Shadowplay (Micah Grey, #2)

Posted on 12 July 2018 by Laura Lam

Old magics are waking But will the world survive their return Micah Grey almost died when he fled the circus with Drystan now he and the ex clown seek to outrun disaster Drystan persuades his old friend Jasper Maske, a once renowned magician, to take them in But when he agrees to teach them his trade, Maske is challenged to the ultimate high stakes duel by his embittered arch nemesis.Micah must perfect his skills of illusion, while navigating a tender new love An investigator is also hunting the person he once seemed to be a noble family s runaway daughter As the duel draws near, Micah increasingly suffers from visions showing him real magic and future terrors Events that broke the ancient world are being replayed But can Micah s latent powers influence this deadly pattern Download Shadowplay (Micah Grey, #2) – kino-fada.fr As SHADOWPLAY is available on Netgalley, I have created a pictoral taste of the sequel to PANTOMIME Don t quite remember all the events of the first book and want a refresher I wrote a Previously, on Pantomime summary on my blog contains spoilers, obv is the image that most closely mirrors the overall tone I hope the novel will have Rather than taking place in a circus, it takes place in the Kymri Theatre, which is based slightly on the Egyptian As SHADOWPLAY is available on Netgalley, I have created a pictoral taste of the sequel to PANTOMIME Don t quite remember all the events of the first book and want a refresher I wrote a Previously, on Pan...1st Read January 20142nd Read March 2017Original ReviewI loved Pantomime when I read it last year, it had the most wonderfully diverse characters that I completely fell in love with and I couldn t wait to catch up with them in Shadowplay The story picks up immediately where we left off with Micha and Drystan on the run and desperately needing a place to hide out after what happened to them Drystan takes them to the run down Kymri Theatre and his old friend Jasper Maske agrees to let them s 1st Read January 20142nd Read March 2017Original ReviewI loved Pantomime when I read it last ye...the first book was good but this is an ENTIRE NEW GODDAMN LEVELIn this middle volume of the Pantomime trilogy, the setting action moves from the circus to a magic prestidigitation show I really enjoyed learningabout the lands where the story is set, andabout Kedis, Chimaeras, and other mystical magical beings I loved the budding romance between Micah and Drystan, and Micah s shyness and tentativeness as he tries to adjust to and reconcile his dual gender nature and how that affects his relationships with other people I was less fon...You know those times when you read a book that leaves you wishing so sincerely that you d been able to read it when you were a kid, or in your teens That feeling might be a little bittersweet, but let s focus on the sweet, because honestly I wish I d had this and Pantomime to read fifteen years ago.As was established in Pantomime, Micah Grey was born Iphigenia Laurus His parents wanted a girl Micah identifies as a boy In truth, Micah is both Pantomime dealt with how he found his feet wi You know those times when you read a book that leaves you wishing so sincerely that you d been able to read it when you were a kid, or in your teens That feeling might be a little bittersweet, but let s focus on the sweet, because honestly I wish I d had this and Pantomime to read fifteen years ago.As was established in Pantomime, Micah Grey was born Iphigenia Laurus His parents wanted a girl Micah identifies as a boy In truth, Micah is both Pantomime dealt with how he found his feet within his own ...I thought the pace could have been a bit faster, and I m really intrigued to find outabout Micah s past and this whole storyline with the Chimaera and Anisa The cliffhanger was not as cruel as the one in the first book, so I suppose the wait for Masquerade won t be TOO painful for me.Review originally posted at Jet Black Ink This review will barely do justice to the book and its sheer excellence, because I am having to reign in my inner fanboy and go easy on the complete author love, here There s a lot of fanboy to contain, trust me Shadowplay is the second of the Micah Grey books and hell, I fear a revolt if there are notand it not only continues on beautifu...So many things going on, so much to figure out, so too much going on in poor Gene Micah Sam s head Shadows after Gene, mysterious clients of the aforementioned shadows, policiers after Micah and Drystan, political unrest, supernaturally cosmic changes, flashbacks of creatures that exist no , the paranormal aspect of the now, learning the art of stage magic to pass the time and compete against a rival I m sure I must have missed out on one thing or the other Shadowplay starts literally i So many things going on, so much to figure out, so too much going on in poor Gene Micah Sam s head Shadows after Gene, mysterious clients of the aforementioned shadows, policiers after Micah and Drystan, political unrest, supernaturally cosmic changes, flashbacks of creatures that exist no , the paranormal aspect of the now, learning the art of stage magic to pass the time and compete against a rival I m sure I must have missed out on one thing or the other Shadowplay starts literally in the wake of Pantomime s kick off of dust Ms Lam s upgraded her setting to a dil...Fantasy Review barnPantomime was a great book Shadowplay is a continuation of it, and providesof the same This is in no way a bad thing, but it does make it harder to talk about than I thought was possible.You see when I first reviewed Pantomime I was enthralled To begin it was a perfectly enjoyable fantasy novel with all the fixins young character on the run joins a slightly magical circus in a slightly magical land Not really heavy in the fantasy elements, though it of course had th Fantasy Review barnPantomime was a great book Shadowplay is a continuation of it, and providesof the same This is in no way a bad thing, but it does make it harder to talk about than I thought was possible.You see when I first reviewed Pantomime I was enthralled To begin it was a perfectly enjoyable fantasy novel with all the fixins young character on the run joins a slightly magical circus in a slightly magical land Not really heavy in the fantasy elements, though it of course had those little details to set the world apart ancient history, unbreakable ruins, dragonfly fairies But it had something to set it apart Protagonist Micah was actually unique A few discussions have been held on if this is a spoiler or not but I have maintained it is not Micah grew up as Gene, and is an intersex teen And this could have been nothingthan a gimmick, but instead was handled the right way My re...4.5 I NEED THE NEXT BOOK Received in exchange for an honest review Thanks goes to Strange Chemistry May contain spoilers for Pantomime Ahhhhh I loved this book Having read and really enjoyed Pantomime I was so eager to get my hands on Shadowplay I don t think I ve quite calmed myself down enough to be writing this review yet It felt like such a different book from Pantomime yet so similar I really enjoyed Laura s first book but this one blasted it straight out of the water It s in this b 4.5 I NEED THE NEXT BOOK Received in exchange for an honest review Thanks goes to Strange Chemistry May contain spoilers for Pantomime Ahhhhh I loved this book Having read and really enjoyed Pantomime I was so eager to get my hands on Shadowplay I don t think I ve quite calmed myself down enough to be writing this review yet It felt like such a different book from Pantomime yet so similar I really enjoyed Laura s first book but this one blasted it straight out of the water It s in this book that I fully fell in love with Micah and Drystan, Cyan and Maske I feel like I ve left some best friends behind in the pages of ...

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12 July 2018

Laura Lam