Shadow Keeper by Christine FeehanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Sexy Shadow World
Once again this author manages to write a sexy paranormal romance I can’t put down. I don’t know what it is but there is some quality to her writing that makes it hard to step away from the intensity she writes between her main characters. The insta-love/lust she has going on *should* make her books chomp down, easy read, throw away things to make you happy, but the characters are usually going through some kind of traumatic time and the insta-love thing is the only thing keeping them sane and safe. This is exactly what happened, again, with this book.
As this is the third book in the series most of the world-building has gone on before, so if you don’t read the first two books you probably will have a very hard time following the story.
Giovanni was shot in the previous book and has his leg pinned together in two places. This means that he is unable to go through the shadows because only very special select materials can travel the shadows and survive, so they would rip his leg apart if he tried. He’s been told he’s been sidelined for longer and he’s fed up with being the designated party time playboy that distracts the world from what the rest of his family are doing when they are out on assignment.
When Giovanni meets Sasha she is working as a waitress in one of their clubs that happens to be in their home town of Chicago. He is instantly drawn to her and he can’t stop watching her as she works. When they finally meet he’s in the middle of humiliating himself as being the total playboy character he plays and she is disgusted by him.
Sasha is from Wyoming and lived on a ranch until her parents were killed in an accident and her brother was injured and needed a residential care facility. They moved to Chicago where he could get the best care possible and Sasha is killing herself working two full-time jobs to pay for that care. She is beautiful, radiant and loyal. She’s also playful and charming, forthright to the point of being blunt and stubborn. She’s an awesome character I want to be my friend. When she meets Giovanni the last thing she wants is to become involved with a rich playboy who doesn’t know the meaning of hard work. But she is drawn to him despite herself.
Somehow this author manages to make it believable that these two characters, the ridiculously wealthy and dangerous Giovanni, with a whole warehouse of secrets and the smart, stubborn, poor and honest Sasha can find their way to each other in such a short time. I don’t know how she does it, but every time, she manages it.
On top of the whirlwind romance, the care for her brother and two full-time jobs, Sasha has to contend with a stalker. Overwhelmed, she allows Giovanni to take over until she recovers enough to start to show her true colours and she regains her fight. It’s fabulous to read as she picks herself up and starts to really show herself.
The characters are rich and wonderful and the plot is intriguing and exciting. It was hard to put down the book and it was a good chunky satisfying read, filled with enough heat and passion to make you need a glass of iced water. You don’t need much else for a decent Paranormal Romance and Christine Feehan really is the master at this type of book.
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