There is no worse literary disease than the cursedmiddle-book syndrome,and unfortunatelyA Gathering of Shadows,sequel toA Darker Shade of Magic,is a terminal patient. The second book in theShades of Magictrilogy is five-hundred-pages of slow exposition that funnels the reader into the third book – an entertaining distraction, but nothing particularly memorable. In December, I read and [...]
Published on June 11, 2016 03:42