Rating: 
Summary: coolness!
Review: this book picks up where the last one left off, except it is not from Ari's view point anymore, she is no longer the main character, but the Bard and the Muse are. it is very interesting to see that they are 'rebelling' against the Lightbringer and the Lady of the Moon as they seek out the Hunter, another powerful Fae to bring them down. many new things are revealed and some take you by surprise. more is known about the House of Gaian and we get to understand that they are not as weak as they seem. they are acutally powerful in their own right and the Hunter comes to take revenge for all the Daughters that have been taken by the Black Coats. this is a very interesting read.
Rating: 
Summary: light and lovely
Review: This book was just as beautiful as Bishop's Black Jewel's trilogy but a bit more light and funny. The richness of her charachter's contend with those of much more prominent literary figures and her plots are increadible. She has a way of mixing darkness with it's natural balance of light that makes her stories absolutely irresistable to those that understand them. It's wonderful to read the women's conversations and see the way different peoples think differently about the way things should be in their world. The developing relationships between charachters are realistic and lovely. After getting into the story you can laugh at the reaction of a charachter and think how like them that is. You feel like you know them. Even the sometimes hard-seeming Ashk has endearing qualities such as the way she looks after her people. I, personally, cannot wait for the third book The House of Gaian to come out. Shadows and Light is a fantastic read.
Rating:
Summary: light and lovely
Review: This book was just as beautiful as Bishop's Black Jewel's trilogy but a bit more light and funny. The richness of her charachter's contend with those of much more prominent literary figures and her plots are increadible. She has a way of mixing darkness with it's natural balance of light that makes her stories absolutely irresistable to those that understand them. It's wonderful to read the women's conversations and see the way different peoples think differently about the way things should be in their world. The developing relationships between charachters are realistic and lovely. After getting into the story you can laugh at the reaction of a charachter and think how like them that is. You feel like you know them. Even the sometimes hard-seeming Ashk has endearing qualities such as the way she looks after her people. I, personally, cannot wait for the third book The House of Gaian to come out. Shadows and Light is a fantastic read.
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