The Shattered Dark was one of those books that I was putting off reading because I knew the characters would be put through so much (because it's the type of series that waits until the end for the characters to get their HEA's) and I honestly didn't know if I could take it. I will say that once started, it was almost impossible for me to put the book down. It was very fast paced and drew me right into the world again. 
 The Shattered Dark picks up just a couple of week after The Shadow Reader. The rebels have overthrown and killed the former Fae king and are now trying to convince the other court Fae's that they are right in their move to the throne. There's a lot of fighting going on in this book and it's hard to know who to trust and who is going to switch sides. Mckenzie has returned to her apartment to pick up some of her things, when she discovers that her friend Paige has been taken. Determined to get her back, Paige knows it will be difficult, but she's torn because she doesn't want to draw anyone away from the main fight seeing that the rebels need all the Fae help they can get. 
 As I said this was a very fast paced book. Mckenize continues to be a character that I really like. She's a human in a Fae world. She the weaker person in a world where beings can heal, summon fire, or creat illusion among many other things. Yet she's held her own quite successfully. Even when she's out numbered and out powered she still fights with everything she has. She's also not too rash. She thinks about the things she does. Her friend Paige has been taken, yet she doesn't just throw herself into the fray, she takes back-up and is as careful as she can be, but when needed she steps up. She's a great female character. 
 I'm not really a fan of love triangles. Sandy Williams really set up a different protocol for the love triangle with the first book and she continued to follow her pattern. Mckenzie had been in love with Kyol for ten years, being that Fae / human relationships are looked down upon by most Fae he never fully acknowledged his feelings for her. In the first book she meets Aren and she comes to find out that even though he was the rebel leader he still is a good man. She comes to see that in him and she falls for him. Aren and Mckenzie go through a lot in this book. They both need and want time to figure out their feelings fully, but neither of them get it with all the fighting going on, and in between the fighting the personal stuff gets complicated. It may be the first book where I really don't have a preference as to who Mckenzie should end up with. If she decided she didn't want either man, I would be ok with that too. 
 I'm glad there will be a third (and final?)book in the series. Williams ended the book with a solid ending, but there were still a few loose ends that can definitely be tied up with another book. I look forward to finding out where Mckenzie will be taken next. Until Then!