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The Shadow Wand (The Black Witch Chronicles Book 3) by [Laurie Forest]

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The New York Times bestselling series!

HER WORLD-ALTERING SECRET CAN’T BE HIDDEN MUCH LONGER

Elloren Gardner hides the most powerful secret in all Erthia—she is the Black Witch of Prophecy, and destined to triumph…or be used as the ultimate weapon of destruction.

Separated from everyone she loves, isolated and hunted, Elloren must turn to the last person she can trust—her fastmate, Commander Lukas Grey. With the Mage forces of Gardneria poised to conquer all of Erthia, Elloren has no choice but to ally with Lukas and combine their power to keep herself out of the hands of Gardnerian leader Marcus Vogel…the holder of the all-consuming Shadow Wand.

With just weeks to train to become a warrior, and no control over her magic, Elloren finds unexpected allies among those under orders to kill her. It’s time to step up. To fight back. And to forge onward through the most devastating loss yet.

Critics are raving about Laurie Forest’s incredible debut, The Black Witch:

“Forest uses a richly imagined magical world to offer an uncompromising condemnation of prejudice and injustice.” —Booklist, starred review

“Exquisite character work, an elaborate mythology, and a spectacularly rendered universe make this a noteworthy debut, which argues passionately against fascism and xenophobia.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“This briskly paced, tightly plotted novel enacts the transformative power of education, creating engaging characters set in a rich alternative universe with a complicated history that can help us better understand our own.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Books in The Black Witch Chronicles:

The Black Witch
The Iron Flower
The Shadow Wand
The Demon Tide
Wandfasted (ebook novella)*
Light Mage (ebook novella)*

* Also available in print in The Rebel Mages anthology

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660 pages
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June 9, 2020
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13 - 17 years
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10 - 12
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	The Rebel Mages	The Black Witch	The Iron Flower	The Shadow Wand	The Demon Tide
The Black Witch series	Book 0.5	Book 1	Book 2	Book 3	Book 4

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"...Fans will be delighted and begging for the next title-and the cliff-hanger ending promises us there will be one." -Booklist on The Iron Flower

"An amazing second installment to the series... I highly recommend this book." -YA Books Central on The Iron Flower

"I absolutely loved The Black Witch and will have a very hard time waiting for the second book! Maximum suspense, unusual magic-a whole new, thrilling approach to fantasy!" -Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"The Black Witch is a refreshing, powerful young adult fantasy. This strong debut offers an uncompromising glimpse of world-altering politics amplified by a magical setting in which prejudice and discrimination cut both ways." -Robin Hobb, New York Times bestselling author

"This briskly paced, tightly plotted novel enacts the transformative power of education, creating engaging characters set in a rich alternative universe with a complicated history that can help us better understand our own. A massive page-turner that leaves readers longing for more." -Kirkus Reviews on The Black Witch, starred review

"Forest uses a richly-imagined magical world to offer an uncompromising condemnation of prejudice and injustice...With strong feminist messages, lively secondary characters, and an especially nasty rival (imagine a female Draco Malfoy), fans of Harry Potter and Tamora Pierce will gobble down the 600-plus pages and demand the sequel." -Booklist on The Black Witch, starred review

"Exquisite character work, an elaborate mythology, and a spectacularly rendered universe make this a noteworthy debut, which argues passionately against fascism and xenophobia...the thrilling conclusion will leave readers eager for the next book in this series." -Publishers Weekly on The Black Witch, starred review --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

Laurie Forest lives deep in the backwoods of Vermont, where she sits in front of a wood stove drinking strong tea and dreaming up tales full of dryads, dragons and wands. She is the author of The Black Witch Chronicles, including The Black Witch, The Iron Flower, The Shadow Wand and the prequel e-novellas Wandfasted and Light Mage, which are also available in print as The Rebel Mages anthology. Enter her realm online at www.laurieannforest.com. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07YF1CH5V
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Inkyard Press; Original edition (June 9, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 9, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5577 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #39,200 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #19 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Prejudice
- #43 in Teen & Young Adult School & Education Fiction eBooks
- #73 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Prejudice & Racism

