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Lacey Lehotzky
4.2
Shadows of Dreams (Angels of Half-Light)
by Emma Karolina
About this book
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Being dead was easy, being alive? Not so much. She made an oath to protect humanity, but being an angel didn’t come with a handbook, and she’s definitely in over her head.
She’s here to help vanquish the brutal demon hordes, but she can’t remember a gosh darned thing! Apparently that’s part of the process when newly awoken, but is the sinister presence also normal that’s lurking inside her head?
Evil visions plague her as she tries to untangle reality from nightmare; falling even further into the thick of it.
Then there’s a particular, enigmatic someone, and when he looks her way — with moody hazel eyes like his, how can she not get lost within them?!
Between the blushing of her cheeks and the buzzing of her inner power, her feet are firmly “not” on the ground.
The city is a thousand times changed, society is crumbling, and even the constant rain can’t wash away the stain of the shadows. Demons run rampant, sucking the life out of the innocent; horror breeding in their wake. Darkness waits on every corner, growing stronger with each passing night… The time is now and there’s no outrunning it.
Trigger warning: frequent violence.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- 0993735517
Reader Reviews
April 12, 2026
Sometimes you read a book & it just grabs you from the start. You can tell you're in for a great journey & you buckle in & say let's go! This book was that for me. Emma writes in a way that you feel like you're sitting in the story watching it from the front row living & feeling each page happen right in front of you. The story centers around a mysterious epic battle between angels & demons. You feel the stakes of this fight from the first chapter. We're introduced to Tesla a new female angel...
May 8, 2026
This book is really an amazing read. I knew this was going to be a good book from the opening page. The author drops us into a morgue. I remember thinking what good could come out of a morgue? In reality, everything. This book reminds of City of Bones. The author reminded of how much I enjoy urban fantasy with demons and angels. This book has epic battle scenes that are written in such a way that it seems like poetry. I swear to you that I felt like I was watching a dance. I love how the author...
September 20, 2025
This book was full of action and adventure from the beginning till the very end. I can't wait to see what will become of Tesla and Daniels connection in Shadows of Frost. I'm also desperate to know why they are so interested in Tesla, and how she differ so much from the others in her faction. Emma created a very well crafted and compelling world in Shadows of Dreams. This is definitely a must read for anyone who craves adventure, supernatural elements, rare story lines and a slow burning love...
April 12, 2025
Emma Karolina has a beautiful and poetic style of writing. The descriptions of the world were very beautiful and woven together with care, making it easy for me to picture certain scenes. This is something I really love in a book! There were some aspects of magic that I really liked, for example, the way the demons were exorcised (the descriptions were so good), Johnathan's power, and some characters' ability to enter the Void. Blythe really grew on me. I'm a fan of gentle giants and I found...
April 3, 2025
There’s something deeply captivating about stepping into a world where angels walk the earth achingly human in all ways that matter. That’s what Emma Karolina offers in Shadows of Dreams. The story follows Tesla, a newly incarnated angel thrown into a mission to protect humanity; only there’s no manual, no mentor, and no margin for error. She’s got to figure it out in real-time, and following her efforts is as frustrating as it is mesmerizing. Karolina’s prose has a lyrical quality that hums...
