ARCs

I was lucky enough to get in on the ARC read for From the Silence of the Shadows by VB Lacey. Guys, it was SO good. It is technically the Third book in The Veridian Empire series, but it was written as a stand alone. I read it without reading the other two, so I could give an accurate review as a stand-alone, and it's legit. Both the story and the writing are so good. It's a slow burn, with a shadow mommy. Both main characters have so much trauma and you see it playing out in