Shine is the third and final novel in the Shade Trilogy from Jeri Smith-Ready and a powerful ending it was. The story of Aura Salvatore is truly on epic adventure with some very intense and terrifying exclamations which suck the ready in completely. Where book two takes a calming breath with minor fluctuation in drama book three goes full out suspense in it’s approach. There are only a few moments were this story takes pause to allow the characters a moment of emotional reflection. For the most of Aura as well as Zachary’s journey to find safety from the DMP while seeking answers about themselves they encounter some moments of truly terrifying exploits.
Put together the Shade Trilogy speaks to events of the last decade with a clear cadence. There are striking parallels to the world in which Aura and Zachary are apart of that mirror modern events and fears that lie only above a whisper within Western society today. Shine is a great climactic finish to a very haunting and poignant love story where young people face so much more conscious affirmations than previous generations faced as they step out into the world to find their own way. The story and struggles weaved within Shade than rise to a fevered, nail-biting finish is one of truly creative confluence of metaphysical and emotional prevalence. The Shade series is a ghost story amplified with it’s mystical and imaginative backdrop where both real life and spiritual acknowledgment are forced to coexist. I truly enjoyed this trilogy written by Jeri Smith-Ready and relish the exploration of her other works.
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