Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong

Sea of Shadows

By Kelley Armstrong

Genre(s): Fantasy/Horror

Rating: 3/5

Summary courtesy of Goodreads:

"In the Forest of the Dead, where the empire’s worst criminals are exiled, twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are charged with a dangerous task. For they are the Keeper and the Seeker, and each year they must quiet the enraged souls of the damned.

Only this year, the souls will not be quieted.

Ambushed and separated by an ancient evil, the sisters’ journey to find each other sends them far from the only home they’ve ever known. Accompanied by a stubborn imperial guard and a dashing condemned thief, the girls cross a once-empty wasteland, now filled with reawakened monsters of legend, as they travel to warn the emperor. But a terrible secret awaits them at court—one that will alter the balance of their world forever."

What would you do if shadowy creatures suddenly appeared in your hometown and destroyed everything you knew and cared about?  I'm not normally one for horror, and had no idea when I snagged this off the Barnes & Noble bookshelf that it was part of that genre.  I just picked it up, read the back cover, and thought "Huh, this sounds like it could be good."  After reading it, I'm on the fence between "liking" and "disliking" it, flipping from one side to the other.  I really wanna like it, but at the same time, I have issues with it.

Indefinite Hiatus for TWWNLK, Book Reviews, & URL Change

Hello all!  It has been almost eight months since I last updated this blog and I am terribly sorry about that.  During the first half of the year I was busy with school and the last three months I was working a summer job for eight hours a day Monday through Friday, so I had no time to work on this blog.  Now that things have slowed down though, I can finally add more to it!

First order of business, as I have said before, The World We No Longer Know is on hiatus.  Now that hiatus is more for the fact that it needs a lot of work, than for me just not having time.  After researching for another story I'm writing, I realized how much work TWWNLK really needed, and now it will be on hiatus for an indefinite amount of time.  I am not sure when I will be able to work on it again, but at the moment, it will be on the back burner for awhile.

Next, I have decided to try my hand at writing book reviews.  Since I like to read so much and talk about the books I've read, I really want to share my opinions of books and hopefully help find new books for people to read.  My first review should be out this Friday.  Look forward to it!

And finally, the URL change.  I realize most people probably lost track of the blog after I changed the URL, but I changed it since this blog will not be focusing solely on TWWNLK anymore.  I want to focus it more towards book reviews while I work on my other story and hopefully clean up TWWNLK.

I hope you all are doing well and wish you luck in your endeavors!

Chapter 6: Mysteries

Long time no see, everyone!  It's been about three months since my last post, and four months since the last chapter update!  I am terribly sorry for the long hiatus I took.  I had initially planned to continue writing during my holiday break back in December, but for some reason, my Internet decided to choose that exact time to start acting up, leaving me with no way to type up chapter 6.  I hope you all enjoyed whatever holidays you were celebrating, and wish you all a Happy New Year!  And so, without further ado, I present to you chapter 6.