What Book Bloggers Are Saying About
A Pattern of Shadow & Light
“This is epic fantasy at its best. Otherworldly creatures, magic, swordplay, mystery, and politics all have a place in this story and the author weaves it all together in a symphonic storytelling that is impossible to put down.” ~ My Writer’s Cramp
“Rarely do I come across a book that fills me with such zeal and I’m convinced the whole world needs to read it … Melissa McPhail created a world unlike any other in fiction but also not unlike our own, where individualism and unity exist all at once; good and evil coincide, are intertwined, and vary in shades; and philosophy, mundane and profound, shape lives. With her debut novel, she captured a world—from its physical base to its ethereal heavens, and everything tangible and intangible between…” ~The LUV’NV
“This Book is like a roller-coaster ride. Character shifts, scene shifts and above all the plot surges forward in an amazing momentum. Definitely not a dull ride… Keep some aspirins by your side table.“ ~ The Book Club
“This book made me feel for the characters. I laughed with them, felt sad with them and smiled with them. The author did a great job!” ~Cheshire Cat’s Looking Glass
“The world-building is just as intricate, and well-thought out, as is the plotting… From the very first pages of the book, the reader is plunged into this world in which the currents of Fate, as well as those of magic, will be sure to propel said reader along, until the final page is turned! Fantasy fans, prepare to be delighted and totally immersed in this unique, magical universe!” ~ A Night’s Dream of Books
“More action-packed and purpose-driven, The Dagger of Adendigaeth continues A Pattern of Shadow & Light series with stabbing emotion, a deeper cutting plot, and sharp new pawns and players in the elemental, spiritual, and physical war for Alorin—all while intricately threading the characters’ lives from the first book with the new and creating another world that expands upon the first’s possibilities. An escaping, drop-everything-now read!” ~The LUV’NV
“McPhail manages to juggle an amazing breadth of events in this one book, interweaving them so simply and yet so intricately that each new revelation leaves you astounded.” ~The Bookish Foodie