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Overwhelmed by her uncanny ability to manipulate people's emotions through her music, Miranda Grey comes to the attention of vampire lord David Solomon. Believing he can help bring her magic under control, David discovers that Miranda's powers may affect the vampire world too.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Dianne Sylvan writes her first novel 'Queen of Shadows' with a beautiful hand,
I really enjoyed this story.
I have been considerably fed up with the whiney sad 'woe is me' style haunted loner types that vampires have been portrayed as in alot of fiction. These vampires drink blood and have their own agenda but they don't seem half so well mean and cold and ruthless as they come across in other books. They're warriors with hearts and lives and minds and full personalities.
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Dianne creates a world within our own populated by vampires and ruled by Primes, one of which is David Solomon, Prime of the Southern USA. He is drawn to Miranda Frey a haunted and very ill Empath who has held of a psychotic break with her music. Close to the edge she is attacked one night and David takes her to the Haven.
Yet David is currently facing a war between the old guard from when he took over as the Prime fifteen years before, Miranda may hold the key to saving not only herself but them all.
There's some amazing writing in this book, I love the little hints of Miranda's history the author gives her that bring the characters into full 3 dimensions. I cheered for them and mourned with them. The information given about Miranda's love of music isn't too overwhelming or patronising just hints that help you understand even if you have no knowledge of music yourself.
If you want to find a good new author who will be writing much more within the Urban Fantasy Genre then pick up this book today it's brilliantly and beautifully written and has a great and imaginative plot that flows very well, hard to put down.
I really enjoyed this story.
I have been considerably fed up with the whiney sad 'woe is me' style haunted loner types that vampires have been portrayed as in alot of fiction. These vampires drink blood and have their own agenda but they don't seem half so well mean and cold and ruthless as they come across in other books. They're warriors with hearts and lives and minds and full personalities.
Story:
Dianne creates a world within our own populated by vampires and ruled by Primes, one of which is David Solomon, Prime of the Southern USA. He is drawn to Miranda Frey a haunted and very ill Empath who has held of a psychotic break with her music. Close to the edge she is attacked one night and David takes her to the Haven.
Yet David is currently facing a war between the old guard from when he took over as the Prime fifteen years before, Miranda may hold the key to saving not only herself but them all.
There's some amazing writing in this book, I love the little hints of Miranda's history the author gives her that bring the characters into full 3 dimensions. I cheered for them and mourned with them. The information given about Miranda's love of music isn't too overwhelming or patronising just hints that help you understand even if you have no knowledge of music yourself.
If you want to find a good new author who will be writing much more within the Urban Fantasy Genre then pick up this book today it's brilliantly and beautifully written and has a great and imaginative plot that flows very well, hard to put down.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The first in a new series. Miranda is an empath on the verge on a nervous breakdown from being bombarded with others thoughts and emotions. She is a musician. Able to use her ability to influence others moods through music. One night she is attacked and raped. When she comes to she is in haven the home of David Solomon, the prime, hence ruling, vampire of the southern us territory. He is able to create a shield to protect her from accessing others emotions and teach her to build and use her shield. He is drawn to her and vice versa.
She recovers and becomes embroiled in a war between opposing vampire factions. I enjoyed this book. Perhaps more than I expected. There are so many vampire/ urban fantasy series out there and some just don't draw me in but I liked Miranda and David. Miranda takes time to recover and become stronger but when she does she is suitably kick ass and David is your usual strong powerful leader with a strong sense of responsibility for his followers and respect for human life. His rule prevents vampires from killing humans. The opposing faction thinks otherwise. The hierarchy and leadership bits reminded me of the Chloe Neill series but this is less teenage/ boyfriend angst. Not overly complex but an easy enjoyable read.
She recovers and becomes embroiled in a war between opposing vampire factions. I enjoyed this book. Perhaps more than I expected. There are so many vampire/ urban fantasy series out there and some just don't draw me in but I liked Miranda and David. Miranda takes time to recover and become stronger but when she does she is suitably kick ass and David is your usual strong powerful leader with a strong sense of responsibility for his followers and respect for human life. His rule prevents vampires from killing humans. The opposing faction thinks otherwise. The hierarchy and leadership bits reminded me of the Chloe Neill series but this is less teenage/ boyfriend angst. Not overly complex but an easy enjoyable read.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Well I was really sceptical, especially when I saw the generic must have tough girl cover, I thought, here we go same old same old - how wrong I was. . Won't go in to the storyline too much as the gist has already been covered & I don't want to give any spoilers, but what I will say, it draws you in, intelligently written & our two main protagonists Miranda & David, have a fragile chemistry that takes a natural progression through the book. Yes this is a love story, but also has an intense plot with dark undertones, decapitation throughout & some themes covered may upset. It certainly made me cringe & empathise, but the writing is not overly gratuitous in violence sex or subject matter. Light and dark evenly balanced, no cliff hangers you get a whole story, with intriging characters.
Between 4 to 5 stars for me, really enjoyed 'Queen of Shadows' hopefully more will follow..
Reminded me subtley of Stacia Kanes 'Holy Series' as in mixing dark & gritty storylines with romance, & I found it like a darker version of Lynn Viehls Kyndred series, think of those two authors & put Dianne Sylvan somewhere in the middle, she's very hard to place & I mean that as a compliment....
Between 4 to 5 stars for me, really enjoyed 'Queen of Shadows' hopefully more will follow..
Reminded me subtley of Stacia Kanes 'Holy Series' as in mixing dark & gritty storylines with romance, & I found it like a darker version of Lynn Viehls Kyndred series, think of those two authors & put Dianne Sylvan somewhere in the middle, she's very hard to place & I mean that as a compliment....
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Gutsy, sensitive and honest - A breath of fresh undead air
A great book that brings with it a welcome change to the usual sexy, damaged, broody melancholia that plagues the vampire genre. Brilliant. No spoilers in this review though!
Published 6 months ago by Jo Gough
Shadow World #1, Much better than the second book (Shadowflame).
Set in the present day in Austin, Texas. Unknown to most humans, vampires walk among them. The world is divided into territories. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Huntress Reviews
Engrossing, beautifully-written and atmospheric
I've been a fan of Dianne Sylvan's work for some years, and was thrilled to see that she's written fiction (at last)! And what a beautiful book it is. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Greycat
Not a keeper
I'm afraid I didn't enjoy this as much as everyone else seemed to! It was OK, and as already mentioned, a little similar in set-up and vampire politics to Chloe Neill's series. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Miss J. Eyre
Loved it
I was very impressed with this book. On a par with Patricia Briggs. Would definitely recommend along with the next book in the series. Could not put it down.
Published 10 months ago by JE Norfolk
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