Title: From the Earth to the ShadowSeries: Valkyrie #2
Author: Amanda Hocking
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published Date: April 24th, 2018
Genre: Fantasy, YA/NA
Page Count:336
Format: Kindle
My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Summary:
Malin’s mission to avenge her mother's murder has uncovered dangerous secrets. As a Valkyrie-in-training, Malin must slay immortals who’ve had their time, to maintain balance between humans and immortals. But her quest could destroy earth’s stability – and unleash chaos.
Just when she needs to focus, her friend Asher is in grave danger. He’s been dragged into the underworld, where vengeful immortals plot revolution. Malin believes her feelings mustn’t distract from her goal – but is desperate to rescue him. So she ventures into the darkest of realms, knowing she may not survive. With new allies at her side and new enemies ahead, Malin will face terrible choices. She’ll have to keep her head – or be ruled by her heart.
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My Review:
"Life very rarely comes down to heroes and villains. It's usually just everyone doing what they can to survive, and the best of us will help more than we hurt."
Thank you to St.Martin's Press, Netgalley and Wednesday Books for an e-arc in exchange for my honest review!
May Contain Spoilers if you haven't read the first book.
Malin and her friends are still jumping into things head first, and not asking questions about things and just doing what they are told. Which leads to a few scuffles at times, and some near deaths happening because we're dealing with the underworld!
From the Earth to the Shadows was also full of so many surprises. Not only did we get to see a whole new world, and WOW it was terrifying! We also get to see characters back stories and really learn why certain things have happened. (I'm not going to say more, because I don't want to give anything away.)
"Everything can be stopped. Even death. That's the problem, isn't it?"
Overall I loved this duology! I'm someone who struggles with fantasy at times, for different reasons. Hocking does such a good job of giving just the right amount of description and letting the characters really help you see the world through their eyes.
Malin and the other characters grew so much from the first book and I loved them all by the end. I also really liked how Hocking still made this feel like a Young Adult to New Adult age range book. She never made it so the core group of characters were suddenly all-knowing about what was happening. Older characters were brought in and it was explained how the main characters knew the older characters and why they were asking them for help. It made to feel very natural and I really appreciated that. I also really liked how definitions of things were included in the back of the book. This really helped me remember certain things from the first book, and was just really nice in general in case I found something confusing.
This duology kept me hooked that I had to know what was going to happen next. By the end of this book, I was so invested in all the characters and this world that I was sad to see it end. I cannot wait to read more of Hocking's books in the future!
This duology kept me hooked that I had to know what was going to happen next. By the end of this book, I was so invested in all the characters and this world that I was sad to see it end. I cannot wait to read more of Hocking's books in the future!
"Now do I see heroes anew. The motherless children rise together."
*All quotes are from an unfinished arc and are subject to change.
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