When MacKenzie is captured by Aren, one of the rebels, she is forced to ask herself many questions. They have worked together for a decade, keeping their feelings a secret as relationships between humans and fae are forbidden by the king. She disappears for days at a time, talks to herself, and is in love with a man no one has ever seen. She’s been working for the king of the fae, helping to put down a rebellion. She can track the fae by reading the shadows they leave behind.

She’s a college student in Texas, but she also works as a shadow reader in a world few people have ever even dreamed of. I wouldn’t recommend because there is much better adult urban fantasy out there.For the past ten years, McKenzie Lewis has been leading a double life. Overall this book wasn’t something I liked all that much. The story was very simple and unimaginative. The heroine’s skill to read shadows was interesting but this really took a backseat to the romantic triangle (she is going back and forth between the warlord of a Fae court and the battle commander of a Fae rebel group). This book really focuses on a romantic triangle, which I am not a fan of. Writing style, conversations, and the simple story were very YA in style…I kept thinking this character was in her teens and then being reminded by the author that she was much older.

I found this very odd like the book couldn’t decide what it was.

My main issue with this book is that it sounded very YA but the heroine is a woman in her 20’s. However, when she is kidnapped by Rebel Fae her whole life turns topsy turvy. McKenzie would love to leave the Shadow Reader job and have a normal human life. The story about a human woman named McKenzie who can read the shadows to help fae teleport to different places. I wasn’t a huge fan of the writing style, the characters or the story…everything was just okay. This is the first book in the Shadow Reader series, this series is a trilogy. And McKenzie must decide who to trust and where she stands in the face of a cataclysmic civil war.” When McKenzie is captured by Aren, the fierce rebel leader, she learns that not everything is as she thought.

She’s in love with Kyol, the King’s sword-master-but human and fae relationships are forbidden. For years she has been working for the fae King, tracking rebels who would claim the Realm. “A Houston college student, McKenzie Lewis can track fae by reading the shadows they leave behind. Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Shadow Reader series

The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams