{"id":14191,"date":"2020-04-08T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=14191"},"modified":"2020-03-31T22:27:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T02:27:20","slug":"review-shades-geoff-cooper-brian-keene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-shades-geoff-cooper-brian-keene\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Shades by Geoff Cooper and Brian Keene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14193\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-shades-geoff-cooper-brian-keene\/shad3es\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shad3es.jpg?fit=826%2C1360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"826,1360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shad3es\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shad3es.jpg?fit=622%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shad3es-213x350.jpg?resize=213%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shad3es.jpg?resize=213%2C350&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shad3es.jpg?resize=622%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 622w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shad3es.jpg?resize=768%2C1265&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shad3es.jpg?w=826&amp;ssl=1 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 85vw, 213px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shades-Geoff-Cooper\/dp\/1913138240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Shades <\/em>by Geoff Cooper and Brian Keene<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Poltergeist Press (January 2020)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>194 pages; $10.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0Kevin Lucia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the time I stumbled into the horror scene, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shades<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a long-out of print Cemetery Dance title, and I was sad I&#8217;d missed the boat. I love coming-of-age stories, and this one looked awesome. Imagine my delight when I learned Poltergeist Press was re-releasing it in paperback and ebook. It went right on the birthday list, and lucky me, it showed up in the mail on that blessed day.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story didn&#8217;t disappoint. Danny is a classic coming-of-age protagonist, frustrated at living in a small nowhere town, and willing to do anything to get out. After his father died, his mother descended into an alcoholic daze, and even though he dreams of a better life somewhere else, he doesn&#8217;t really believe he&#8217;ll ever enjoy one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes coming-of-age protagonists come off as either too innocent or idealistic, or too hard-edged and unlikable. Danny is, in many ways, very believable. His friends aren&#8217;t the best kids; in fact, a few of them are bullies. Danny is no saint; he&#8217;s probably acted as a bully himself, at times. However, this just heightens his growth as he&#8217;s forced to confront a growing supernatural evil&#8212;a force which threatens to raise the dead in an insidious plot to overrun and consume the small town of Brackard&#8217;s Point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also&#8212;without giving away too much&#8212;the ending proves to be stark and realistic. Another fault of some coming-of-age stories is that however dark or disturbing a tale it may be, everything is wrapped up neatly in the end. Not so with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shades<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The ending isn&#8217;t nihilistic, soul-crushing, or devoid of meaning. Rather, it&#8217;s a realistic, unflinching realization of the consequences of a boy getting entangled with magic. Highly recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shades by Geoff Cooper and Brian Keene Poltergeist Press (January 2020) 194 pages; $10.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Kevin Lucia By the time I stumbled into the horror scene, Shades was a long-out of print Cemetery Dance title, and I was sad I&#8217;d missed the boat. I love coming-of-age stories, and this one looked awesome. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-shades-geoff-cooper-brian-keene\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: Shades by Geoff Cooper and Brian Keene&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[365,2001,783,1759,79,2000],"class_list":["post-14191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-brian-keene","tag-geoff-cooper","tag-kevin-lucia","tag-poltergeist-press","tag-reviews","tag-shades"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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