ARA Review by MikeCyberMillion of Shadow Song

[MikeCyberMillion]

[Following is an OnlineBookClub.org ARA Review of the book, Shadow Song.]

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5 out of 5 stars

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I really liked this story set in World War 2 with Italy entering the war and including Mussolini.

The tense atmosphere was captured perfectly as events began to impact the characters. The best part for me was wondering what had happened to one of the characters Roberto. War is devastating but a lot of books don’t focus on how much one person matters. Isabella had to keep going despite the fact her brother Roberto was missing, it was interesting to see how other family members handled things.

I really liked how the whole town was impacted as the war continued and some went missing and how life was becoming different. Papers had to be checked. Rations and the disappearances just added to the tension. Some people kept positive, some became suspicious and others were down and I liked the range of characters and felt it was ambitious to include a wider range of people but it worked.

I also liked how it captured people resisting but lack of communication and support made things hard. Needing someone to order handing out weapons but the senior people were already engaged elsewhere so the soldiers didn’t know what to do. I liked the fact the King left and people became anxious as you need your leaders with you!

I had to keep reading to find out what Isabella was going to do. What choices was she going to face?

I rate this 5 out of 5 stars! The reason I give 5 is I loved the tone and felt I was with the characters as they were dealing with the unfolding situations.

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