I have been wanting to learn more about the past of the brothers Trez and iAm. While parts have been hinted at in previous books, The Shadows really goes into their past and their very unusual society. I found it fascinating and really want to go back to their homeland and see a lot more of it.

Trez’s story was just about everything I had hoped for him. It was freeing and bittersweet, but so meaningful. Of course when he finds love, it can’t be simple. It’s going to be messy, complex, and potentially dangerous for everyone around him. But it was so worth it. It changes him. And I like the new Trez (even if he makes me cry) a lot better than the old one.

While Trez is having his life-changing moment, iAm isn’t immune to fate. It turns out they ahve a lot of things to take of back home, and that a lot of things they thought were true might not quite be what they thought they were. The journey both brothers take are oddly parallel until the very end. i dont always like romances with mutliple people getting their moment in the sun, but it seemed fitting that Trez and iAm, so inseparable, would have their story together as well.

There are a lot of lingering storylines for other member sof the Brotherhood that weave their way through the book, and a few new loose ends are left at the end to draw me into the next book. Once again, the story Ward presents is engaging. I’m just afraid taht we won’t see as much of the Shadow’s society in the future – similar to the way the Smpathes faded from view after their one story.