This lack of attention to setting also upsets the impact of Chupeco's many fight scenes, which is too bad, because these blighted creatures sound fascinating. Take Chapter 6, where there are long stretches of people talking with no sense of who is in the room or where people are sitting or what the scene even looks like. Simple writing issues also get in the way of a clear story a reader can follow. It's never clear where in time each story is or how they eventually overlap. The divided format, with italics chapters told by a Bard and plain-text chapters narrated by Tea, has been difficult to follow for the whole series, and in this third book, it's nearly impossible.

In The Shadowglass, it's just so hard to follow along with the story. Authors need to carefully plot these tales, and write and rewrite them until they are clear and compelling to the reader. This disappointing finale is proof that fantastic world building will only carry you so far. There are a few scenes of characters in bed, but only one that talks of 'eager hands' and a 'tangle of limbs.' Otherwise, only kissing is described, with both straight and LGBTQ couples. The main character overdoes it too, and tells a bar full of men that her lover is great in bed. Expect a few sad deaths, all from stabbings, as well as some light salty language (not worse than 'bitch'), and one character under 17 gets drunk. Armies also face the undead and big monsters called daeva - one spews venom that eats the flesh of soldiers around it. There are gory moments, like jets of blood, briefly described. Many cursed innocents transform into monsters that look like giant insects and are fought in skirmishes and battles - it takes the hacking off of limbs and heads to finally kill them. Expect more of the same dark magic and dead creatures to inhabit this finale. Parents need to know that The Shadowglass is the third book in the Bone Witch series by Rin Chupeco. An older man smokes a cigar.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Another drinks to excess and shouts out to bar full of men that her lover is good in bed. A character under 17 drinks to drunkenness.

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