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Laurie Forest is a New York Times, USA Today and International Bestselling Author who lives deep in the backwoods of Vermont where she sits in front of a wood stove drinking strong tea and dreaming up tales full of dryads, dragons and wands. She is the author of THE BLACK WITCH (Book 1.0, The Black Witch Chronicles), THE IRON FLOWER (Book 2.0), WANDFASTED (Book 0.5 - a full length novel prequel) and LIGHT MAGE (Book 1.5 - a full length novel prequel) - both WANDFASTED & LIGHT MAGE are available in the print compilation - THE REBEL MAGES (her favorite book in the series), THE SHADOW WAND (Book 3.0 - a Publisher's Weekly Bestseller) and The Demon Tide (Book 4.0 - a USA Today Bestseller). Visit her realm at laurieannforest.com for links to twitter/facebook/etc. (where she posts most updates). The last book in the series, THE BATTLE FOR ERTHIA (tentative title of Book 0.5) is planned for 2023. Enjoy!

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Marie

READ. THIS. BOOK.

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2020

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**The Shadow Wand is book 3 of The Black Witch series by Laurie Forest, a riveting fantasy series ABOUT PREJUDICE AND RACIAL HATE WARS in a fantasy fae-magic-witch drenched fantasy setting, featuring potentially world-ending dark leadership and powers.

I inhale Book 3, The Shadow Wand.

Deep breath.
 I close the book. 
And I scream.

I literally scream from the rise of energy and emotion.
I scream from the intense knuckle-bludgeoning ride.
I scream from release of hopes for this series, from surprise at plot twists, from power finally being claimed, taken as is birthright.

 Wow wow wow WOW!!!
Holy Ancient gods, all!
Holy Ge'o, Holy planet!
Holy existence of all that ever can be Holy!! 

 The Black Witch female hero-rising in The Shadow Wand installation is looking for her full empowerment to set the world right and eliminate racism and injustice upon Earthia. This is a story for the ages.

This book is MUST READ FULL STARS highest rating all the way, written with soul-churning emotion and rising arcs of character and crescendo of event and urgency.

 Book 3 launches during the most jaw-dropping of real world times, a book about Earthia-world race war…
launching during a real Earth race war (the George Floyd murder being the ignition for righting injustices of prejudice in the US) and world pandemic, blurring reality over and over.

IN SUMMARY, READ THIS.

Feel the rising power of standing up to racism. 
Feel the tides turn to aid those facing the Right Way, the Way of Compassion, the Way of Equality.
Feel the alignment of Nature standing for what is right.  
Feel the Planet rising in response to unity (and to Environmental Care). 
Feel the power we all need right now:  
Feel the power of a coming Great Leader, one born on the side of the oppressor instead moving to the side of aiding the oppressed, The Black Witch (she has green shimmering skin fyi).

Read this book to feel the unity of that, the power of the universe streaming through you when you stand for what is right and stand for anti-racism.

And enjoy the hell out of the fantasy powers and abilities and settings and magic and types of beings and rich character portrayals that frame this glorious ride.  

This is one ginormous E-ticket magical rune-stamped wand emblazoned ride, and it will take you as high and as low as your emotions can stretch. And it will leave you feeling hope, hope the evil can finally be stamped out, justice that is still in the offing in this series since there are two more installments coming.

For those who have read the series thus far, you have to mostly wait a tiny bit for your favorite characters to take center stage again: there are new character introductions from the start, but it's not too much, if one is the tiniest bit patient to see beloved characters appear. Other epic series have woven far more. You will remember these new beings as their stories are also heart pounding and memorable. They fill roles needed as these lands are far-flung.

These new introductions are written not as info dump but as micro stories that are written so well that one is left with emotion overflowing in only a glorious chapter, and the next and next, done with immediate reeling in and tapestry weaving. I immediately felt the knot rising in my throat from sorrow for what is unfolding for these new characters. That sort of reel-you-in-fast writing is hard to do! And yet Ms. Forest has done it so well.

