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    War Among the Crocodiles: The Shadow Wars Trilogy, #3

    By Leah Cutter

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    Yvette lives in the French Alps. Celebrating the turn of the century with Mama, Yvette learns her true magic: she can hear the winds. Direct them to do her bidding.

    It means the winds keep her cold. And she hates being cold.

    It also means she knows all the secrets the wind carry to her.

    Will that knowledge be enough to fight the soul-eaters? Or will they destroy the world?

    "War Among the Crocodiles"—the final novel in the Shadow Wars Trilogy—continues this epic saga in the war between the shape shifting clans that have always lived hidden among us and the threat of the soul-eaters. 

    Be sure to read the first two novels in the trilogy: "The Raven and the Dancing Tiger" and "The Guardian Hound".

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    Release dateDec 4, 2015
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    War Among the Crocodiles: The Shadow Wars Trilogy, #3
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    Leah Cutter

    Leah Cutter--a Crawford Award Finalist--writes page-turning fiction in exotic locations, such as New Orleans, ancient China, the Oregon coast, ancient Japan, rual Kentucky, Seattle, Minneapolis, Budapest, etc.  Find more fiction by Leah Cutter at www.KnottedRoadPress.com. Follow her blog at www.LeahCutter.com.

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    • 4/5
      This is an honest review given in exchange for an ARC from the Publisher. I haven't read the first two books in this series, and somehow I wasn't sure that I'd like this one; it sounded interesting, but the fact that it went from character to character in each chapter made me think it would be too much bouncing from one pov to another to get attached to anyone in particular. I don't know that I felt as close to the characters as I have in some books, but I didn't feel distant, either, and I think the rapidly switching points of view added to the sense of urgency being felt to come up with a solution to the problem at hand. I was really quite pleasantly surprised. Because there _are_ a lot of characters, and I didn't feel myself getting attached to them in the way that I normally would, but I did get attached to them. I wanted them to survive, and to succeed, and to overcome the evil forces that were standing in their way. It was delightful how _different_ they were. But what tied them together were the soul eaters, and having that thread/threat in common made them allies. I liked the way that things were happening on a more global level, then narrowing down to China. I liked the storyline, and the concept of the different clans was interesting and well carried out. The differences between obtaining information in a true way, through time and effort, as opposed to through merely plucking it from someone's head with no effort at all, was interesting. The soul eaters were frightening, seemingly invincible--they made good villains. I didn't feel that this issue was really investigated in depth, but it was brought up at several points whether to kill just the bad magicians, or to kill _all_ of the magicians, "just to be sure," and I thought that raised an interesting point. Li Li felt that, as the one who had seen a revolution first hand, there would always been innocents who died as the result of rooting out evil. That's a prevalent philosophy about certain issues occurring now in politics, and I found the parallel interesting. (I'm using interesting a lot here, I realize). The forms that people who have been taken by the soul eaters also harkens back to one of the earlier forms used in visual media by George Romero, although it's only one of the characters, Carlos, who sees them as zombies. Maybe I'm reading too much into the soul eaters. Or reading too much news. I also found the differences in the clans' perceptions of magic interesting. As I haven't read the first two, I am thinking that this works as a stand-alone because I didn't feel lost reading it, though I have the feeling I'd be more informed if I'd rest the first two. I would definitely recommend War Among the Crocodiles--it's a different take on shifter novels, and I enjoyed the way that the clans worked together. I think it will appeal to fans of Anne Bishop's Other novels.
    • 2/5
      I had not read the first two books in this trilogy, and perhaps would have enjoyed War Among the Crocodiles more with previous knowledge of some characters and the basic premise. It's a quick, easy read, with multiple characters and storylines that ultimately converge in an ending that is unsurprising. I was engaged and intrigued by the shapeshifting cultures described but not enough to go back and read the first two books.
    • 2/5
      War Among the Crocodiles by Leah Cutter is the third book in a fantasy trilogy about various groups of supernatural beings living in the human world. I thought that the writing itself was very good, but the layout of the story and the plot were lacking. The book is broken into four parts: a long introduction, introduction to main characters and important settings, escalating plot and climax, and epilogue. The first part starts off very slowly, following a witch named Yvette. The early chapters about her mostly boring and do not really seem applicable to the rest of the plot. The second part is very choppy, switching between several people and places while only giving tiny glimpses into their lives. We are shown members of different clans of shapeshifters around the world and their struggles since the previous catastrophe. By the middle of the second part, I kind of knew what the book was supposed to be about. By the end of the second part, the main villains, a group of evil magicians, had shown themselves and had started killing people important to the clan members the book was following. The third part started with more people dying and the main characters deciding to head towards the clans which had lead the attack on the last enemies. They meet up and share information and start to prepare to fight by having Yvette make special mirrors which seem to block the evil magicians. They decide to bait a trap for the evil magicians using Yvette as bait. The trap is sprung, and it seems like everyone but one lonely tiger shifter dies. The fourth part shows that the tiger shifter chose to continue to live without his friends and family and is taking care of Yvette's land.Overall, I did not enjoy the choppiness of the story, and it seemed like the author withheld too much information about key points like how the heroes knew to use the mirrors to defeat the enemies. It was also a very long and slow story with lots of extra information not necessary to the plot.
    • 5/5
