I finally--FINALLY--finished
Shadow Magic. It was awesome, of course. I didn't love it
quite as much as
Havemercy, but I still really, really loved it. Caius, you crazy little thing you. And Alcibiades, you adorable grump. And Josette! ♥ I absolutely adored her (as well as the addition of a main female character, although a few more would've been nice). I actually preferred the Mamoru/Kouje storyline, though. Their subtext was so thick it was downright ridiculous.
This book had a few of the same problems as
Havemercy, like the lack of an actual plot throughout most of the thing and the long narrations between dialogue (and, as previously mentioned, the lack of female charactes), but nothing too big. Well, I actually did have one major complaint: NEEDS MOAR AIRMEN. I'm hoping that'll be fixed in the third book, though. ;D (Seriously, if Balfour isn't in it, I think I might cry.)
Anyway, I'd be really depressed about finishing if I hadn't just gotten
Good Omens, so instead I'm pretty excited about starting that. ^.^