A Darker Shade of Magic by V E Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)

by V.E. Schwab

Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There's Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There's Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London...

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10/5/19

Finally getting around to writing a review after my third read of this! And it's still not going to be a great review.

I absolutely love this trilogy! I love the characters and the setting and the trials that the characters go through. I love Lila, Kell and Rhy individually and together with their banters. And of course, I love Holland and his real struggling vibes.

And honestly, I dig the big (and bigger) bads here. The twins are a creep factor of like 1000, and I just love when my big bads are that disturbing.

VE Schwab does a great job at building not just a world, but a universe here. One that I can see her expanding (obviously, lol) in the future.

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