Shadow
by
Jenny Moss
teen fiction, romance fiction, fantasy fiction
Why did she call her book "Shadow"? As if there are not already 20 other books with that title in my catalog! She should have called it "Shadow of the Queen" or "Life in the Shadow" or "My Name is Shadow" or "Only a Shadow" or something rather than this one word title!
Shadow doesn't know anything about her parents. She doesn't even have a name. People have taken to calling her "Shadow" because she is always around in the shadows. She knows that for her whole life she has been assigned to help the queen and to protect the queen against the prophecy that says that she will be murdered on her 16th birthday. She and the queen don't get along, however, and would it really be so bad for the spoiled brat to die? Then Shadow could get on with her life.
Events happen that move Shadow out of the shady place and into a starring role. Will the mystery of her life be answered? Can she get past her brooding? Is that handsome knight someone who is interested in her?
This was an okay book, but a little too much brooding and teen angst for my taste. For the right audience (probably a 14 year old female) this would be fine.
