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Everything has its price; even death. For Leopold and his friends, a group known as The Shadow, assassination, theft, and espionage are nothing personal; they're just part of the job. Their skills go to the highest bidder no matter the assignment, making The Shadow the most notorious collection of criminals in the realm. As long as the money is good, they never ask questions; however, as the jobs get personal, Leopold's walls against his reservations begin to buckle. Anything for the money" is The Shadow's motto and their leader's favorite saying, but how long can money continue to pay off their consciences? Join the Shadow in an episodic journey of danger and adventure as they struggle between money and morality, asking the question, is it worth gaining the world at the cost of your soul?
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I was excited for this because it promised a heist book... and all it gave me was a stock market meeting – or something equally as boring (apologies if you love stock market meetings). Now, Afrikaans has this wonderful word: langdradig (if you want to hear the pronunciation) – and it means wordy/tedious/drawn out. And that's exactly how I felt about the little (9%) I read.
The sentences were drawn-out (unnecessarily) – like I would be reading about the one character and it would go off on this tangent – also unnecessary and made the story more boring. Maybe the plot would've been interesting, or maybe I would've liked the characters a lot – but the writing just put me off completely. And I'm sad about that, because it looked really cool.