This book is much better than the first book in the series Touch the Dark. Not really in storyline but just in being more familiar with the characters and the world, I was able to follow the story through all of it's turns. There's so much jumping around in the story not just from place to place, but in time and on occasion bodies as well. It can be very difficult to stay with it, but it's just something that you can to pay close attention to. 
 The events in Claimed by Shadow take place about a week after the end events in the first book. Cassie is still looking for Tony and Myra and is still holding the title of Pythia heir. 
 I liked getting more information on Pritkin. I know he continues to play a bigger role as the stories go on, and I feel like he was a little over-shawdowed in the first book. On the other hand Mircea, who was featured a lot in the first book does make appearances but I think this is truly Pritkin's intro. 
 What I've encountered with the series so far (being only two books in) is that it's a continuing story. These first two books don't really have their own specific storyline, but they continue on the story that was started in the first book. I don't really see a specific story arc so I do wonder where they are going. 
 With the big improvement on this book I look forward to continuing the series. As I understand it, they all continue to improve and I look forward to that. Until Then!