Lark must find Basil. Her brother is the only person who can understand, what it was like to be captured by the leaders of her own city, drained of her own magic, and altered into a weapon meant to capture the Renewables--rare humans able to generate new magic and, therefore, able to power entire cities . . . if those humans are imprisoned and drained of their gift until they die.But Basil has been gone for years. Lark's only clue is that he was headed for another city ages ago. So that is where...

So, yea....this one got another 3 star from me. It was only going to be a 2 (maybe even a 1) but it got really good in the last 150-200 pages. So I would say the 3 star is warranted. I was incredibly bored up until those last 200 pages and I swear I was dozing off at different times of the book. I don’t know what it is...it seems like there was too much talking and too much inner monologue than there was action or excitement. After leaving the iron wood, Lark and Tansy traversed through the worl...

“Shadowlark” by, Meagan Spooner(This is the second book in a trilogy so it contains spoilers.) Lark Ainsley has left the Iron Wood behind her with Tansy and Nix in tow. She is more determined than ever to find her brother Basil and finally figure out what was done to her by the architects. When the trio wanders into a town that has been overrun by shadow people they try to make a run for it. Trapped by the shadows and fearing the worst, Lark and Tansy are unexpectedly saved by shadow Oren. Just

I liked this book the best of the trilogy. The storyline was focused and had great pacing. It felt like there was much less random violence in this one and more time with character development and world building. I liked the additional characters, though one of them seemed to be a throw-away, and I never did figure out what happened to her.

*Genre* YA Dystopian*Rating* 3-3.5*My Thoughts*As the sequel to Skylark, Shadowlark has some pretty big shoes to fill. Skylark's world building and creativity was pretty amazing and original in my opinion and I was expecting nothing less for Shadowlark. The question with so called sequels is whether or not they will actually succeed in capturing the reader's attention enough so that you are left wanting to finish the trilogy and not just give up on it totally because it falls flat on its face.La...

Skylark is not my favorite book. It wasn't even one of my top ten books of 2012. The world building is problematic, the beginning is a slog, and all the big twists are telegraphed way too far in advance. But I gave it three stars because it really does get much better as things progress, and there's this moment toward the end of the book that feels so heartbreaking and true, and that moment made me love Meagan Spooner (genuinely love her) because it takes a very specific kind of mind to write so...

A fitting 2nd book to this white-knuckled trilogy. Lark continues her journey to find her brother. She now has to deal with what her power actually is and what she can do. Luckily, she has help on the way to discovering both her own powers and the mystery of where Basil has gone. Still, my favorite character is Nix. He provides that R2-D2 comic relief and common sense. Although I’m still trying to wrap my head around the level of dystopia this trilogy contains, the world makes a little more sens...

It wasn't as good as the first one, but I still enjoyed it a lot (even though I guessed the final plottwists) and had all the trouble putting it down.

Initial Thoughts: It was hard to get into this book. I had forgotten a lot of the first book and I was a little confused. There was a bit of predictability to the plot so no surprises there. Still - an OK book. Do not read this series out of order - the first book is Skylark. My Review:For a much anticipated sequel, Shadowlark had big shoes to fill. I enjoyed the world of the first book Skylark and I was very excited to get an advance copy of Shadowlark. The thing is, I really did not enjoy Shad...

3.5 starsMeagan Spooner’s debut novel, Skylark charmed me enough that I was in her signing line at BEA about an hour early. Now, part of that was that it was the last day and I wanted to sit down, but I also didn’t want to miss seeing Meagan. Though Skylark didn’t achieve a ranking among my very favorite books, I was quite impressed with Spooner’s descriptions and, above all, unique world building. That tradition continues in Shadowlark with the addition of stronger character arcs.Read the full

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I LOVED THIS SO MUCH! This was an amazing book to read and I’m so hyped to read the third one!!

SpoilersYet another run-of-the-mill YA dystopian book. I wasn't a fan of the first book but for some bizarre reason I thought I'd give this one a chance. Sadly, it turned out to be a rubbish read.-The world building was a mess, it was a mish-mash of nonsense. There was magic, steampunk, dystopia, and zombie-esque elements to it… And none of it meshed well together, it was just too much. -A lot of the world building made me roll my eyes. There was the cliched isolated cities that were either unde...

2020 I didn't like Shadowlark as much as I enjoyed Skylark and I think a majority of that stems from Second Book Syndrome. It's a hard thing for an author to avoid because they need to bridge the first book to the third book; and, unfortunately for me, that's all this book felt like. I was annoyed with Lark because she 'trusts' Oren, but she never seems to want him around. She keeps trying to push him away or leave him behind (even though she should realize that the only thing keeping him hum

I need this book NAO! With a good dose of Oren and Nix!UPDATE:TO BE REVIEWD.

***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***Shadowlark by Meagan SpoonerBook Two of the Skylark trilogyPublisher: Carolrhoda LabPublication Date: October 1, 2013Rating: 3 starsSource: eARC from NetGalleySummary (from Goodreads):Ever since she escaped the city within the Wall, Lark Ainsley's wanted one thing: to find her brother Basil. She's always believed he would be the one to put an end to the constant fear and flight. And now, hidden underground in the chaotically magical city of Lethe, L...

I think Meagan Spooner must pride herself on being able to shock her readers into gaping at her books like goldfish because it didn’t just happen in Skylark. She lulls us as readers into a false sense of security, where you’re nodding along thinking it all makes sense and you know what will happen with not a thread of doubt. Then BAHM! You don’t.I have given up trying to work out which characters are bad/good, never mind their motives because every, single time I was wrong. You’d think I’d learn...

Shadowlark is a great second installment in an original dystopian series. The book market has been flooded with dystopian books on the heels of The Hunger Games' success, with mixed results. Skylark and its sequel land firmly on the "good" side.Skylark takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, in which magic has destroyed the atmosphere. While everyone is born with a certain amount of magical ability, most of it gets used up in one way or another. Our protagonist, Lark, was raised in a city in wh...

Another second book that was better than the first.First off, we get to see yet another society in this dystopian world, Lethe, which is named after the mythical river in Hades that the dead in the underworld would drink from in order to forget their former lives. I found a lot of Lethe interesting, along with Basil's journal. The truth was certainly in there. She just couldn't see it.I also like how Lark is starting to broaden her mind. She is not willing to give up Oren, she accepts homosexual...

Still a really enjoyable series so far, but this definitely felt like a bridge between books 1 and 3. I still really liked learning more about this post Earth kind of world and also how we got a more deep dive into the magic elements. Lark is still a really enjoyable lead but the romance which didn't really bother me in book one, bothered me in this one. I also found this installment to be just a tad predictable. It did end up going exactly where I thought it would go but I thought for a moment,...