In the reading: 
I highly recommend a refresh on the entire series before reading this installment.
 READ WAND FASTED JUST PRIOR TO THIS INSTALLMENT.
IMMEDIATELY OPEN THE SHADOW WAND *AFTER* CLOSING WAND FASTED.

Chapter one will have you in gut wrenching torment IF you have just read Wand Fasted.

THE SERIES ORDER:
Read (or reread) in the following order:
The Black Witch
The Iron Flower
Light Mage
Wand Fasted
And AFTER closing Wand Fasted **IMMEDIATELY** read chapter one of The Shadow Wand.

(AUDIO: Julia Whelan is back for the voiced narration, and she is MASTER in this telling! I HIGHLY recommend the audio, on Audible and Scribd, though I haven't heard it yet, she reins supreme in the voice acting for The Black Witch book 1 and The Iron Flower book 2, so her telling of book 3 is a given.)

Enter the land of The Black Witch and you will not want to leave!

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A floundering cesspool of fillers and inconsistency

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2020

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Am I still reading The Black Witch Chronicles? Because I could swear this book in no way seems connected to the previous two books and I say this because I really wish it was the case. This series which I have loved with all my heart since the first book has, for the first time, disappointed me tremendously.

Let’s start with Elloren. For the first two books, which are each 600+ page reads, I supported Elloren. I was here for her in learning how to have faith in herself, develop a backbone, navigate her way through her feelings regarding romance, racism, so on and so forth. With all the time that has passed, you’d think by the third book we’d see a bit more development in her character. Elloren is just as weak minded as previous reads. She has not grown much if at all. She always shocked, apologetic, or feeling sorry for herself but can never seem to find a way to better herself or her situation. How do you end the second book with her being stalwart in being ready to save the world but then beginning of third book comes, and we’re back at square one with her uselessness?

We see the relationship develop between Yvan and Elloren with the first two reads and it was a fantastical journey. Although Lukas is an interesting character, him and Elloren never developed an actual relationship, especially not one where she’d completely shove off Yvan so she could shag Lukas. Honestly, they both declared their undying love for each other one book, then the next, she takes the word of a messenger sent by Vogel about Yvan’s ‘death’ and wastes no time taking another man to bed. Elloren and Lukas were not authentic. Elloren and Lukas did not have enough time to develop. The feelings they declared they had for each other are laughable at best. Quite honestly, I feel sick for Yvan. Elloren wasn’t angry enough. If she loved him as much as the first two books led me to believe, she would have travelled there herself just to make sure. She would have found a way to verify that information.

I will not be buying the next book as soon as it is available. I will make sure to read reviews before I purchase it. I bought this one the same day it came out and finished it the next day, thanks to skimming a better half of the book due to it being way too long with nothing happening. If you’re a fan of a good, well written story that is consistent and concise, whether you like Lukas or Yvan, this is not for you.

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A Let Down

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2020

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UGH! I have loved this author's previous works in this series - the world building, the characters, the setting - all winners. But this book left me deflated. There is a lot of new information and characters being introduced and when I got to 60% I knew that this book would not tie up the series. Overall, it's a let down. Elloren is a lead character that spends much of the time doubting herself and her strength - completely opposite of how she acted in the previous book. All her inner strength seems to have faded away and been replaced with crippling fear. She goes through A LOT and with some new allies, but nothing kicks in until the very end, where you're left thinking, "Seriously? That's it?" It's a real let down to the readership to have to wait almost two years to find out the rest of the story, with no guarantee that readers won't have to wait another few years to find out the end. I was hoping it would be like THE WINTERNIGHT TRILOGY, by Katherine Arden, that has a beautiful and satisfying ending. Instead, it's more like A COURT OF THORN OF ROSES, by Sarah J. Maas, where readers are left hanging and disappointed they don't know the outcome of their favorite characters. It's an easy way to sell more books, but a disappointment to fans. My excitement is gone. Like other reviewers I'm not sure I'll purchase any further installments. Needless to say, it was a frustrating and disappointing read.

