are so dark to the point that his internal ramblings were entertaining. Complemented by lovable supporting characters and a few new ones, and the vividly depicted settings, this was truly a wonderful sequel!
April 6, 2014
Truly enjoyed reading the next phase by Victoria Clapton. She captivated me with her first book of Dark Light and I waited at the edge of my seat for the follow up. I was not let down in my expectations. Great job!!!!
April 27, 2025
I was completely sucked into the wild, fun plot of book one and couldn’t wait to read book 2! Kat, Sterling and their friends are back, three years after the events of Dark Light, and Kat and Sterling are definitely feeling the impacts of the attack that nearly took her life. I really enjoyed the emotional examination of PTSD and how it impacted their relationship, where they would be a few years down the road, and found that aspect to be top notch, in addition to the great world building and setting (loved Estonia!) as well as the spicy relationship Kat and Sterling enjoy with one another. This was dark, intense and delightful. Of course, Hunter is still out there and Kat and Sterling can’t rest until they know she’s safe. Loved this! 5/5 stars.
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