Review of The Shadow Queen

Title: The Shadow Queen

Author: C.J. Redwine

Series: Ravenspire book 1

 

Chapters: 40 plus epilogue

Pages: 387

Genre: fanstay fairy tale retelling

Rating: 4 Stars

     Once Upon a Time made like Snow White. The Shadow Queen made me love her. Lorelai is not your typical Snow white character. She's willing to fight for her kingdom to take it back from the evil queen. To me The Shadow Queen is what would happen if you took Snow from Once and combined her with Emma from Once.

     Lorelai is Snow from the first seasons flash backs and Emma, because she's tough like Snow and has magic like Emma.  However that is where the similarities to Once end.  The evil queen in The Shadow Queen isn't a misunderstood victim, she's just plain evil there's no redeeming her.  

     However The Shadow Queen isn't a Once retelling it's an unique twist on the whole Snow White story.  It's a story that shows that princesses can save themselves that they aren't all damsels in distress.  

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October 31, 1517 Martin Luther and the Day that changed the World by Martin E Marty

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Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund

Chivalrous by Dina L Sleiman

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

Katie in Waiting By Erynn Mangum

A Singular and Whimsical by Rachel McMillan

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The Woman's study Bible, NKJV

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The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

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The Proposal by Becky Wade

A Spy's Devotion by Melanie Dickerson 

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Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales

Kernel of Truth by Kristi Abbott

The Marine's New Family by Roz Dunbar

Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

Non-fiction reading

The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Stirling

Getting ready to read

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen

A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer

Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund

Chivalrous by Dina L Sleiman

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

Katie in Waiting By Erynn Mangum

A Singular and Whimsical by Rachel McMillan

The Bachelor girl's Guide to Murder by Rachel McMillan

Her One and Only by Becky Wade

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

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April Wrap UP

April Wrap

In April I read a total of 16 books and 5161 pages. I met most of my reading goals for April.

