Review: Shadowed
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
Shadowed is book 8 in the Bride of the Kindred series by Evangeline Anderson.  This story is about Riddick and Nina We get to go on the journey of these two to see if Riddick’s debilitating condition will keep him from ever finding love with Nina the pure of heart.  As with all of the other stories this one is intertwined with the previous.  We get updates on Kat, Lauren, Lissa, Saber, Sylvan, and some of the other former characters.  I enjoy that aspect of the series.  Although this installment is about Riddick and Nina, she weaves the stories around each of the other characters so that they are a cohesive unit.  I do feel that in order to fully understand this book you do need to have a working understanding of the other Kindred books.The author introduces us to a new villain Xandra the swamp witch.  I can’t wait to read book 9 to see where she takes this latest antagonist.  As always, I love the idea of big strong alien warriors who love their women with a voraciousness that cannot be matched.  This makes for extremely steamy sex.  Nina and Riddick’s story is no exception.  In this book there are new characters that I am sure that we will see again, new villains that are stirring things up for the future installments, lots of sex and sexual tension, new worlds that are being explored, a felony and personal sacrifice.  If that doesn’t make a good love story, I don’t know what does.  This book is up to par with the rest and is a very good read if you are into the whole erotic sci-fi genre.