My first four novels, Old Magic, The Named, The Dark and The Key, were published by Bloomsbury Publishing in Australia, the UK, and the USA, with translations into more than a dozen foreign languages. With two teenage daughters at the time, I fell into writing young adult paranormal and have never looked back. I took several courses and experimented with different styles and genres. It was not until my mid-thirties while teaching office studies and computers to adults at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus that I began to think seriously about writing. I loved reading from a young age and scoured my school libraries during my younger years, but I never thought I would become a writer. I got this biography of Marianne Curley from her Goodreads account: I can’t wait to see what the next book entails from Ms. There are just a lot of feelings to feel for The Shadow. I felt sad for Jesilla and Dillon as I hoped that something good would happen between them. Curley gives you all the emotions throughout the entire read. I loved this book from the moment I picked it up to start reading it. My rating for The Shadow by Marianne Curley is five stars, and I’m recommending it to any young adult fantasy readers. I do feel bad for the young girl since all she knew in her life was what her mom told her, while in reality, that is far from true. She decides to keep going with her mom’s plan to rule the world (well, thinking that she is helping the planet as that is what Lathenia said) and hopes that Dillon is on her side.

She is eighteen years old and only knew her mom, and just to find out that her mom held a lot back from her. I could lock down my feeling, I wanted to hate her, but I also felt sorry for her. Jesilla blames herself for her mom’s death, and she wants to avenge it by going after the Guardians of Time. Lathenia had a daughter named Jesilla, and she is the only point of view chapter person we had for this group. The Orderįor the Order, there is a new leader of Chaos in town. I loved the three different points of view that came with The Named. I was rooting for Ethan to get a semblance of normality back after losing Rochelle since he needed to see that life does move on.

Ethan is dealing with the aftermath of losing his soulmate. We are in Ethan’s head a lot more than we are in any of the others of the Named, and that’s because he is our main character of the Named.

I loved going to the different points of view for this group as it seemed appropriate, especially what was happening at the time that warranted that character to have its own chapter. We have The Named, which has at least three different points of view chapters but not a whole lot with two of them. Is Ethan losing his mind, or is Rochelle still alive? The Named The Shadow by Marianne Curley is about the aftermath of what happened in The Key and their new threat. Is it friend or foe that stands in The Shadow? The fight for the world’s survival will rest with just one. And that leaves her with an unbearable choice – should she follow her heart or the parental strings of a Goddess, short on praise but high on expectation, who continues to pull on her from the grave?Īs the Guard and the Order battle through the past and into an impossible future, darkness lurks around every corner. Struggling to cope with the death of his soul-mate, at odds with his friends in the Guard, he finds himself adrift, jumping at shadows and sensing someone who can’t possibly be there.īlaming herself for Lathenia’s death, Jesilla swears to avenge her mother and fulfil her vision for world domination. The prophecy complete.īut life can’t just pick up where it left off for Ethan. Get Your Copy at: Amazon, Book DepositoryĪlso in this series: The Named, The Dark, The Keyįrom bestselling author Marianne Curley comes the highly anticipated return to the Guardians of Time Series… Published by Mtc Services Pty Limited on February 10, 2018

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