Lets start out with the synopsis. That thing is absofuckinglutley ridiculously bad. It does not describe the book or events that happen. Let alone Zephyr. The book starts out with Zephyr in Tartarus digging a ditch with excrement falling from the sky. Not what I was expecting. Thanks to that synopsis. I thought for sure it would be her sitting at home watching My Five Wives. NOT. Thank fucking hallelujah.Lets start with Zephyr she is beautifully flawed and I love it. Yah there is the whole "she

Umm why have I never seen this book on my dash? This has to be one of the most underrated YA books? 3D flawed badass heroine whose, oh yeah A HARPY did I say GREEK MYTHOLOGY? Heck yeah I did. Banished to Tartarus with only a 2000 year old spartan girl warrior as a best friend? Tensions brewing between "light demigods" and "dark demigods" and working out the hard way (lots of angry monsters and scheming gods) that she's possibly the only one who can save the "dark demigods" from extermination?

This and other reviews can be found on The Psychotic Nerd MY THOUGHTS I didn't really know much about this book, going into it. I knew it had something to do with mythology and that's it. I ended up finding an enjoyable read with lots of mythical elements!Zephyr has been stuck in Tartarus for the past year for killing a god. She has no idea how she did it, she just wanted revenge for her sister's murder. With the help of an old friend, she's able to escape into the mortal world, but she's stil...

DNF at 75%Feel free to leave spoilers for the ending, I don't want to waste my time reading the last 90 pages.

The darkness agrees with me. It asks me to release it, as loud as a roar and as quiet as a whisper. I remember what my sister said long ago: You must control the darkness. You can’t ever give in to it. But the shadows want to make me happy, and I deserve a little happiness. This book is fantastic. It has the misfortune of having one of the worst summary opening lines I have ever read. I mean, come on "She’d rather watch reality TV than learn forty-seven ways to kill a man?" SERIOUSLY? After r

When I saw the cover and read the jacketflap, my first thought was something along the lines of "more like Promise of Awesome." It's about a harpy who avenged the death of her sister by killing the god who slew her. To do this 'impossible' task, she used a secret, forbidden power. Now she's locked away in the Pits of Tartarus, basically a work-camp. But then she reunites with an old friend and learns, bam, she's the Nyx, a "dark goddess who is prophesied to change the power balance." Aw yeah, re...

I should have known better than pick this for its cover when the summary made zero sense to me.. But I am learning..More than what I liked, this review will be about what I didn't like, if you didn't get a hint from my rating..First of all, this girl Zephyr, or whatever her name is spelled like, irritated the hell out of me. She is pretty weak, unreliable and naive character to carry the weight of such plot. Now, if the MC were Cassiphone I'd give this a different rating. Zeph survived by sheer

***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***Promise of Shadows by Justina IrelandPublisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: March 11, 2014Rating: 2 starsSource: eARC from EdelweissSummary (from Goodreads):Zephyr Mourning has never been very good at being a Harpy. She’d rather watch reality TV than learn forty-seven ways to kill a man, and she pretty much sucks at wielding magic. Zephyr was ready for a future pretending to be a normal human instead of a half-god assas...

Loved reading this book so much, I Just love her story, and this world, and it's such a great read! *First Read July 26th, 2014*Oh, this was a fantastic book! And it could possibly be in the same universe as Vengeance Bound, seeing as both are Greek myths and legends! And yeah, I absolutely loved this book!

Welcome to: 10 reasons why you should read Promise of Shadows (aka the most underrated book ever)1. Greek mythology! And not just that, but Greek mythology done right. Unforgiving gods who know nothing of love or humanity, bloodshed, terrifying creatures and revenge. 2. Most of the book is set in Tartarus. Yes, Tartarus as in Hell. Can't get more awesome than that, really.3. Absolutely amazing main character! Zephyr is smart, funny and relatable - and she's also an Harpy, with talons and everyth...

Added because I want to support badass book covers.

blog | goodreads 4 Oct. '14 What did he mean "ruin" me? What, like I'm some maiden to be delivered to an altar as a sacrifice? - Zephyr Mourning, at Tallon's refusal of sex.I didn't care about anything else at that point; Zephyr had completely won me over.This is what I mean when I'm talking about a balanced heroine. She is sex-positive, has an overall good image of her body, and is confident but not overbearingly so *ehem* Celaena Sardothien . She is also all-out powerful but manages to...

Review: 2 ½ out of 5 starsPromise of Shadows is a book I was quite excited about reading, I have never read about Harpies before and the premise seemed quite unique but I was left underwhelmed by this one unfortunately.At the beginning of the book we meet Zephyr Mourning who has been stripped of her wings and sent to Tartarus - the Underworld. She is now serving a life sentence for using a forbidden dark power and killing a God. Along with her closest friend Cass she is rescued by Blue and her c...

**4/4.5 stars**Originally posted at: http://iliveforreading.blogspot.com/2...I saw this one AGES ago but I never did get my hands on a copy. Until now. I’m seriously happy I got Promise of Shadows for review because I absolutely loved it. The beginning took me a while to adjust to, in terms of getting an idea of what exactly was going on, but omg–it’s been such a long time since I’d read a book focused on Greek mythology that met modern day (so... urban mythology?). The last book I read focused

(Rating: 2.5) Promise of Shadows is a fun, action-packed fantasy-mythology that also has its more tender moments. - Greek mythology and with a diverse cast! The protagonist is a black, a Harpy, and has wicked awesome blue hair. I also loved Zephyr's inner monologues and the conflict she felt.- It has a simple storyline (which is not a bad thing), and is full of action, magic of darkness and light, and also some heartfelt and introspective moments. - Criticisms were that I felt like the worldbuil...

No my girl, wheel and come again.This was absolutely painful to read. For such a short book I felt like it dragged on forever.

What I Like: Perfect pacing The author's take on Greek Myth. She created new godly war and incorporated the primordial deity. Also apparently it's not only greek gods available in this world, there's mention of deity from other myth too few times in the course of the story. Zephyr before Tallon. She's fierce and determined, she's a survivor, she's an amazing friend with amazing snark. What's not to love? Blue What I didn't like: The synopsis was too reveal...

This review appeared as a guest post on Happy Indulgence. I regularly post reviews on Readers in WonderlandIMMEDIATE REACTIONDecided to DNF at p. 162. It wasn't bad butI was struggling to care about the story in my slump mood. I'm probably going to skim read through to the end just to see what happensREVIEWOne of the wost things that can happen when reading a book is having your external mood interfere with your reading experience. Recently I’ve been feeling pretty unmotivated towards most thing...

A copy of this novel was provided by Simon & Schuster Australia for review.Okay.That’s how I felt about Promise of Shadows. One hundred percent “okay”. Which, you know, means that I didn’t hate it or anything but I didn’t love it, either. Everything was just oaky, and I guess I was okay with that.I thought that I might really like it because a) pretty cover (shh I judge books by their covers leave me alone), b) a unique premise about a harpy, and c) “darkly funny”. I thought that Promise of Shad...

2.5 stars. Not bad, but the book quickly lost steam and I was bored.