Librarian’s note: This is a previously-published edition of Kindle ASIN: B007PFDGRC. Lizette Henry wakes up one morning and makes a terrifying discovery: She doesn’t recognize the face she sees in the mirror. She remembers what she looks like, but her reflection is someone else’s. To add to the shock, two years seem to have disappeared from her life. Someone has gone to great and inexplicable lengths to keep those missing years hidden forever. But the past always finds a way to return. Strange memories soon begin to surface and, along with them, some unusual skills and talents that Lizette hasn’t a clue about acquiring. Sensing that she’s being monitored, Lizette suddenly knows how to search for bugs in her house and tracking devices in her car. What’s more, she can elude surveillance—like a trained agent. Enter a mysterious and seductive stranger named Xavier, who claims he wants to help—but who triggers disturbing images of an unspeakable crime of which Lizette may or may not be the perpetrator. With memories returning, she suddenly becomes a target of anonymous assassins. On the run with nowhere to hide, Lizette has no choice but to rely on Xavier, a strong and magnetic man she doesn’t trust, with a powerful attraction she cannot resist. As murky waters become clear, Lizette confronts a conspiracy that is treacherous and far-reaching and a truth that, once revealed, may silence her and Xavier once and for all.
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What would you do if you woke up and couldn't remember a span of 2 years? Your face in the mirror didn't seem right wasn't what you remembered. Linda Howard's Shadow Woman is about Lizzy (Lizzette) who has exactly that happen to her.
Howard manages to hook you right from the beginning with an incredible opening. I was pretty much hooked from that point. Fast forward 5 years and we have Lizzette staring in a mirror realizing her face is not her actual face. Terrible sickness and a realization that 2 years are missing from her memory. Cue total chaos and some intense self discovery throughout the rest of the book.
The things I liked about these book is a pretty long list. First of all Howard switched to different character's perspectives often enough to give us insight into their motivations and what was really going down. If anything that really kept me hooked reading this book instead of putting it down. Even though it takes until the 76% mark to have Lizzy and Xavier meet up again it was well worth the wait. Talk about an ending too! This is how you wrap up a book and put a pretty bow on it. It left me happy and not laying awake at night wishing it had more.
The things I didn't like honestly I can't think of any. I really did truly just enjoy reading this book. The version I received for review had a few errors but even those weren't that distracting.
Overall 4 out of 5 stars. Worth the cash or checking out at the library at least. It's a fun quick read and I was left curious about Howard's other works since this was the first one I've ever read.
0I didn't care for this one. It's really more like 2 1/2 stars, but I rounded up. It took too long to figure out what was going on and once we found out what actually happened to Lizzy and her life, I no longer cared. And I just didn't buy her and Xavier's love. And the ending was pretty lackluster. Not the best.
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