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Fast paced fantasy with a great premise

December 25, 2018 by Aquillia 1 Comment

I’ve been waiting to write this review for a while, partly because I wanted to review the Shades of Magic Trilogy together and I’ve only just read the third one. (And partly because I’m better at reading than writing reviews…) This series was my introduction to V. E. Schwab, although I’d encountered mentions of the trilogy for a while now in the fantasy world. Part of the reason I finally read them was my reading challenge for the first half of the year: to read […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: A Conjuring of Light, a darker shade of magic, a gathering of shadows, shades of magic, v.e. schwab

Pirates, Magic, & Knife Wielding Bisexuals

January 24, 2018 by yesknopemaybe 1 Comment

4.5 stars. In general, I’m not someone who rereads books. There are just SO many good books out there waiting to be read that I have a hard time going back. Even if it was a book I liked, there’s always the fear that I might not like it as much the second time. I want to keep my memory of that book pristine. The problem is, instead of remembering plots and characters, I tend to remember how I felt about a book and that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: a gathering of shadows, fantasy, Fiction, shades of magic, v.e. schwab, victoria schwab

Shades of Magic

November 29, 2017 by Gracey the Giant Leave a Comment

As with my last review, this was a re-read for me as well. Well, most of it was a re-read. I had actually read the first two books of this series, A Darker Shade of Magic and A Gathering of Shadows, previously and decided to re-read them before reading the final book, A Conjuring of Light. I really enjoyed these books and what I enjoyed most are the two main characters. The first character we meet is Kell. An Antari (blood magician), Kell is from […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #shadesofmagic, A Conjuring of Light, a darker shade of magic, a gathering of shadows, London, magicians, parallel worlds, shades of magic, VE Schwab

This series continues to be fun but not perfect.

November 29, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

Cliffhanger nooooooooo. Except I really can’t complain, because 1) I have the next book sitting on my nightstand and I can pick it up whenever I want (which will be after I finish the next two books on my TBR); and 2) It was a really well done cliffhanger! Just the right amount of “I need to find out what will happen next” and “I’m pretty sure I know what’s coming next and it’s going to be great.” I’ve seen several people note in their […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: a gathering of shadows, fantasy, narfna, shades of magic, v.e. schwab

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