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Shades of Magic

November 29, 2017 by G.D. 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

G.D. Giant's CBR9 Review No:35 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #shadesofmagic, A Conjuring of Light, a darker shade of magic, a gathering of shadows, London, magicians, parallel worlds, shades of magic, VE Schwab ·
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A tale of three cities

June 23, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

In the world of V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic trilogy, in which this is the first book, there are parallel worlds. There used to be gateways between them, but now only the magical Antari (identified by having one normal and one fully black eyeball) are able to travel through to the various worlds, using their blood and magical ability. Young Kell, fostered with the royal family in Red London is one of these Antari. In each of the four worlds, there is a London, the geographical […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: a darker shade of magic, adventure, cbr9, fantasy, magic, Malin, parallel worlds, shades of magic, v.e. schwab

Malin's CBR9 Review No:53 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: a darker shade of magic, adventure, cbr9, fantasy, magic, Malin, parallel worlds, shades of magic, v.e. schwab ·
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