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The Shadows A Poppy Farrell Mystery Poppy Farrell Mysteries Book 1 edition by Alyne de Winter Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks

This book begins with an introduction. For those readers who have not had the pleasure of reading one of Enid Blyton’s books about boarding school, get an idea about the British schooling system and the various grades and their names. I found this very friendly and I hoped that this would enable the readers to envision the students, their ages and hence their personalities.

The book introduces the reader to one of the most likeable characters I have read in a book, conspiracy theorist, lively and perceptive Poppy Farrell, who is starting out as a junior in Blight Academy.

The author does a great job of describing Blight Academy. You end up getting the chills as you recreate a creepy, very Adams Family like house which is scary to look at.

The author’s lucid and sparkling description of the Headmistress, Mrs. Wick, the disciplinarian, Mrs. Grimshaw and Poppy’s roommate Clair, instantly connect the reader to them. It makes you feel as if you are right with them.

Things aren’t altogether that right at Blight Academy. Poppy gets accosted by a student at a lone station and is warned to not go to Blight Academy. For some reason, every teacher at Blight’s is against Poppy. There are dark forces around. Sixth Form students shadow the First Formers and they take it quite far. Is there dark magic involved? Are lives of students taken for not being a part of the game? When souls are slaughtered in the name of the Devil, is even Britain’s foremost academy a safe place?

This book has all of this and more! It is a perfect accompaniment on a day when you want to take a trip down memory lane. Reading about school will make you remember your own school days, but the paranormal thriller that it is, it will snap your attention and hold on to it, until you finish the book!

I absolutely loved Poppy!! She is such an amazing character! It made me wish there were a lot more books in this series so I could have more of her. She is one of those characters from books, who you end up liking instantly and who stays with you for a while after you read about her.

At some point, I was actually a little scared. The book makes such a vivid world open up in front of you, it takes you into that world where there are so many unanswered questions and characters are so layered.


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The Shadows A Poppy Farrell Mystery Poppy Farrell Mysteries Book 1 edition by Alyne de Winter Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews

This is a good story that definitely held my interest. The descriptions of Blight's Academy and character development was also very good. I would have given it a higher rating except that there were some parts of the story that didn't make much logical sense. One example is that after the members of the witches coven had to be well aware that Poppy knew what was going on with their human sacrifices, they didn't make much of an effort to keep her isolated from the rest of the students at Blight's. Also there were mistakes in the text on page after page, omitted words, repeated words, reversed words and misspelled words. It's as if there was no proof reading done at all.
First was a little slow but as the story built up and got into it. I really enjoyed it and look forward to more of Poppy!
Great spooky read, hard to put down! Looking forward to a sequel.
I loved this book! It's light, but a great story, and it builds up as it goes. It reminded me of the books I used to read as I was growing up... if they crossed with a dark version of Harry Potter. A very happy experience!
I always feel lucky when I discover hidden gems like ‘The Shadows’. This is a story well written, in a smooth and mellifluous style, and with an interesting plot that makes you read as fast as you can to find out what happens next. I liked the Harry-Potter-style world the author created. I loved the idea of the old fashioned British boarding school placed in the middle of nowhere, full of mysteries and hidden secrets, as I loved Alyne De Winter’s writing style. That was the prefect Halloween read for me.
Wonderfully creepy! I had read the first two chapters on Ms. de Winter's blog and I couldn't wait for it to come out. This book was well worth the wait. I was pleased with the fact that Poppy was a likeable character, she was someone you wanted to win the day. I started reading faster after Tom was hanging in the tree, so yeah, I'll be reading it again only a little slower. Definitely recommending this one to my friends.
If you like mystery you will enjoy this work
The author is quite a talented writer
And The description of the english countryside is so descriptive

you are actually transported there
This writer has a great talent for the use of the english language in describing weather, setting the scene, forming the plot, progressing the plot forward, character development, story development etc
I had as much fun reading this mystery as I did the first time I read Nancy drew years ago
This is a book that is hard to put down and one you do not want to end
Luckily their are others in the series, and I can not wait to read them
In the future I hope this author continues to write in the mystery genre
This book begins with an introduction. For those readers who have not had the pleasure of reading one of Enid Blyton’s books about boarding school, get an idea about the British schooling system and the various grades and their names. I found this very friendly and I hoped that this would enable the readers to envision the students, their ages and hence their personalities.

The book introduces the reader to one of the most likeable characters I have read in a book, conspiracy theorist, lively and perceptive Poppy Farrell, who is starting out as a junior in Blight Academy.

The author does a great job of describing Blight Academy. You end up getting the chills as you recreate a creepy, very Adams Family like house which is scary to look at.

The author’s lucid and sparkling description of the Headmistress, Mrs. Wick, the disciplinarian, Mrs. Grimshaw and Poppy’s roommate Clair, instantly connect the reader to them. It makes you feel as if you are right with them.

Things aren’t altogether that right at Blight Academy. Poppy gets accosted by a student at a lone station and is warned to not go to Blight Academy. For some reason, every teacher at Blight’s is against Poppy. There are dark forces around. Sixth Form students shadow the First Formers and they take it quite far. Is there dark magic involved? Are lives of students taken for not being a part of the game? When souls are slaughtered in the name of the Devil, is even Britain’s foremost academy a safe place?

This book has all of this and more! It is a perfect accompaniment on a day when you want to take a trip down memory lane. Reading about school will make you remember your own school days, but the paranormal thriller that it is, it will snap your attention and hold on to it, until you finish the book!

I absolutely loved Poppy!! She is such an amazing character! It made me wish there were a lot more books in this series so I could have more of her. She is one of those characters from books, who you end up liking instantly and who stays with you for a while after you read about her.

At some point, I was actually a little scared. The book makes such a vivid world open up in front of you, it takes you into that world where there are so many unanswered questions and characters are so layered.