Wake of Vultures (The Shadow, #1)

Posted on 06 January 2017 by Lila Bowen

A rich, dark fantasy of destiny, death and the supernatural world hiding beneath the surface.Nettie Lonesome lives in a land of hard people and hard ground dusted with sand She s a half breed who dresses like a boy, raised by folks who don t call her a slave but use her like one She knows of nothing else That is, until the day a stranger attacks her When nothing, not even a sickle to the eye can stop him, Nettie stabs him through the heart with a chunk of wood and he turns to black sand.And just like that, Nettie can see.But her newfound sight is a blessing and a curse Even if she doesn t understand what s under her own skin, she can sense what everyone else is hiding at least physically The world is full of evil, and now she knows the source of all the sand in the desert Haunted by the spirits, Nettie has no choice but to set out on a quest that might lead her to find her true kin if the monsters along the way don t kill her first. Read Wake of Vultures (The Shadow, #1) Author Lila Bowen – kino-fada.fr This is a tricky book for me to give this a star rating to Don t get me wrong, I liked it I liked it a whole lot I read the whole thing in two sittings But that s not the end all be all when it comes to rating a book Or at least it isn t for me When I rate a book publicly, one of the things I take into consideration is how much you would enjoy the book And by you I mean the average person who reads my reviews Here are the things that complicate rating this book for me First and for This is a tricky book for me to give this a star rating to Don t get me wrong, I liked it I liked it a whole lot I read the whole thing in two sittings But that s not the end all be all when it comes to rating a book Or at least it isn t for me When I rate a book publicly, one of the things I take into consideration is how much you would enjoy the book And by you I mean the average person who reads my reviews Here are the things that complicate rating this book for me First and foremost, I don t read a lot of Westerns And whether or not you consider this a western, it s obviously western inspired and influenced Since I don t have a lot of context for the story, it s hard for me to tell how it measures up to other works in...Sometimes, it s all in the spin If you has said to me, here, read this YA book with trigger scenes, set in the Old Timey West with phrases like, Poor critter was parched and gaunt as a crow s skeleton, I would have insincerely said, sure, and immediately made plans to deep six it down the nearest prairie well But had you said, here, I have this great book about a brown, mixed race, Native gender bender girl who learns to see monsters after she kills one and is given a ghost quest to take Sometimes, it s all in the spin If you has said to me, here, read this YA book with trigger scenes, set in the Old Timey West with phrases like, Poor critter was parched and gaunt as a crow s skeleton, I would have insincerely said, sure, and immediately made plans to deep six it down the nearest prairie well But had you said, here, I have this great book about a brown, mixed race, Native gender bender girl who learns to see monsters after she kills one and is given a ghost quest to take down the biggest, scariest, bab...I stinkin loved this book Clearly, as I gave it five stars, so that s obvious And normally my reviews don t get all analytical or deep, but because this book tackles so much and does it really, really well, I feel like it deserves some praise and a little bit deeper of a review.This book is set in the past the late 1800s Southwest, to be exact but its message includes some highly relevant subjects Sure it s a fantasy take on the famous western Cowboy and Indian tales and games we used I stinkin loved this book Clearly, as I gave it five stars, so that s obvious And no...4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum of Vultures has all the qualities of a great book First, it features a standout protagonist, an undaunted misfit heroine who against all odds rises to meet the biggest challenge of her life Second, we have an action filled plot full of wildly imaginative ideas and exciting new twists in other words, a genuinely entertaining story Third, I enjoyed its poignant messages of self discovery and independence, of seizing 4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum of Vultures has all the qualities of a great book First, it features a standout protagonist, an undaunted misfit heroine who against all odds rises to meet the biggest challenge of her life Second, we have an action filled plo...WELCOME TO THE WILD WEST Get ready for a tale about the pull of destiny and the search of one s identity, carrying a distinctly feminist undertone not that guys won t love it too it s a western, duhNettie Lonesome had two things in the world that were worth a sweet goddamn her old boots and her one eyed mule, Blue Neither item actually belonged to her But then again, nothing didand just like that, after the first two lines, I knew I would love it.Set in an alternate versio WELCOME TO THE WILD WEST Get ready for a tale about the pull of destiny and the search of one s identity, carrying a distinctly feminist un...DNF at 55%I don t DNF often and it isn t that this is a bad book It isn t at all I m just really struggling to stay interested in it Lila hasn t been really likable for me so far and I m not sure if it is just that this has a setting like a Western or that there was a lot of stuff with Horses that disinterested me I did like it when the shapeshifting Coyote showed up though I ve tried to get back to it a few times and I m just reallyinterested...Lately I have found myself being drawn to YA Westerns and when I saw this book, I was intrigued Western adventure, Native American Black protagonist and magic, magic, magic Dream come true I had a lot of fun reading this, even though there is some darkness woven throughout the story This is one of those books where the journey is the storythan the destination As such at times the long road to th...This is the most fun I have had with a book in awhile I didn t really know much about this one going in There is a bit of everything There s a girl who wants to be a boy and isn t sure if she likes boys or gir...BAM great weird and different I loved it Full review to come.This is an entertaining fantasy Western that takes a diverse set of myths and spins them together Anchored by a hero learning her own worth, this is a really interesting story.

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06 January 2017

Lila Bowen