      This is the third book in The Shadow Wars Trilogy and the first one I read. However, the story was handle in such a way that you do not need to read the other books first, but there are references to earlier situations that would be more meaningful if you read them. I enjoyed the world of the clans, which represented humans with different animal souls living among normal humans. Each clan had distinctive differences from the others coloring their actions in and out of the clan. In addition, magicians are part of the world, as well, throwing wrenches into the already complex clan interactions. Anyone who reads this book will find themselves wanting to read to other tales to round out this interesting world.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book. It is wonderfully written and well developed. I really felt for the Virmal character.*I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      This is an honest review in exchange for receiving an ARC of the book. I did not read the first 2 books in the series but that proved to be know problem. Leah Cutter introduced and developed believable and loveable characters. My personal favorite is Yvette. I will be going back and reading the first 2 books in the future and then rereading this one.
    • 4/5
      I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. It is a fictional, engaging and intricately woven story about a group of shapeshifters battling "soul eaters" in our world. There are lots of characters and plenty of action!
    • 2/5
      Please note: I have not read the previous books in this series and failed to finish reading this one. The following is my review of pages 1-92.I found this book to be a bit of a mixed bag. There were sections that I really enjoyed and found interesting and intriguing and then there were sections that lost my interest all together. The style of writing has a dual effect of both making for an interesting read, as well as making it harder to follow. I can't help but feel if the style of writing were different I would have had a much more satisfying experience in reading it.That being said most of the characters were interesting and the storyline despite chopping and changing far too often between characters was interesting enough to initially capture my attention, where the book failed was in keeping it. Reading this book was like watching a movie that takes 3 hours to get to a point where you think you know what's going on only for the credits to start rolling at the end of the scene. FRUSTRATING because it is quite interesting but you find yourself looking at the page number and thinking "ok, nice info on characters and all that but when's the story actually going to start?"Others may find this book exciting and fast paced, I did not. I hate giving negative reviews but I have to give my honest feedback.
    • 3/5
      War Among the Crocodiles concludes the Shadow Wars trilogy, and I made the mistake of jumping in here. Besides the first two books, there are several shorter works set in this universe. I'd have been better advised to start with earlier works in the series, because this isn't really a standalone book.Exposition & background really don't catch up a newbie to this series; the first third of the story takes place before events in the earlier books, so what has been built up as the main storyline is suddenly wrapped up off stage in mid chapter as we're told that the war is over. Presumably that one sentence lets us know that we've caught up with the events of other stories.Anti-climactic doesn't begin to cover it, and the replacement story lacks the build-up, background, and investment of the one that's finished.It's a decent story, told well enough, but as a book by itself it just doesn't stand. My fault for not reading the rest of the series.
    • 3/5
      Very easy to read but nothing special. The book is made up of multiple points of view that the author switched between - though some may not enjoy this I did not mind it. Although I had not read the previous two books in the series, I did not find this a problem as the author made the story easy to follow without previous knowledge ( )
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed it quite a bit though I have not read the previous ones.
    • 4/5
      War Among the Crocodiles is the third book in the Shadow Wars Trilogy. The events in this book take place before and after the events in the first two books. The story takes place in an alternate world where shapeshifting clans such as serpents, tigers and boars, and human wizards live among unsuspecting humans. The books shifts in point of view from chapter to chapter from various characters, members of different clans as well as wizards. The different story-lines begin when the characters are children and are just learning about their powers and abilities. It continues through the events of the first two books and the war with the Shadows (although only lightly touching on that war). After the war, the clans have been weakened by the fight with the Shadows and are easy prey to corrupt human wizards who eat their knowledge, powers and even their souls. The warriors who fought in the Shadow war, as well as new allies, will need to find a way to trust each other, and band together to defeat this new threat. A reader new to this world can discover how the shapeshifting clans work while the children discover who they are and how to use their powers. Although it would be better to have read the first two books, the author explains the world of the clans and wizards well enough to enjoy this book as a stand-alone. There are a lot of characters, perhaps too many to become really attached to any of them. The fragmented nature of the book also makes the story move along fairly slowly at first. The build up to the initial shadow war and it’s briefly described conclusion could be disappointing to readers who haven’t read the first two books, but anything more would have been redundant to those already invested in the series. The Soul-eaters are an interesting new variation on an evil wizard/psychic vampire. They are selfish and almost childish in their need to suck up all the knowledge they can without actually working for it, or even using it well. The author touched on themes of consuming knowledge for the sake of consumption as well when to chose to stand by and watch while evil happens and when to act. Much of the novel takes place during and after the Cultural Revolution in China which added more depth to these themes. I have read other works by this author and have enjoyed her sometimes dark and quirky characters. I think I would have enjoyed this work more if their had been perhaps a few less main characters (or if the novel had been a bit longer) so that I had enough time to really get to know and become invested in all the characters. No content inappropriate YA readers.