The characters weren't too shabby either, each exhibiting their own unique personalities. Put all of this together, with a wandering ghostly Sentinel, and shadowy horses, with an ominous legend, that gallop in the middle of the night, and you've got really well outlined Ani-bait. I've always been interested in archaeology, historical locales, creepy old mansions, and ghostly happenings (as much as I don't like horror). It also helps that the story has a very attractive premise that caught my attention immediately. They make you feel like you're right there with Verity, walking the fishing docks and the museum, or rushing through the rainy moors, or looking out her bedroom window in the middle of the night, listening to the sound of galloping hooves. It is written well, and the imagery Kearsley creates with her vivid descriptions are pretty wonderful. The Shadowy Horses was a very interesting and great read.

The image of a house on what looks like rocky cliffs, on a background of mist and darkness gives a much better sense of a Gothic, ghostly setting than the one of a woman's silhouette walking amidst a vague background that might be grasslands and clouds.Īnyway, moving along now onto the actual review.

To start off, I just wanted to point out that, for my own reasons, I like the paperback book cover more than the Kindle version book cover featured above.

The shadowy horses