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The Blackhope Enigma #3
The Shadow Lantern
When a mysterious lantern and a box of painted slides come into Sunni and BlaiseOCOs possession, they are drawn back to Blackhope Tower, where they discover that the lantern allows them to journey into the images portrayed in the painted slides. After finding out that one set of slides reveals the secrets of the journey of Corvo after his escape from Venice in 1582, Blaise and Sunni project themselves into the images to investigate."
174 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2013
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Teresa Flavin
14 books39 followersI'm a children's book illustrator who branched out into writing art-based fantasy-mystery novels for children and young people. My first illustrated novel, THE BLACKHOPE ENIGMA (Templar Publishing UK, 2010; Candlewick, 2011) was shortlisted for a number of UK children's book awards and was a Junior Library Guild Selection in the USA. The sequel, THE CRIMSON SHARD (Templar UK, 2011 and Candlewick, 2012) was a Junior Library Guild Selection for Fall 2012. THE SHADOW LANTERN, the final book in the Blackhope Enigma trilogy, was published in the UK in 2013 and in the USA in 2014.
My latest novel, JET BLACK HEART, a supernatural time travel story for teens, is published by Barrington Stoke in the UK. Barrington Stoke also published my story for younger readers, YELLOW RABBIT, in 2013 (illustrated by Rich Watson).
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February 5, 2018
Such a good adventure series that is completely appropriate and would be loved by both boys and girls.
February 15, 2017
Have you ever traveled through multiple magical worlds in one night? Unless you're are Sunniva Forrest or Blaise Doran, then you most likely haven't. The Shadow Lantern is the last book in a historical fiction trilogy. In my opinion, The Shadow Lantern really thrilled me as read it, especially near the ending where things are heated up.
After being kidnapped by the notorious villain Soranzo, Sunni Forrest and Blaise Doran finally think they are done with the mysteries of Fausto Corvo and his three lost paintings. Sunni was at a sleep over at her friend Mandy's house, it was her birthday. Sunni learns that Mandy talks to spirits with an Ouija Board. When Sunni learns that Lady Ishbel Blackhope's spirit is following her whom she accidentally killed, Sunni goes to find Blaise for help. Blaise asked to meet up with Sunni at the Enigma Festival that took place once a year. At the festival Sunni and Blaise met a guy named Munro who claims he can see spirits with his eyes and photographs them. Munro showcases the Oculus at the festival which is a device that Fausto Corvo created. When Sunni and Blaise finally thought they were done with Fausto Corvo, they go and check out the Oculus. Munro willingly shows Sunni and Blaise the Oculus' glass slides which it projects. Blaise accidentally steps into the projection and gets transported into the slide. Due to this, the trio figure out that people can go in and out of the projection by standing where the people outside of the projection can see them, and then extinguishing the flame. Sunni and Blaise go through 3 of the four slides and contain clues as to where the real hiding place of Fausto Corvo's lost paintings might really be. When Sunni and Blaise enter the fourth slide, they meet up with Soranzo but they are forced to do what he says because Soranzo has their teacher hostage. Doing what Soranzo said, Munro points the projection of the Oculus into the magical painting at Blackhope tower that Fausto Corvo is hiding in. In the glass slide, everything between the two paintings are mixing together. Fausto Corvo and his three apprentices notice this and stop Soranzo from continuing any farther. After Sunni and Blaise escape with their teacher and his cousin, they locate the three lost paintings using the clues that Fausto Corvo gave them so make sure that they are still intact and hidden.
The title of the book relates to the story because the inside of the glass slides are called the "shadow lands" and since the Oculus is a lantern that projects the shadow lands, it makes it the "Shadow Lantern." A major symbol in the book is a raven because Corvo in Fausto Corvo's name means raven in Italian. Fausto Corvo is also known as the "raven" in the trilogy, so whenever characters see a raven, they think it is Fausto Corvo. The setting adds to the conflict because it allows the author to add unusual things to the story. Blackhope Tower is where the story mainly takes place, and it is known to have mysterious things happen there.
