Review: Well Worth the read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2013
Shadow Play is an urban fantasy novel, with several different elements borrowed from different specific genres of fantasy.  I was excited to start reading this book, as I've never really been a big Urban Fantasy reader, but after starting my own similar series, I'm a little anxious to see the other great books out there.I'll start off by saying that Palmer is a good writer.  There's no doubt about that.  There's a sharp edge to her words, but in that sort of hard-case murder mystery kind of way.  She's not overly descriptive and her use of language doesn't distract from the plot, which I thoroughly appreciated.The characters were also very well defined, which was great because one of the big problems in these fantasy novels are characters starting to blend together, and Palmer did a great job of giving everyone their own unique personality and stigma.One thing that has always bothered me, but it's a personal issue so I'm not taking any points away, is the "unique names" in fantasy novels.  I get the premise behind it, but it's always been a pet peeve of mine.  So seeing the names like Ryder, Kyra, Lykar, etc, was not really my cup of tea.The main character, Kyra, was a little stereo-typical, in the whole, super-hot, motorcycle-riding, female bad-ass, but I do get the purpose for her being the way she is.  She definitely has a uniqueness about her that makes up for the stereo-types, so that's a plus one in her favor.I'm giving the book a firm 4 stars.  If you like the urban fantasy genre, I highly recommend picking this one up.  It's well worth the read!