Eugenie’s departure was especially frustrating because it meant few scenes with King Dorian. Because very early on in the book, Eugenie leaves the Otherworld in favour of human medicine and the safety of anonymity to have her children. I must admit, early on in ‘Shadow Heir’ I found myself biting my lip and worried that I wouldn’t enjoy this ending. ) so ‘Shadow Heir’ feels like a fitting finale to a fine year. This year has been a big one for Ms Mead, with her ‘ Georgina Kincaid ’ series coming to a definite conclusion, and her first ‘ Vampire Academy ’ spin-off book whetting reader’s appetites (and, oh yeah, she had a kid to top it all off. Gauntlets were thrown down, fate kicked into gear and Eugenie’s story became intensely twisted.
Richelle Mead excels at cliff-hangers and nail-biting twists, and that was especially true of her third book ‘ Iron Crowned ’. I have been most excited for the conclusion of the ‘Dark Swan’ series for quite some time. ‘Shadow Heir’ is the fourth and final book (for the foreseeable future, at least) in Richelle Mead’s urban fantasy ‘Dark Swan’ series. To leave the Otherworld and her kingdom behind, and take her chances in the human realm. With assassination attempts and increasing violence plaguing her kingdom, Eugenie makes a difficult decision. And Fairy King Dorian has pledged allegiance to her unborn and will sacrifice anything to see Eugenie and her babies safe. Maiwenn, queen of an Otherworld province, has raised an army to hunt Eugenie down and kill her before her babies are born. Their father, kitsune Kiyo, is hell-bent on killing his son before he is born. Ancient Otherworld prophecies predict that Eugenie’s first-born son will bring the human race to its knees and raise the Otherworld atop of the food chain once again.įive months pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, Eugenie is starting to feel the weight (figuratively and literally) of her decision to keep the babies. except the fate of humanity rests in her womb.Įugenie is daughter of the Storm King. But for Eugenie Markham such proclamations would be true. It’s not many people that can say they hold the fate of the world in their hands.
And as a formidable force rises to also threaten the human world, Eugenie must use her own cursed fate as a weapon-and risk the ultimate sacrifice. The uneasy truce between her and her shape shifter ex-lover Kiyo is endangered by secrets he can't-or won't-reveal. Fairy king Dorian is sacrificing everything to help, but Eugenie can't trust the synergy drawing them back together.
The spell-driven source of the blight isn't the only challenge to Eugenie's instincts. But as the Thorn Land's prophecy-haunted queen, there's no refuge for her and her soon-to-be-born-children when a mysterious blight begins to devastate the Otherworld. Shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham strives to keep the mortal realm safe from trespassing entities.
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