My favorite part of the story was when Fausto Corvo and his apprentices stopped Soranzo because in that situation we were able to see the full potential of Fausto Corvo's powers. An interesting thing that I learned from this book is that greed can lead down a bad path. Soranzo was selfish and greedy and he sought for Fausto Corvo's lost paintings, he spent hundreds of years trying to get the paintings, but in the end he died trying. I thought the ending of the book was very suspenseful because the author's word choice in the scene caused me to wonder what was going to happen next. Especially with all this bizarre stuff that has already happened, anything seems possible for the author to create.
Overall I would rate this book a 5/5 because in this final book it answers many questions that I had while reading the trilogy. Also there were many scenes in the book as to where I just didn't want to stop reading! I would recommend this book to readers who are open minded and believe that the impossible can be very well possible, even if it's just a slim chance for it to occur. In conclusion, The Shadow Lantern is my favorite book in the trilogy, it answered many of my questions, had lots of suspenseful parts throughout the book, and even had an ending where *SPOILER ALERT!!!* Sunni and Blaise kissed! *END OF SPOILER (AND BOOK REVIEW)*
After being kidnapped by the notorious villain Soranzo, Sunni Forrest and Blaise Doran finally think they are done with the mysteries of Fausto Corvo and his three lost paintings. Sunni was at a sleep over at her friend Mandy's house, it was her birthday. Sunni learns that Mandy talks to spirits with an Ouija Board. When Sunni learns that Lady Ishbel Blackhope's spirit is following her whom she accidentally killed, Sunni goes to find Blaise for help. Blaise asked to meet up with Sunni at the Enigma Festival that took place once a year. At the festival Sunni and Blaise met a guy named Munro who claims he can see spirits with his eyes and photographs them. Munro showcases the Oculus at the festival which is a device that Fausto Corvo created. When Sunni and Blaise finally thought they were done with Fausto Corvo, they go and check out the Oculus. Munro willingly shows Sunni and Blaise the Oculus' glass slides which it projects. Blaise accidentally steps into the projection and gets transported into the slide. Due to this, the trio figure out that people can go in and out of the projection by standing where the people outside of the projection can see them, and then extinguishing the flame. Sunni and Blaise go through 3 of the four slides and contain clues as to where the real hiding place of Fausto Corvo's lost paintings might really be. When Sunni and Blaise enter the fourth slide, they meet up with Soranzo but they are forced to do what he says because Soranzo has their teacher hostage. Doing what Soranzo said, Munro points the projection of the Oculus into the magical painting at Blackhope tower that Fausto Corvo is hiding in. In the glass slide, everything between the two paintings are mixing together. Fausto Corvo and his three apprentices notice this and stop Soranzo from continuing any farther. After Sunni and Blaise escape with their teacher and his cousin, they locate the three lost paintings using the clues that Fausto Corvo gave them so make sure that they are still intact and hidden.
The title of the book relates to the story because the inside of the glass slides are called the "shadow lands" and since the Oculus is a lantern that projects the shadow lands, it makes it the "Shadow Lantern." A major symbol in the book is a raven because Corvo in Fausto Corvo's name means raven in Italian. Fausto Corvo is also known as the "raven" in the trilogy, so whenever characters see a raven, they think it is Fausto Corvo. The setting adds to the conflict because it allows the author to add unusual things to the story. Blackhope Tower is where the story mainly takes place, and it is known to have mysterious things happen there.
My favorite part of the story was when Fausto Corvo and his apprentices stopped Soranzo because in that situation we were able to see the full potential of Fausto Corvo's powers. An interesting thing that I learned from this book is that greed can lead down a bad path. Soranzo was selfish and greedy and he sought for Fausto Corvo's lost paintings, he spent hundreds of years trying to get the paintings, but in the end he died trying. I thought the ending of the book was very suspenseful because the author's word choice in the scene caused me to wonder what was going to happen next. Especially with all this bizarre stuff that has already happened, anything seems possible for the author to create.
Overall I would rate this book a 5/5 because in this final book it answers many questions that I had while reading the trilogy. Also there were many scenes in the book as to where I just didn't want to stop reading! I would recommend this book to readers who are open minded and believe that the impossible can be very well possible, even if it's just a slim chance for it to occur. In conclusion, The Shadow Lantern is my favorite book in the trilogy, it answered many of my questions, had lots of suspenseful parts throughout the book, and even had an ending where *SPOILER ALERT!!!* Sunni and Blaise kissed! *END OF SPOILER (AND BOOK REVIEW)*
July 9, 2018
The shadow lantern is the last one in series and this is how a series should end.
