Huh, no spoilers in my old review, yay. And it still stands - at 30, still afraid of the dark and still plagued with night terrors. Go me.

6/10 - 6/13 2014
Oh what to say about Volume 3: CROWN OF SHADOWS?

Was I expecting more phenomenal storytelling by Joe Hill? Absolutely.

Was I expecting Gabriel Rodriguez to bring the words to life in a visual array of haunting beauty? You betcha!

And, I was no disappointed, at all.


The world evolves bringing the readers a new key that brings the horrors of shadows to life. Confession: at 26 years old, I’m still afraid of the dark, and I’m honestly terrified of shadows. So CROWN OF SHADOWS hit me on a deeper, more emotional level than either of the first two volumes. Rodriguez brought such haunting images to life for me, that I had nightmares the night I read this. When I woke up, there was a shadow spider above my bed, and let’s just say, it wasn’t a great night for me, sleeping wise.

But, hell, that’ll happen, and even having nightmares, this volume turned out to be my favorite of the series thus far. I love when each volume or book in a series is better than the last. When I can follow a journey and be so entranced by it, that I can’t put the book down..

Joe Hill, with this series being the first works I’ve read by him, has solidified himself in being an author I will constantly be on the lookout for. Also, I would love to see these two brilliant creators work together again in the future. The world they have created with the Locke & Key series has been a phenomenal one so far, and yeah, just more fangirling in this review.


Not all that sorry about it though.