Look to the East by Maureen Lang

Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar

Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green

The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Steveson

Daring Sacrifice by Jody Hedlund

A Disguise to Die for by Diane Vallere

Charity's Cross by Marylu Tyndall

A Churn for the Worse by Laura Bradford

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

The Rancher's First Love by Brenda Minton

A Turn for the Bad by Sheila Connolly

Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell

Out of the Dying Pan by Linda Reilly

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

No Cats Allowed by Miranda James

April TBR*

Through the ages book challenge-

Biblical times- Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar

Regency Period- The Spy's devotion by Melanie Dickerson

Civil War- Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green

WWI-  Look to the East by Maureen Lang

WWII- GI Brides by Grace Livingston Hill

bonus era the age of pirates - Charity's Cross by Marylu Tyndall

Middle ages- A Daring Sacrifice by Jody Hedlund

Charity's Cross by Marylu Tyndall

The Rancher's First love by Brenda Minton 

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

A Sweet Misfortune by Maggie Brendan ending up not likely it

A Disguise to die for by Diane Vallere

I Saw the Light by Collin Escott

The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton

Other choices if I got the ones above read

A Singular and Whimsical Problem by Rachel McMillan

The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder by Rachel McMillan

A Daring Sacrifice by Jody Hedlund

Never Never by Brianna Shrum

Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell

Reading this week

Finished 

A Daring Sacrifice by Jody Hedlund

A Disguise to die for by Diane Vallere

GI Brides by Grace Livington HIll

A Churn for the Worse by Laura Bradford

Charity Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

The Rancher's first Love by Brenda Minton

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales

A Turn for the Bad by Sheila Connolly

A Spy's Devotion by Melanie Dickerson  

Non-fiction reading

Getting ready to read

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer

Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund

Chivalrous by Dina L Sleiman

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

Katie in Waiting By Erynn Mangum

A Singular and Whimsical by Rachel McMillan

The Bachelor girl's Guide to Murder by Rachel McMillan

The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Stirling

Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell

Classic

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Audio on the Way to Work

Reviewing

Devotional reading

The Woman's study Bible, NKJV

Romans

Did not Finish

Reviews Posted this week 

Reading this week

Finished 

Torn by Joy Werner and Doug Werner

Look to the East by Maureen Lang

Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar

Wedded to War by Jocelyn Green

The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales

Charity Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

A Sweet Misfortune by Maggie Bredan

A Daring Sacrifice by Jody Hedlund

A Disguise to die for by Diane Vallere

Non-fiction reading

I Saw the Light by Collin Escott

Getting ready to read

The Rancher's first Love by Brenda Minton

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer

Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund

Chivalrous by Dina L Sleiman

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

Katie in Waiting By Erynn Mangum

A Singular and Whimsical by Rachel McMillan

The Bachelor girl's Guide to Murder by Rachel McMillan

The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Stirling

Classic

Audio on the Way to Work

Reviewing

Devotional reading

The Woman's study Bible, NKJV

Romans

Did not Finish

Reviews Posted this week

April TBR

Through the ages book challenge-

Biblical times- Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar

Regency Period- The Spy's devotion by Melanie Dickerson

Civil War-

WWI-  Look to the East by Maureen Lang

WWII- The Baby Barter by Patty Smith Hall

bonus era the age of pirates  

Charity's Cross by Marylu Tyndall

The Rancher's First love by Brenda Minton 

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

A Sweet Misfortune by Maggie Brendan

A Disguise to die for by Diane Vallere

I Saw the Light by Collin Escott

The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton

Other choices if I got the ones above read

A Singular and Whimsical Problem by Rachel McMillan

The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder by Rachel McMillan

A Daring Sacrifice by Jody Hedlund

Never Never by Brianna Shrum

Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell

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Finished 

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

A Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman

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Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales

Charity Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

A Sweet Misfortune by Maggie Bredan

The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton

Non-fiction reading

Torn by Joy Werner and Doug Werner

Getting ready to read

The Rancher's first Love by Brenda Minton

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer

Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund

Chivalrous by Dina L Sleiman

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

Katie in Waiting By Erynn Mangum

A Singular and Whimsical by Rachel McMillan

The Bachelor girl's Guide to Murder by Rachel McMillan

The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Stirling

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Audio on the Way to Work

Reviewing

Devotional reading

The Woman's study Bible, NKJV

Romans

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Reviews Posted this week

March Wrap UP

March Wrap Up

In March I read a total of 15 books and 4605 pages.  I managed to read 7 books that were on my March TBR list.  There was only two that I didn't get to.

The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

A Wee Dose of Death by Fran Stewart

Shards of Murder by Cheryl Hollon

Smitten: A Kitten's Guide to Happiness by Rachael Hale

The Wulver's Rose by Hayden Wand

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor

The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson

A Daddy for Her Triplets by Deb Kastner

A Baby for the Rancher by Margaret Daley

Home of Our Hearts by Robin Jones Gunn

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman

March TBR

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

The Wulver's Rose by Hayden Wand

Charity's Cross by Marylu Tyndall

A Wee Dose of Death by Fran Stewart

A Daddy's for her Triplets by Deb Kastner

Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman

The Rancher's First love by Brenda Minton 

Reading this week

Finished 

Daddy for her Triplets by Deb Kastner

The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson

A Baby for the Rancher by Margaret Daley

Home of Our Hearts by Robin Jones Gunn

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales

Charity Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

A Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman

Non-fiction reading

Getting ready to read

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer

Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund

Chivalrous by Dina L Sleiman

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

Death Takes Priority by Jean Flowers

Beauty, Beast, and Belladonna by Maia Chance

A Sweet Misfortune by Maggie Bredan

Classic

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Audio on the Way to Work

Reviewing

Devotional reading

The Woman's study Bible, NKJV

Romans

Did not Finish

Reviews Posted this week

Reading this week

Finished 

The Wulver's Rose by Hayden Wand

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor

Currently reading

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales

Charity Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

Daddy for her Triplets by Deb Kastner

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

A Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman

Non-fiction reading

The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson

Getting ready to read

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer

Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund

Chivalrous by Dina L Sleiman

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

Death Takes Priority by Jean Flowers

Beauty, Beast, and Belladonna by Maia Chance

A Sweet Misfortune by Maggie Bredan

Classic

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Audio on the Way to Work

Reviewing

Devotional reading

The Woman's study Bible, NKJV

Romans

Did not Finish