A murder. A betrayal. A war.Jadwiga Dąbrowska, dream-eater, wakes from her own murder in a bizarre mirror world, chained body and soul to a terrible being, the Shadow’s Face. With no choice but to obey the Shadow, she must contend with forces outside her understanding, fighting in a war that will never end.She can’t be sure that her freedom was a fair price for her life.Kim Reed has spent years … price for her life.
Kim Reed has spent years searching for a lost friend, but her search is interrupted by war. An ancient wizards’ Circle is reaching for power, backed by black magic. With her own magic atrophied and her past making her an object of suspicion, she is not ready for politics, war, or spies manipulating her dreams.
All she wants is her friend back, but there are Shadows standing in her way.
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The Medium #1 – My first read by Ms. Graham, and I liked and hated it. I’m bored by most vampire stories but this finely crafted story kept my interest, although I had to take two weeks to read it. It’s wordy with repetition and I needed breathers from the intensity and darkness. Ms. Graham took several themes and combined them into a substantial read using vampires, ghosts, mediums and a few other paranormals. Add heavy doses of insanity, cruelty (nothing graphic), loyalty and other thought/behavior patterns, coupled with a large range of emotions. The characters develop throughout the story adding to the tapestry of the storylines. Ms. Graham took several common, overused themes and made them fresh and original. Imagine a vampire/medium as a kidnap victim. The reader actually feels sorry for him as well as frustrated by his thoughts and actions. The vivid descriptions place the reader in the story without any graphic, gory details. There’s room for how gory the reader wants the violence. The dialog is well written and it’s wonderful to find a book that’s properly edited. Clean with no vulgar language. 4*
The Mora #2 – This book starts six years after The Medium ends and was much easier to read. This book, like the first, has great storylines and characters that make reading the series interesting and substantial. Some of the characters that were dropped along the lines in Medium are back continuing beside new characters. More of the paranormals are added to the mix and there’s travel outside of TX and MA. This book does better with the wordiness that I found with Medium. There’s still the psychology and originality with the storylines and characters. Clear, vivid descriptions, good dialog and clean with no vulgar language. I contacted the author to review her books after reading The Medium. 4*
The Mage #3 – This book starts with Kim’s past in 1985. Without giving away spoilers since this is a review and not a book report, The Mage continues with the interesting storylines, the strongly defined characters and the intrigue and psychology. Well written and well edited; clean with no vulgar language; vivid descriptions kept the reader immersed in the pages. While The Medium took me a long time to read, The Mage flowed quickly but I’m also heavily invested in the series by now. I contacted the author to review her books and received this book through Booksprout. 4*
She feeds on the dreams of other and it has always been like that. She is taken by another who will force her to do their bidding. Will she be able to escape from him and his grip? Another is looking for a lost friend and they know war is coming. Their magic is weak and they are not sure if they could help? Will they find their friend? Will.war happen? See if it will
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While very creepy and dark, along with somewhat depressing, this book is a great follow up (2nd in series) to the first book if you like that kind of thing. This intense story is another page-turner.
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