The Shadow Society

Marie Rutkoski

Oct 2012 · Sold by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

About this ebook

Darcy Jones doesn't remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn't have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn't happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population.

Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn't thought possible. But Conn's interest in her is confusing. It doesn't line up with the way he first looked at her.

As if she were his enemy.

When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can't rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades' latest terrorist plot. What she finds out will change her world forever . . .

In this smart, compulsively readable novel, master storyteller Marie Rutkoski has crafted an utterly original world, characters you won't soon forget, and a tale full of intrigue and suspense.

Ratings and reviews

The world of Darcy Jones is a dark suspenceful journey. Couldn't put it down. Was definatly and good read. I'd give it 3 and a half stars if it would let me.

Good but not quite great. I had all decent plot elements, however, the solutions to the problems presented in the book were 'too easy' and slightly unoriginal.

This book would have to be the best book I have ever read. The characters for me were amazing. I loved both the beginning and ending but I would be the most happiest if there was a sequal to this book because I would really want to know what happends after Darcy and Conn are finally together but other wise the book was AMAZING!!!

About the author

Marie Rutkoski is the author of The Kronos Chronicles, including The Cabinet of Wonders, The Celestial Globe, and The Jewel of the Kalderash. She is a professor at Brooklyn College, where she teaches Renaissance Drama, children's literature, and creative writing. She lives in New York City.