Synopsis
Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then a weird zombie guy crashes the first party of the season. Sierra's near-comatose abuelo begins to say "No importa" over and over. And when the graffiti murals in Bed-Stuy start to weep.... Well, something stranger than the usual New York mayhem is going on.
Sierra soon discovers a supernatural order called the Shadowshapers, who connect with spirits via paintings, music, and stories. Her grandfather once shared the order's secrets with an anthropologist, Dr. Jonathan Wick, who turned the Caribbean magic to his own foul ends. Now Wick wants to become the ultimate Shadowshaper by killing all the others, one by one. With the help of her friends and the hot graffiti artist Robbie, Sierra must dodge Wick's supernatural creations, harness her own Shadowshaping abilities, and save her family's past, present, and future.
My Review
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
2 Platypires for Shadowshaper
OH DAMN! Crap! I freaking wanted to really like this book. I heard so much about it from other blogs and reviews. The cover is amazing! The synopsis sounded great. BUT! The story fell flat.
WTF! I did not hate the book but it just wasn't for me. If it wasn't a book club book I would have given up or pushed it aside for later.
I felt the story was lacking in character and plot development. It just didn't make much sense to me and the characters didn't behave realistically. I'm sorry, if you see some f-up shit, you don't go to the club.
Then the ending was really lackluster and just didn't feel like a real ending.
Overall this was just okay but I would not recommend it at all.
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