Shadow Dance

Shadow & Dagger #3

by Anne Logston

A deadly plague is sweeping through Allanmere, brought by a stranger whose race vanished long before the humans of Allanmere, or the elves of the forest, came to the land. Now Shadow must lead that stranger and her best friend Donya into the deadly swamp known as the Dim Reaches in search of a cure for the plague hidden among the traces of a race long gone.

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fae, Fiction

215 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 1992

Reviews

[Erica Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Slutty elf finds ruins in the swamp.

[Amber Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had read Shadow many times before I finally got the remaining Shadow books. I was enamored with this one. Beautifully written and fantastic world.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daft. I enjoyed it. Very basic. Like me.

[House Hesson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The *third* book in the Shadow trilogy, much of what we said about the first applies to this one. Don't believe the GoodReads info, and you really want to read Shadow Hunt before this one.

The appearance of a stranger with the ability to go through a hut's walls presages a plague that's deadly to humans but seems not to affect elves at all, and the answers seem to lie in the swamp that Shadow crossed in the prior book.

The romance in this book is extremely glossed over and feels very much like an adolescent thing. They snipe at each other initially, they have a lot in common, someone slaps them upside the head and they get together. It feels like it's just a set-up for Jaellyn's story in the next two/three books, however many it turned out to be.

Farryn's interaction with the rest of the group feels much more organic and the events in the temple of Adraon are not just suspenseful, but completely true to the characters. It's a great ending. We just wish there was more after this one.

-Kearil

[Camille · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book when I was in high school and I remember really liking it, despite the fact that I deep into horror at the time. I didn't find out until later, when I was bored one night and flipping through the frontpages, that it was part of a series and not even the first book. Maybe one day I'll start from the beginning and re-read.

[Ilana Waters · Rating 5 out of 5]

A stunning conclusion to this all-too-short series. A little darker than the previous books, but that makes for some page-turning suspense. Love the ending--perfectly suited to Shadow's character and personality.

[Kate H · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always loved this book and all the author's other stories. I wish she had written more books. Her characters are approachable and yet also wonderfully foreign. The land is just obscure enough to not be ours but also familiar enough to make it believable. I love her humor and her characterization.

[Karen Dransfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this whole series of books. Own them and reread them every couple of years.