
Description
'A Book in Pictures' is an original feature, in which I ask authors or readers to choose pictures that relate to their own book or their favorite book in some way, be it photographs of the setting, actors who would play the characters in a movie, or pictures of anything that inspired them whilst writing/reading. I then ask them to explain why they chose those pictures.
The Book: The Shadow Society
The Author: Marie Rutkoski
Plot Synopsis
Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn’t have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn’t happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population.
Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But Conn’s interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.
As if she were his enemy.
When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades’ latest terrorist plot. What she finds out will change her world forever . . .

Now let me welcome Marie, author of 'The Shadow Society', who kindly agreed to put together a post for me!
In
one sentence, The Shadow Society is about a girl who discovers
she's not human and belongs to an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire
never happened.
(in case you don’t know, that’s Colin Firth
and Jennifer Ehle in the BBC Pride and
Prejudice. But why would you NOT know this incredible film???)
I named Darcy in part because I’ve loved
the name ever since I became best friends with a Darcy in fifth grade. But yes,
the name is also a reference to Mr. Darcy. In the novel it is revealed that
Darcy is named after a black cat, and although it is NOT revealed in the novel,
I know that that cat was named after Mr. Darcy.
As for the romantic interest in The Shadow Society, Conn, there’s no
actor in particular I can think of who resembles him, but a friend swears that
Conn looks like a teenage David Beckham. I am not opposed to that. I searched
the internet high and low for a young image of our favorite soccer player.
Alas, all I could find was one with Becks’s shirt off. What a shame.
Hide your eyes.
Useful Links:
· The Shadow Society is included in the Fall 2012 Fierce Reads Chapter Sampler. It can be downloaded for free!
· Follow Marie Rutkoski on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marierutkoski
· Marie Rutkoski’s Website: http://www.marierutkoski.com/
Thank you Marie- I definitely get an Audrey Tatou vibe from Darcy, and it was interesting to hear why you chose her name. I ADORE the cover for 'Jacks and Queens' and will most definitely be reading it!