Weslyn Amory
tHROUGH SHADOW AND MIND
Eleven year old Samantha Galle disappears after a horrific late night accident. The mystery surrounding her disappearance leaves her three younger siblings -- Casey, Tess and Bobby -- devastated. Five years later, after surviving a near-fatal accident of their own, Samantha's three siblings come to the realization that what happened to her was no accident. They are left with only one explanation: The world is not what it seems. And neither are they.
Possible Trigger Warnings
​While the book is YA, it is upper YA, so there are a few things you should know about the book before purchasing it for yourself or as a gift for someone else. The book does contain violence, though not overly graphic, and there is very light language only a few times throughout. The book can get darker than normal YA at some point. Other possible content warnings include:
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A car accident that is discussed mostly during the first half of the book, plus another accident that occurs early on.
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Suicidal thoughts can be inferred from a scene in the first half of the book
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Anxiety, trauma and psychological struggles are present, especially in the last few parts of the book
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One of the characters has a panic attack
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Chapter one includes a fire and burn injury, which is briefly touched on in a few other chapters. There is another burn injury at the end of the book
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There are several deaths throughout the book, of both major and minor characters.
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Characters go through their own grieving processes​
What Readers are Saying
"After reading Into the Darkness, I’m adding Weslyn Amory to my favorite author list."
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-Annie on Amazon
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"Into the Darkness is a page turner with lots of twists and turns. I couldn’t put it down! Highly recommend this!!!!"
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-Mike on Amazon
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"I love this book I couldn’t put it down! Highly recommend!!"
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-Marco on Amazon
"I really enjoyed the whole book... Narration is so vivid and characterization is well-written. It is a fast-paced one which is a most important element of a fantasy book. Recommended to all fantasy lovers."
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-Vinit Bagdai on Amazon
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"Dialogues is one of the most used writing elements throughout the story which combined with the multiple battle scenes makes the book very fast-paced... I am eager to see how the Irregular/Site conflict will develop in the subsequent books.."
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-Laina on Amazon
