Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her firends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then a weird zombie guy crashes the first party of the season. Sierra's near comatose abuelo begins to say "Lo siento" over and over. And when the graffiti murals in Bed-Stuy start to weep...Well, something stranger than the usual New York mayhem is going on.
Sierra soon discovers a supernatural order called the Shadowshapers, who connect with spirits via paintings, music, and stories. Her grandfather once shared the order's secrets with an anthropologist, Dr. Jonathan Wick, who turned the Caribbean magic to his own foul ends. Now Wick wants to become the ultimate Shadowshaper by killing all the others, one by one. With the help of her friends and the hot graffiti artist Robbie, Sierra must dodge Wick's supernatural creations, harness her own Shadowshaping abilities, and save her family's past, present and future.
3/5 stars (liked it)
I really liked the idea and story behind this. Although I felt that Sierra was a whinny teenager. I would have liked to get more back story to Robbie. I felt their ethnic background were brought up like they were an issue but they really weren't. Robbie is Haitian and Sierra is Puerto Rican. Overall a good story and good ending.
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