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When is the next book out?!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2020

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First of all, this series was one that I completely stumbled across on Amazon recently and decided to give it a try. Three books later, read in record time, simply shows how great they really are. I was completely thrown into this world - the description, character building, and story telling is amazing and firmly had me hooked from the very beginning! I have throughly enjoyed reading the journey of the Black Witch so far and I can't wait for the next book, so I can find out what happens ( I hope I don't have to wait too long...!) Thank you Laurie for writing such an enjoyable series and providing me with an excellent read, you are definitely one to follow and I will be eagerly awaiting the next book...

For anybody looking for a new YA book series that you simply won't be able to put down, then this is for you.....

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Cliffhanger

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2020

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I really enjoy this series. Because the main characters have all split up in this book, there is a lot less happening as the author tries to give us an idea of where everyone has ended up since the last book. Everyone just seems to be settling into their places for most of the book, not too much happens but it's still a really enjoyable read. There's too many characters to catch up with for much to happen. Then, in the last few pages, something huge happens and you're left with this cliffhanger. Hence the loss of one of five stars for me. I finished reading this yesterday and I'm still anxious over the ending. I'm so disappointed that the fourth book is nearly a year away.

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Mel

Really disappointed - spoilers ahead

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2020

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Warning, contains spoilers.

The first two books were amazing but this last one felt lacklustre with the characters falling somewhat flat and Elloren now coming across as quite annoying and flighty. It's quite an abrupt break from the previous books and I miss all the side characters from previous who as a reader I actually felt invested in (for example I think the update on Rafe is one line long).

It was also annoying that this book was seemingly only there to progress a random romantic story line with Lukas. Which ultimately, didnt make much sense to me and had me turning against the protagonist of the book which I'm pretty sure wasnt the author's intention.

In previous books we are clear that Elloren turns away from Lukas and toward Yvan he pulls on something darker in her magic and he's just too ruthless for her, despite not being a through and through bad person. He's also quite clear that he doesn't love her, he doesn't really believe in love and it's obvious that he won't fall for her, it isnt in him, he doesn't want to and he doesn't even believe in it.

She falls incredibly deeply for Yvan and the previous books center around the building and strengthening of that relationship. Then suddenly in this book he 'dies' and after about a page of mourning him she's all for Lukas, who seems to turn into a whole new person, getting instantly jealous and possessive and falling hard for her. He puts her first in everything, which is frankly inconsistent with his character up to this point. Yes he cares about her and that's clear from his fasting to her despite her having 'disgraced herserself' but although that was a selfless move, it's the only time we really see him willing to just put her first to his own detriment. Why/when does this change? Why is he different in this book?

There was no real justification for why a lot of the events happened (why go back to Gardenaria and seek out Lukas' protection ? Why was that the best decision? If they knew he was already changing his allegiances then what was the point in sending the black witch and therefore your greatest weapon to the most dangerous place for her? Didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.)

Overall, I'm underwhelmed with this one and it's such a shame because the first two really were excellent. All I can say is I hope the last book gets back on track and as far as I can see the only way for that to be possible is if Lukas really has died in this book and Elloren actually develops as a character and comes into her own. If Lukas lives (presumably for the sole purpose of extending the odd love triangle drama that adds nothing) and she remains 2 dimensional then I really cant see the the series being saved. There are a lot of issues that would need to be resolved in book 4, not impossible to do, but the author has left herself with very limited choices to do so.

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tatooinechick

Fabulous!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2020

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I have thoroughly enjoyed this book... I had stupidly thought it was a trilogy and was expecting a conclusion but I am in no way disappointed that another one follows. I love the various worlds and can’t wait to come back to all the various pals in the next one to see how they are overcoming being fugitives. And that love triangle... 😍 I was 100% in Team Yvan in the previous book and 100% Team Lukas in this book... something I never thought I’d ever say!

Ben

This book was so full of life

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2021

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In series usually as you go on it slowly starts to get worse but this series totally didn't! All the characters were brought to life - enhanced by the multiple perspectives that allow you to empathise with different characters. I don't know how Forest does it but I felt everything they all felt and was gasping out loud with elloren as she battled.

This book is amazing and would recommend to everyone. It really makes you ponder on our world issues and prejudices.

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