Series: Shadowlands
(bk. 3)
Genera(s): Paranormal
Romance/Mystery
Subjects: afterlife,
death, horror, immortality, islands, limbo, love, supernatural
Setting: Juniper
Landing, an island supposedly off the coast of South Carolina, but actually is
an afterlife like Limbo
POV/Tense: 1st
person POV, past tense: Rory Miller/Thayer, and interludes from the person
responsible for people being sent to the Shadowlands
Age/Grade
Level: Teen
Length: 324 pgs.
HC/PB:
Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Hyperion
& Alloy Entertainment
Summary/
product description:
“An unthinkable betrayal threatens everyone Rory loves in the third installment
of our dark, thrilling Shadowlands series from New York Times best-selling
author Kate Brian.
Rory
Miller didn't just fall in love with Tristan Parrish. She fell in love with the
idea of forever. He was the one who told her the truth about her existence in
Juniper Landing: that her mortal life is over, and she will now spend eternity
on the island, helping others in limbo move on.
But
like Juniper Landing, a bright island with dark secrets, Tristan is too good to
be true. The mysterious, heartbreakingly beautiful boy Rory thought she knew is
responsible for unthinkable evil-sending good souls to the Shadowlands in order
to get himself a second chance at life on Earth. He has already claimed Rory's
friend Aaron and her own father. She will do anything to save her family, even
if it means going to hell and back.”
My Review: The final book in the Shadowlands trilogy,
Endless is an exciting and mysterious read. I didn’t really suspect how it
would end. This is the kind of series in which you just have to go with it and
enjoy it along the way. It’s not boring or slow. It’s sometimes creepy, but I
loved the atmosphere of it. It’s a good series, and I’m assuming it’s over,
unless the author does decide to make another book in this world.
My favorite
part of this series has been the world building and the setting. We found out
at the beginning of Hereafter that Juniper Landing is an island afterlife. It’s
a kind of limbo for souls to make peace and move on. In this book Juniper
Landing’s weather is chaotic and hurricane-like. It’s raining and foggy and the
wind is always blowing toward the south when even a soul crosses the bridge.
People are
still being sent to the Shadowlands instead of the light. Rory and the other
Lifers believe Tristan is responsible for the imbalance, and that he
contaminated the coins that are given to the Lifer to help souls cross over. Lifers
are the people that stay on Juniper Landing to usher souls instead moving on
themselves. The ferry to the island is destroyed and the new visitors a freaked
out and suspicious that the island has no cell service and the injured can’t be
hospitalized.
There’s a
lifeguard named Liam who was on the ferry and he saves some kids. There are
creepy blond twins that are especially suspicious. Rory is starting to develop
a relationship with Joaquin and they even kiss. Without spoiling the plot, all
I can say is I enjoyed this ending. I did not suspect who was causing people to
go into the Shadowlands. I liked the characters still, and the romance. If you
have not read the Shadowlands trilogy, then you should. It’s very difference
from anything I’ve read. If you like books about the afterlife, like Alyson
Noel’s books, The Immortals and the Riley Bloom series, then you’ll enjoy this.
Cover Art
Review: Love the cover even if the girl on the front looks like Rory’s sister
Darcy and not Rory herself. The sunset seascape and the crow are cool and
creepy.
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