It was really wonderful. Sunni and Blaise again come back in blackhope tower during Halloween where they had their first adventure but this time not through the painting rather they travel through magic oil lantern known as shadow lantern project slides on which Corvo has left clues for emperor to find missing paintings.
Shadow lantern has many worlds, many dimension co-existing together. There is spiritual world, Corvo's world, and human world but what happens when this three mix up together. It sure is hell of ride. I loved it. Sure page turner it is.
It was really wonderful. Sunni and Blaise again come back in blackhope tower during Halloween where they had their first adventure but this time not through the painting rather they travel through magic oil lantern known as shadow lantern project slides on which Corvo has left clues for emperor to find missing paintings.
Shadow lantern has many worlds, many dimension co-existing together. There is spiritual world, Corvo's world, and human world but what happens when this three mix up together. It sure is hell of ride. I loved it. Sure page turner it is.
July 30, 2014
I was excited to receive this book for review, but what I didn't realize at the time was that it is not really a stand-alone but rather the final installment in a series. My rating would have been higher had I read the previous installments. That said, I did enjoy the book and fairly quickly adjusted myself to what may have gone before. In fact, I hope to purchase the two previous books. This series by
Teresa Flavin
, judging from this book, is a fascinating journey of magic and time travel that I'm sure juvenile readers will enjoy as I did.
There is some confusion in trying to read this single book without knowing exactly what went on before, although there are many references in this book to the previous ones, enough possibly to keep the momentum flowing from one book to another. Enough to clue the reader in to what went before, and how the situation came to be in this book. Not to say too much about what happened previously, there is plenty of excitement and especially so when it comes to Hallowe'en night and the school community party.
The main characters in the present are teens Sunni, Blaise, Maddy and Dean. Among the adults are the parents and Mr. Bell, who is mainly in charge of the party, Angus, a former art forger who is Mr. Bell's cousin, and the mysterious Munroe, who claims to capture spirits on film and is giving a performance of a magical projecting lantern with hand-painted glass slides, a strange shadow lantern. From the past, we have Fausto Corvo in 1582, a purported magician and artist who combines the two, Lady Ishbel once alive and now a spirit in the present and Soranzo who would like to get his hands on Corvo's paintings.
Enigma Night is being planned for Hallowe'en night at Blackhope Tower, the place where so much has (and will) happen. Sunni and Blaise have disappeared from that tower in the past and it has a great deal to do with a Corvo painting that is housed there. Why was there a labyrinth in the tower room, why did skeletons pop up on it from thin air, why and how did it disappear? Munro is setting up a display and talks about his wonderful find, the antique and magical Oculus, apparently originally commissioned by Corvo. Is it possible that Corvo's secrets are trapped inside? The lamp is very unusual, but what is more unusual is what it does, something Sunni and Blaise will discover to their shock and amazement. What has happened to Mr. Bell, the art teacher who is mainly in charge of the party? He has disappeared. What causes the tower to begin to self-destruct? This book is full of fun, magic, adventure, and secret codes, perfect entertainment for the juvenile set. I enjoyed it to the point that I will probably obtain the other two books in the series, The Blackhope Enigma and The Crimson Shard.
There is some confusion in trying to read this single book without knowing exactly what went on before, although there are many references in this book to the previous ones, enough possibly to keep the momentum flowing from one book to another. Enough to clue the reader in to what went before, and how the situation came to be in this book. Not to say too much about what happened previously, there is plenty of excitement and especially so when it comes to Hallowe'en night and the school community party.
The main characters in the present are teens Sunni, Blaise, Maddy and Dean. Among the adults are the parents and Mr. Bell, who is mainly in charge of the party, Angus, a former art forger who is Mr. Bell's cousin, and the mysterious Munroe, who claims to capture spirits on film and is giving a performance of a magical projecting lantern with hand-painted glass slides, a strange shadow lantern. From the past, we have Fausto Corvo in 1582, a purported magician and artist who combines the two, Lady Ishbel once alive and now a spirit in the present and Soranzo who would like to get his hands on Corvo's paintings.
