The Shadows (Vampire Huntress Legends)

Average Rating: 4.5 Stars
by L. A. Banks

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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 0312368755

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In the newest Vampire Huntress novel from national bestselling author, L. A. Banks, more than vampires are coming out to play. . .

The Dark Realms are taking cover after an angel onslaught from On High. The Anti-Christ has been injured and the fourth Biblical seal has been broken. Yonnie and Val, a strange combination of a daywalker and an angel hybrid, have joined Damali and Carlos’s team. And the two new Council Level vamps, Elizabeth Bathory and Lucrezia Borgia, are still in recovery from their last mission.

Seething in the underworld is the Unnamed One, so furious that he's bringing the battle topside, unleashing a full-frontal assault on mankind for the offenses committed by the Vampire Huntress team. This time, Damali and Carlos must address serious human casualties and collateral damage...all while the vampire councilman, Nuit rebuilds Blood Music to become more than a record label, but a media brainwashing empire for the dark lord.

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The Shadows
5 Stars
I ordered the book the Shadows by L.A. Banks. The book I received was in very good condition. There were no bent corners or significant wear to the cover and/or the spine and binding of the book that I could see. The book also arrived at my residence in a very timely manner. I received the book before I was even expecting it. I had a very positive experience with the company
~ Zuradia C. Worrell,
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Not Quite Right But Ready for Last Book
3 Stars
I've been with this series since it debuted. I love absolutely love the book and characters. However, with this book I was massively disappointed. I felt as if the dialog was stale and the romance was lacking. Usually, I can't wait for the Damaili and Carlos scenes but in this book, I skipped over them because they were flat and heavy scenes that dragged-on. L.A. Banks spent three pages describing new characters and great dialog to only kill them off two pages later, what a waste. It's also upsetting to barely hear from other team members because of the three page dialogs/meetings between Carlos and D. I forgot about Bobby until he mentioned a sentence at the end of the book, and a lot of behind the scenes action occurred.

This book is clearly a pit stop to all of the action. Chess moves and positions were in put in play and would be used in the final book. I read this not for the enjoyment but to get to the finale book. This book being all set-up really leaves at a cliffhanger.
~ Imara219, Chapel Hill, NC
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(RAW Rating: 4.5) A Dark Imitation
4 Stars
With rapt anticipation, I've read the Huntress series much like I watched the Chapter pictures back in the day, always a battle of good versus evil. And after eleven books I am still anxious. Banks keeps bringing the drama, keeping the series informative, pulsating and irradiating. Regardless of the many victories, readers have learned evil is ever present. Can you imagine no more attempts to overthrow good? Admittedly, there are times when the team seems to fallback, and I've wanted to collar them and ask 'aren't you there yet'? But, life is a recurrence of actions and reactions, some good, some not, so I ask why not so with the Neteru team?

- These are strange times, Carlos and Damali are more vulnerable and, at times, their humanness overshadows their specialness. They share a secret that could reshape the team, in fact several in-house issues have them all a little tense. And while the team should be tight, they are wigging-out.
-Much is going on in the seventh realm. Lilith is trying to nurse the chrysalis back to health; Councilmen have been severely wounded; Lucifer is in a rage, and there are no dark warriors.
-The Unnamed One is blackmailing the Catholic Church to endorse the Antichrist as a unifying world leader, or face the pontiff's assassination.
-Count Dracula has been resurrected and elevated to a day-walking Councilman.
-Fallon Nuit has Bad Blood Records label back in operation and has assaulted the human spirit with shadow elementals and demon principalities; he has put phantom realms in the airways. If the fifth biblical seal is broken, His Darkness will release the 'pale horse', and mankind will be susceptible to every plague. The dark side must bring the Neterus out of hiding.

The Huntress series still hinges on profound religious mysteries and conversely, obsessive carnal lusts, but the center of gravity is the advent of The Apocalypse. This time the battle lines have all been erased, nowhere is sacred. Devastation will befall both sides and Carlos will be the cogent.

Banks has consistently gone to her creative blood bank to bring a series that offers celestial hierarchy, world myth, the realms of hell, vampire lore, human morality and a hip street philosophy. THE SHADOWS is no different; the fight is not over, and the team needs new strategies. The portal is open and we take a roller-coaster ride to hell and back. Readers will be suspended as the battle becomes epic. After eleven books the series is still ingenious, inventive, unrelenting, multi-dimensional, AND much more than a tale of vampirism. In this eleventh outing, Banks cleverly sets the stage for the future.

Reviewed by aNN
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It's Almost Over
4 Stars
Well, plan and simple, this is the best series i have read in a long time. Like everyone, i am a major book reader that reads every and anything. All the books so far in this series are master pieces. This is how I want a story to be told.
I read this chapter when it was frist released. I could not wait to order it and receive to start reading. At first, i did not like it because it didn't have all the battles or fights like past books. (Even though it was a great battle in end) But after reading it again and just reflecting, it was needed to make this story come to an end. Of course L.A. Banks wants us to be ready for the final chapter. So i will wait patiently, but now i am unable to read anything but VHS!
I read all reviews to know the real deal so ON THE REAL TIP: I have gotten more than 5 friends to read this entire series and they loved it. I just learned about the VHS April 2008 and have been a fan since. If you like to read it will not matter what the reviewers say about this series b/c its a good read and will keep you interested all chapters. Its a love story with all kinds of twist and turns! BEWARE
~ J. Young, Houston,TX
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L.A. Does It Again!!
5 Stars
All of L.A. Banks' Huntress series is exciting, but ... The Shadows was so action-packed that I could not put it down at all!!! In fact, I was so engrossed in what I was reading that I was searching for more pages at the end of the book! My suggestion is to read the whole series, but in case you have already... look forward to an excellent read in The Shadows!!
~ B. William, TX USA
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