A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

May 03, 2015 Mary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: format-audio

What a world! (or should I say worlds?) This was a lot of fun - magic, London(s), British accents, rogues with good hearts, kick-ass ladies... Look forward to the next installment.

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May 13, 2018 Sarah left GR rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, fiction

Despite being the first in a trilogy, this works very well as a standalone. Recommended for those who like their urban fantasy more bloody than faerie.

Might have been a five-star rating if the primary villains had been more interesting. (I prefer baddies with depth... these two were more "I am evil! Watch me do my evil!" and "I am evil and female! Watch me do my evil but also please notice this form-fitting yet practical and magically stain-resistant evil outfit.") ...more

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Feb 27, 2019 Dana Berglund rated it liked it

Shelves: books-for-grown-ups

Doors between alternative versions of our world (or at least London), red magic and dark magic, a wanna-be pirate/thief, royalty and pageantry. There's a beautiful amount of world building, and interesting characters, and lots of action, but I still didn't LOVE it. I appreciate the genius imagination and the details, and I did love Lilah, our pirate/thief from the mundane London, but something was missing to make me love Kell, our magical main character. He seemed too old for his 21 years; I kno ...more

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