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title: "Of Shadow and Sea (The Elder Empire) Paperback – April 23, 2015"
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# Of Shadow and Sea (The Elder Empire) Paperback – April 23, 2015

**Brand:** will wight
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- **What is this?** Of Shadow and Sea (The Elder Empire) Paperback – April 23, 2015 by will wight
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    My underrated series of the year
  

*by K***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2017*

Note: This is the same review I posted for "Of Sea and Shadow." If you've read the two series you understand why. :)Will Wight is pretty well known, but mostly for Cradle and the Traveler's Gate series. Deservedly, as those are both great. That said, my favorite series by him (and his favorite, incidentally) are the Shadow/Sea books.I won't go into a ton of detail at the moment, but they feel deeper and more complex than his other stuff. The characters are wonderful, the action is fantastic (as it always is with him), and the world feels more grounded than in his other novels.The series has a gimmick, though, and it's one that I was highly skeptical of going in. He pulls it off, though, in spades.It's actually two series that occur concurrently, from the perspective of two opposing characters who are on opposite sides of a conflict. The storylines weave back and forth, into and out of each other, and seeing the same scenes from a different POV is a fascinating experience. Putting the characters on opposing sides keeps it from being a rehash of stuff you've already read; if the characters had been on the same side, it would have been hard to make the second viewing of the scenes interesting.But what really hooked me were the characters, and how he makes you love or hate them by turns. When you read a book from the Shadow series, you find yourself viewing the characters of the Sea series as the enemy, and root against them and want our heroes to triumph. Going into the concurrent book, I found myself wondering how the hell he would make me care about characters who'd been the antagonists for an entire book.But man, he does.Calder and Shera are both fascinating characters, and you really care about both of them. The supporting casts are great, too, with Calder's cobbled crew a standout in the Firefly, banter and badass way.They're great books, and I found that reading the first of each series before moving onto the seconds worked really well for me. They have issues, some pacing stuff and such, but they're definite 5 star books for me.And it's basically impossible not to love Urziah. You'll see.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A story in two parts
  

*by S***7 on Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2019*

One of my favorite things about sprawling epic fantasy series is when you get the chance to experiencing the same event from multiple points of view. It's been done before, and done well, but Wight takes it to a whole new level. Each book of Shadow and Sea take place concurrently, showing the exact same events from opposing forces. When I read Shadow, I felt sure that Shera was the hero, assassin though she is, and that Calder was a tyrant with eyes on the Emperor's throne. Then, when I read Sea, I was forced to confront the biases of the individual stories and acknowledge that the truth lies somewhere in the middle.Now, that said, it is true that both books are somewhat fragmented individually. I think they are best read in tandem, as Shera and Calder take turns in pushing the story forward, and their individual backstories are told through flashbacks intermingled with the main plot. It is clear that Wight took the time to develop a rich history for the world and the magic system, but it can be hard to appreciate it when so much time is spent recovering from the whiplash of transitioning from present-day to flashback, particularly when the world itself has a steep learning curve. These books are an entertaining enough read for my first time through, but something tells me that they will be even better when I inevitably read through them again.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Not sure I like this series but it's well written
  

*by S***. on Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2021*

Big fan of the cradle series, but this series is odd.  I think the idea of two stories written in parallel to each other from different opposing views is an interesting idea, but will be extremely hard to pull off.The male main character series is ok (the book read opposite this one), though the male character is hard to get excited about.  He's just presented as...meh.  The female co-lead is probably more powerful and competent.This series (female MC) has the female MC being presented as super powerful, confident, unyielding, and having a cold, deadly persona that comes out when she needs it.  It's definitely geared towards female readers, or at least people who like  "strong" female leads.So feels more like a "girl power!" series to me than two opposite but evenly portrayed viewpoints.  If that's your jam, you'll love the series as the female rolls are presented as stronger and deadlier than most of the male characters, and the male characters mostly play shared or support roles.I'm also not a fan of the past/present bouncing back and forth style of writing, so that might be a positive or a ntegative depending what you prefer as well.  Personally, I don't mind a few flashbacks but telling the whole story in both the past and the present I don't care for.  That combined with multiple stories going just feels disjointed?So great writer, decent story, but probably not for me.

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