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really enjoyed the use of the pegasus in this book, AGH!! I cannot even say how excited I am for this sequel Sweet Venom was one of my alltime favorite books that I've ever read and reviewed on my blog!! :D BRING IT ON!! I love this series! I love the triplets! I love the author!

I love that Sweet Shadows starts right where Sweet Venom left off.
People want to see the girls all dead, . . mystery! Greek mythology continues to be an enjoyable aspect of the series, Gods and demons going at it, . . a war Action The girls are still trying to bring back their Gorgon ancestors,

The siblings are all further developed, especially Greer, I'm one of those readers who loves snarky, quickwitter, sarcastic people and she fills the bill, Grace is still Grace. LOL And Gretchen, well she's the lively one for sure!

Recommendation: A definite excellent read, even if you aren't into mythology.
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Quick amp Dirty: Things start with a bang in Sweet Shadows and keep rolling, bringing the girls closer to answers and danger.


Opening Sentence: As I stare across Gretchens dining table at Grace, who is flipping through a binder about some ridiculously hideous monster straight out of mythology, I still cant really fathom that there are two girls right here in this loft who look exactly like me.


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When I say the novel starts with a bang, I mean it literally, At the end of Sweet Venom our heroines were throwing themselves off the balcony to avoid an exploding apartment, This installment only becomes more intense, Figuring out the truth behind the prophecy, behind the sides to a coming war over the Abyss, as well as how to live with newfound sisters is a struggle of mythical proportions.
Because war is coming. The daughters of Medusa must die in the eyes of all sides, the only question is when: after they close the crack or before, so it can remain open forever.
A small group wants to keep the girls alive so they can act as guardians and regulate the monsters who come into the human world.


Everything in this book is a little more intense: the romances begin to bloom YAY!, the plot begins to thicken, and danger comes to find them.
Fighting in this book goes beyond training and eventually, their problems become impossible to overcome alone, We finally learn more about the abyss and get to explore it first hand, Everything our

heroines were told, the decisions they made, are no longer quite as right as they always thought, Fighting monsters isnt so cut and dry, History isnt so black and white, So do the girls continue their battle to close the crack between worlds like theyve been told, or explore the rest of the prophecy despite the coming war.


We get a lot more about Greer in this novel, who came into the story late in Sweet Venom.
Shes struggling to balance her social obligations with her destiny, keep her sisters and monsterfighting side job a secret, and deal with her distant parents.
The ice queen act we see from Grace and Gretchens perspective chapters breaks a bit as Greer realizes even she cant juggle everything.
The girls grow stronger both independently and as a family, As a reader, that was a very satisfying thing to see,

Nick has a much bigger role to play in this novel, and a lot to answer to, Though they were strangers in Sweet Venom the girls have grown to be protective sisters and friends, Theyll fight for each other and for their destiny, and the gods help anyone who gets in their way, When Sthenno is kidnapped before their very eyes, the girls know they have to save her and Ursula if they want any answers about their mother and the mysterious prophecy.
As the warring Olympians take the novel to the next level, and our trip into the Abyss makes the novel deeper and more complex, the girls humor and unique voices help carry the story.


Again, the novel has no plot independent of the whole series, which means that its a very middlebook, Not in a bad way, but theres no satisfying conclusionjust more questions and a desperate desire for Sweet Legacy, Its a lot of action, a lot of build up, and leaves you with a lot of questions, I cant wait to get my hands on book three!

Notable Scene:

When I was a child, I saw a centaur in my bedroom.
It was the only time before my sisterly reunion that I saw a mythological monster, and I eventually came to believe that the vision was a nightmare.
A hallucination. Mother started taking me to regular hypnotherapy sessions immediately, The therapist was a middleaged woman with dark hair that was fading into gray, Then, at one sessionthe very lastthere was a different therapist, She was younger, blonder, and far more effective, One session with her and Mother declared me cured,

I recognize the woman stepping on the sidewalk at the end of the block because she was that final therapist.


A million confused questions flood my brain,

“I”

Before I can say that Ive met Sthenno before, a black spot appears next to her in the middle of the air.
The spot grows quickly, expanding into a giant hole about the size of a double door,

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This was just a very fun and short read, It took me less than an hour and a half to read, Time just flew by.

sitelinkSweet Shadows is centered around three girls, who are triplets, and descendants of Medusa, History was twisted around, and made Medusa look like the villain, when she actually guarded the door between the monsters and mortals.
I love each of the sisters, They all kick butt, and have a great budding sistership, Each of the sisters also has their own individual story, and they're always there for each other,

Gretchen is the one that has been fighting monsters the longest, She was even trained by a Gorgon, She doesn't have priorities in her way of fighting the baddies, But her other sisters do, Grace has to worry about her family worrying about her, while Greer has social priorities, And Grace's brother, Thane is also missing,

Speaking of Thane, I really like his character, Sure, we don't get much of him, but his character is so mysterious, It's just so frustrating how I KNOW there's something supernatural about him, and I knew that since the beginning of the first book, and we're still nowhere closer to finding out what his secret is.
I hope we get more of him in the last book,

As usual, each sister also has a romance interest, For Gretchen it's Nick, a guy who has supernatural stuff going on, and she doesn't know whether to trust him or not.
For Grace, it's a guy named Milo, and he's just an innocent, harmless guy, And Greer, who might have a boyfriend named Kyle, He's kind of a douche,

In a way, the romance annoyed me, NOTHING advanced in Grace and Milo's romance, and the only thing that happened in Greer's romane life was one event with Kyle.
While for Gretchen, there were leaps and bounds with Nick, I would've liked advancement with all the characters,

The sisters find out that there are people not necessarily people, but I don't know a better word who want them dead before they can open the seal, because they're lazy.
And then there are monsters who want them alive to open the gate and let them out, but then kill the sisters.
There's threats from all sides for the sisters, but I never found it too heavy, This book was just a light and fun read,

Overall, it was a nice addition to the series, and a little bit better than the first book too.
I can't wait to see how the series ends! Ehh,

I'm not sure whether this book was just not as good as the first one or my standards were considerably lower back when I read book.


I foundto be rather predictable, I didn't like any of the three girls narrating, They felt sort of like:

Grace: Hey, I'm Grace! I'm bubbly and happy! I care about my family sooooo much! But, like, I hardly ever make time to see them.
I'm just too busy! And I'm environmentally friendly! Save the planet!!!

Gretchen: I'm tough, I'm mean to everyone. Except this boy I met at school, He is the only one I've met who is immune to my magical hypnotic powers, but I don't find that suspicious at all.
Meanwhile I'm going to be mean to everyone else to prove that I'm tough,

Greer: I'm a rich girl who only cares about designer clothing, My mother taught me to never show emotion so I'm going to act like a rock all the time,

Okay, I slightly exaggerated the three girls, But none of them really struck me as engaging heroines that I would want to root for, They have to MAKE me root for them, you know It's not enough for them to have a good cause, they have to make me FEEL that their cause is worth fighting for.
None of them made me feel that saving the world was all that important, frankly,

And their personalities were so simple, No complexity to them at all, Grace was the peacemaking sister, Gretchen was the tough one who knew the most, Greer was the snobby rich sister who has reservations about being who she is a descendant of Medusa, in case you haven't read book.


The book was quite flat, Sometimes I get into this "zone" when I'm reading where I can SEE where the characters are, what they're doing, and what they look likeI can SEE the story.
But I didn't feel that with this, The book felt twodimensional.

Perhaps it's because it's been a while since I read the first book that I disliked this one, but perhaps it's simply because it wasn't as good as the first.
Either way, I only feel like this was worth,stars.

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