#shadowcry

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Y'ALL LOOK

Ame and Rei got this as a moving present for me!?!??!?!

Like yeah I've read the digitized version but being able to actually HOLD it!?!?!!

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The Witcher/Wintercraft Imagine:

Imagine being one of the Skilled,  rare people who can cross the veil between life and death, and being hunted for your gift.

(Wintercraft is a book series made by Jenna Burtenshaw. Would recommend reading it, It’s so good. <3)

Okay... So... I read this book back in school and I’m gonna try to remember the stuff the skilled people can do.

So basically, You can cross and see into the afterlife and see dead people and stuff.

I wanna say that you can bring someone back if they had just passed like 1 minute ago, but their body must be still be okay, like not buried or something.

Like If they got a big wound, hole in the chest or something, You can’t bring them back. 

If they died from sickness or got poisoned, then you can bring them back.

:D yeah.

There are no videos about the skilled, BUT I have found video close to it.

(Click me!)

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Born from a noble family, You were gifted tremendous power.

Your mother and father didn’t learn about your abilities until you were about 5 or 6.

Your Mother, Queen (M/N), didn’t care about your differences, she loved you for who you are. And no one could change that.

Your father, King (F/N), thought you cursed. He kept you inside, would often abuse you.

(M/N) died protecting you from assassins (That your father hired to kill you). 

Sadly with having such fatal wounds, you couldn’t bring your mother back to life.

Soon you ran away.

Your father hired the Witcher, Geralt of Riva, to kill you.

Luckly for you, your mother was a Sorceress, So you learned some magic from her. :D

And she left a book of magic spells for you. (She wrote “I love you, (Y/N) <3″ inside the book.)

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I don’t own anything but the imagine part. :P

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HC that Saya grows up to go into the entertainment industry because Jin doing all the juggling as a kid really impressed her.

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SHADOW CRY (back cover)

A space in between today and tomorrow that shouldn’t exist--the Dark Hour.

And, the grotesque shadows and mysterious tower Tartarus that appear during the Dark Hour.

On the other side of S.E.E.S., who uses the power of Persona--the only power that can oppose the shadows--to fight the shadows, is “Strega,” a group who uses the power of Persona for their own ends.

The second novelization of the popular game writes an untold episode of those who use that power for “Revenge Request,”--Takaya, Jin, and Chidori!

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I did a redraw for shadowcry98 because hes a huge sweet heart and i felt like it needed to happen, Heres the old version   I hope you like it, dork 

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Shadowcry by Jenna Burtenshaw: Book Review (Muse-y Monday)

Last week, my friend and I were at Barnes and Noble looking through the fiction / paranormal romance section of the YA area. I had four or five books in my hands (as usual), and I couldn't decide which one to get. So I had my friend read the backs and decide which one I should get.

Out of these books including Linger by Maggie Stiefvater and The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter, my friend chose this one. She guessed that it might start out slow and get really, really, really good and told me she'd probably like to read it too.

She was right.

Here's the synopsis from the back of the book:

Those who wish to see the dark, be ready to pay your price.

The Night of Souls—when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest—is only days away. Albion is at war . . . and losing. And fifteen-year-old Kate Winters has just raised a blackbird from the dead.

As her home is torn apart by the wardens, Kate's discovery that she is one of the the rare people who can cross the veil between life and death makes her the most hunted person in all of Albion. Captured and taken to the graveyard city of Fume—where her own parents met their deaths ten years ago—Kate must harness her extraordinary powers to save herself, her country, and the two men she cares for most. And she'll make a pact with a murderer to do it.

My review:

The moment I started reading this book, I was sucked into it. It starts off with a gripping prologue, featuring a mysterious cloaked woman disturbing old graves to find a book of power, and continues into a book filled with action, tension, and excitement. My friend was wrong about the slow beginning, though the beginning was perhaps less interesting on a scale of amazing to AWESOMELY EPIC than the latter parts of the book.

Almost immediately, the readers are introduced to several interesting, unique, and important characters.

First of all, there's Kate, the main protagonist who just learned that she can raise things from the dead and cross into the veil (where souls go to pass into death and peace). While she's hesitant, young, and somewhat innocent -- unable to protect herself or others around her -- she holds her family in high regard and would do anything to save them from danger. Even if that meant putting herself at risk. She's also compassionate, brave, and pretty rational for being 15 years old. Burtenshaw does well in creating a protagonist readers can believe in.

Then there's Edgar and Artemis. Edgar is Kate's best friend: a fearless, sacrificing, clever 17 (?) year old who saves Kate's skin more than once. He goes to great lengths to protect and help Kate, and he also has a fairly interesting back story that keeps the readers wondering what his place in the ruckus of the novel is. Artemis, on the other hand, is Kate's overprotective and somewhat close-minded uncle who gets himself into a lot of trouble (for Kate's safety, mind you). He has a limited role in the story, but he's well-written nonetheless.

Finally, after a slew of other, minor characters who are all almost flawlessly written and add great amounts of intrigue and magic to the story (look out for Kalen and Da'ru. You won't be disappointed!), there's Silas Dane. Silas. I really shouldn't spoil anything about his character, but if you had to have one reason for reading Shadowcry, it should be him. Silas Dane makes the whole story just THAT much better. He's dangerous, he's rough, and he's demanding, which is enough to make you find him evil and dislikable (and at first, I thought he was the main villain), but after a while, you find he's misguided, misunderstood, and after Kate for one reason: he wants her to help him die. If that's not enough for you, he's also tall, dark, and handsome, but I digress. Really, overall, his characterization is outstanding and exceeded my expectations. Burtenshaw did an amazingly epic job crafting his character and backstory.

I found Shadowcry to be character driven more than plot driven, but that was okay. The plot itself was interesting, the villain Da'ru had motives, and some chapters were definitely beyond what I expected (like finding rubies in a handful of emeralds). A lot of Shadowcry dealt with magic and death, and I liked those aspects because they were handled differently than other books such as the Harry Potter series and, say, Narnia. There were no magic spells, no incantations, no wands or blood sacrifices (per say). Most of the magic came from Kate's abilities that were guided by the knowledge of others. It's really worth reading to see how differently magic is treated in this book. It was refreshing, and I loved it.

Overall, I give this book 4.5/5 stars. There were a few nitpicky things that annoyed me, such as how many times Kate escaped . . . and then was caught again . . . but otherwise it was a fabulous book. I suggest anyone who likes fantasy or paranormal romance reads it. :) I also cannot wait to get the second book (there are three in all, and there seems to be no spoilers online! Augh. So yep, back to the bookstore I go!)

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Upcoming Book Review!

Hey, guys!

I just finished reading Shadowcry by Jenna Burtenshaw tonight. It's pretty epic!

Book review coming sometime this week!