You may be asking yourself why I bothered to read The Shadow King, when I thought Malekith was so crappy. Well, I wouldn't have if I hadn't bought both books at the same time. I am notoriously cheap, and couldn't stomach the thought of getting rid of a book without giving it a try.
As it turns out, my frugality turned out to be to my benefit. The Shadow King is a far superior book to Malekith. This book follows the prince Alith Anar from his days as a happy youth through his fight against the Dark Elves as the bitter and vengeful Shadow King. The story moves along much more quickly and the characters (actually, mostly Alith) are developed into much more interesting and compelling "people". There is an appropriate amount of action, that doesn't seem like it was just plopped in because there hadn't been a fight in a while.
I found this book very compelling and spent the majority of a weekend reading it almost non-stop. I would recommend this book to anyone that has managed to power through Malekith. Although, I don't think it is absolutely necessary to read the first book, because most of the salient facts are repeated through Alith Anar's point of view. Save yourself a few bucks and skip the first book and go straight to The Shadow King.
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