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My Book Review of Shivani Kausik's SHADOWS

  I was requested to read this book and give it a review, so here I am :)  This book had such a unique and interesting plotline! My only problem with the book (and the reason it is 3.5 stars)... is the formatting issues and extensive grammar errors. Those did take me out of the story quite a bit, but when I moved past that, I enjoyed it. Trigger Warnings: Mentions of suicide, suicidal ideation, and extreme mental health problems are present in this book. Worldbuilding There's not much to say in the way of this, except it takes place mainly at Moonwake Lake, Vihaan's apartment, and the occasional cafe. I thought the author did a good job showing us the places Vihaan was at. Plot I will admit, I was unsure about the plot. I was a little confused about the "kill me before I kill you" plotline, and I wasn't really sure how everything was going to tie together... until that plot twist. That was when everything fell into place for me, and it all made sense. I really enj...