Review: Nicely done - better than I had expected
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2013
This fourth book has even more complexity, depth, multiple threads of the plot tying in aspects from the earlier books very nicely, like within a musical piece, a return to the opening themes but then developing the melody anew with a new variation. Nicely done. There are also some more grown up ( and plus, including, "mature" or "adult" ) aspects of the storyline: the Game of Shadows theme is multifaceted - really more "games" rather than one game - each reflective of the hidden dark-sides and/or untold truths that lurk in the shadows behind a person's fascade, sometimes hidden from those closest to them and other times, hidden even from oneself.There is far more to this book than the earlier books of the series would foretell, and it reaches a higher level of a good read than the earlier books did. It really is better than I had expected.