Review: Shadow Eyes is a fantastic story!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2013
Ever since an incident on her fourteenth birthday, Iris Kohl has been able to see the evilness of the shadows that lurk around and whisper in people's ears encouraging and manipulating their thoughts and choices. This makes life hard for Iris because she see's the shadows in abundance at school. Although her small group of friends know nothing of the things that Iris can see, they are used to her periods of quietness as she tries to avoid situations where she will be overwhelmed by shadows. Aside from the shadows Iris also occasionally sees figures of light that evoke such feelings of goodness. She gets the same feeling of calmness whenever she is around her new teacher and new classmate Kyra who she quickly becomes firm friends with.Iris can't believe how lucky she is when the flirting with the quiet and shy Josh escalates and he asks her out. But then a new boy enters her classroom and Iris can't help the feelings that she has for him. Besides Patricks good looks and witty charms , he is shadow free and that's so appealing to Iris.The idea of the lurking shadows was such an original concept. I hadn't read anything like that before. It takes our everyday actions and adds the concept of being influenced in the choices and decisions we make. Good verses evil and wrong verses right. How the things that occur in our lives can influence the choices that we make.Dusty Crabtree was able to keep me guessing throughout the whole book. What part exactly did Mr Delaney and Kyra play in regards to the shadows. Where does Patrick fit into things? Is he all that he seems?And then there is the often eluded to incident that happened on Iris's fourteenth birthday. It's not until almost the end of the book when we learn what it was. To say I was shocked would be an understatement!! What occurred had never entered my mind at any point during the book.Shadow Eyes is a fantastic story!! I loved Dusty Crabtree's writing. I loved the way the story developed. I loved the paranormal aspect of the book. I loved the characters, the good and the bad. While lots of aspects of the story ended up neat and tidy there were also enough questions left unanswered so that I'm left patiently waiting for the next book.4.5/5 Stars!!