The Queen of the Witches lost her life in the battle with the Shadowmaster. He is now destroyed but the cost was too great.

Trapped in Talamadden, the land of the dead, Jazz is caught in limbo trying to remember her life before. As a spirit guides helps her restore her memories, she becomes desperate to find Bren and be with him. Feeling abandoned and losing hope quickly, Jazz fights to find her way back to the living and stand by Bren’s side as dangers still lurk.

Bren is desperate to find Jazz, the girl he loves. He’ll do whatever it takes, including risk his own life. As the King of the Witches now that Jazz is gone, he has a duty to protect the witch villages, but he can’t forget about Jazz and just leave her trapped in Talamadden.  Can Bren save Jazz, as well as keep the other witches safe? Evil threatens to destroy them all --- will love and magic be strong enough to prevail? What will become of L.O.S.T.?

The sequel to L.O.ST. continues this exciting series and keeps readers eager for more. Shadowqueen reveals what has truly happened to Jazz after the battle with Nire, and how Bren is coping as King of the Witches. The connection and romance between Jazz and Bren is felt deeper and a larger part of the story than it was in book one, but it doesn’t deter from the story at all. I did miss Jazz’s magic in this book as it’s not used as much, but when it was, it was…magical.

More battles wage, more danger lurks and the characters secrets are revealed. Still told in the first person from Bren and Jazz’s points of view, the authors have penned another drawing story that is well-written and the descriptions are absorbing. The imagery within the story is a key factor in enjoying the book. The authors do a wonderful job in displaying the surroundings, as if the reader is standing amongst the battles or trapped in Talamadden themselves. This reader was not disappointed in the authors keeping in tune with their writing in book one and keeping the excitement alive and thriving.

Shadowqueen is a wonderful sequel to its predecessor and leaves a reader more than eager for book three, Witch Circle, which released in early June 2006.

Reviewed by Tracey West for The Road to Romance

June 3, 2006

From ten-year-old, Ashley West, about Shadowqueen ~  “Jazz and Bren are even more fun in ShadowQueen. I find that they like each other a lot but they do argue just as much as they like each other. I was worried about Jazz and if Bren could save her. They belong together and need one another. ShadowQueen is as fun and awesome as the Harry Potter books. I hope to read Witch Circle soon.”