Enigma Night is being planned for Hallowe'en night at Blackhope Tower, the place where so much has (and will) happen. Sunni and Blaise have disappeared from that tower in the past and it has a great deal to do with a Corvo painting that is housed there. Why was there a labyrinth in the tower room, why did skeletons pop up on it from thin air, why and how did it disappear? Munro is setting up a display and talks about his wonderful find, the antique and magical Oculus, apparently originally commissioned by Corvo. Is it possible that Corvo's secrets are trapped inside? The lamp is very unusual, but what is more unusual is what it does, something Sunni and Blaise will discover to their shock and amazement. What has happened to Mr. Bell, the art teacher who is mainly in charge of the party? He has disappeared. What causes the tower to begin to self-destruct? This book is full of fun, magic, adventure, and secret codes, perfect entertainment for the juvenile set. I enjoyed it to the point that I will probably obtain the other two books in the series, The Blackhope Enigma and The Crimson Shard.
November 25, 2014
I enjoyed the Shadow Lantern by Teresa Flavin. The story follows Sunni and Blaise as they discover an old lantern and painted slides that were painted by a Renaissance artist-magician Fausto Corvo. Time travel into the past and enchanted paintings are included in the adventures of the two teens.
After I started to read the book, I realized it was part of a series. At first, I thought I was going to be confused, but there were enough references made between the 2 main characters to understand what they were doing in this book. It's always a good idea to read a series in order, but unlike others who have reviewed this book, I did not have a problem reading this as a stand alone. I would definitely recommend this and the series to young teens and up.
After I started to read the book, I realized it was part of a series. At first, I thought I was going to be confused, but there were enough references made between the 2 main characters to understand what they were doing in this book. It's always a good idea to read a series in order, but unlike others who have reviewed this book, I did not have a problem reading this as a stand alone. I would definitely recommend this and the series to young teens and up.
December 15, 2013
I received this book as an eARC from NetGalley. When I realized it was the third book in a trilogy, I quickly downloaded the other two to read them. The two main characters are young teenagers who are artists and become caught up in investigating a Renaissance artist's legendary enchanted paintings and their history. They find themselves traveling into the paintings, and back into time in these books, having adventures that are definitely scary. Woven into these three books is a lot of art history and fascinating peeks at what it was to be an artist in different centuries. This trilogy is a very good read and I highly recommend it.
September 7, 2014
A delightful story. This is the third book in The Blackhope Enigma Trilogy. This is not a stand-alone book. It really helps to have read the first two books in the trilogy. The Shadow Lantern takes Sunni and Blaise back to Blackhope Tower at Halloween. Someone has found a magic lantern made by Corvo and they discover that the slides are magical. We follow their adventures into the slides with Corvo's enemies hot in pursuit. Cute story. This book is really intended for tweens (I probably would have read this book in the third or fourth grade). I did receive a free copy of this book courtesy of Goodreads First Reads Giveaway Program.
January 4, 2015
This is the last book in the third book in the Blackhope series. Sunni and Blaise are close friends who stumble upon a magic painting. There is an interesting twist on the magic in this book, but it gets a bit hard to follow. The climatic conclusion takes place on Halloween in the Blackhope Tower. The highlights are suspense, friendship and adventure. If only the story flowed more smoothly.
September 17, 2014
I just started reading this book for our teen book review group and I'm already ticked off because NOWHERE on the cover or spine does it say this is part of a series. I bit the hook thanks to skeleton and crow and am lost already on page 3. Ugh.
November 15, 2014
I'm not at all sure why I read this book when I didn't like the first two. Maybe I'm a sucker for an interesting cover and a great title, which this book definitely has. Maybe I thought the third book would bring a strong ending for the first two, which this book definitely didn't do. *sigh.
January 22, 2015
Book 3 in an enjoyable trilogy. This book had more action than the last, but I still enjoyed book 1 the most. The art side of it was interesting and I enjoyed the time travel. The characters were a fun lot as well. I look forward to reading more by Teresa Flavin.
September 8, 2018
I read this book because this was voted by my reading group. Although I didn’t read the first two books, I didn’t have trouble following the story , which itself is praise to the author.
November 9, 2015
The satisfactory conclusion to a very enjoyable trilogy by the lovely Teresa Flavin.
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