A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) in Overdue Podcast

Jan 29, 2015 Casey rated it it was amazing

What an amazing and riveting read!

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Jan 31, 2017 Sarah rated it liked it

Shelves: favorites, urban-fantasy, wizards, 80-in-2017

The magic system is amazing and I love the idea of several London's sitting on top of each other like pages in a book. However, I felt as the book went on that the ideas and the world of the book was amazing but the execution of them went downhill.

I am definitely looking forward to reading the rest of the series! ...more

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Feb 25, 2016 Sam rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, reread, rc2017

The writing isn't the most complex or overly descriptive but the story is interesting enough to get you through. I would recommend this for middle school to early high school. Not overly complex and the ending comes so quick that you barely know what happened.

Greta Johnson from the Nerdette Podcast loved this series so much that I had to try it again. Listened to the audio book and loved it this time around. Got into the story much quicker and found the writing to be much different than I rememb ...more

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Feb 24, 2015 Joel Bass rated it liked it

A fun bit of classic fantasy. Not exactly my cup of tea, but I can think of a lot of people I'd recommend it to. As the first in a trilogy, the ending is a bit weak, but hopefully the next book will make up for that.

AUDIOBOOK RATING: 1.5 stars. The reader's voice was pleasant, and he used a slight variation on it for the main male character. But for the main female character, he uses a screechy man-in-drag Cockney that really destroys what would have been a wonderful character. Stick to the pri ...more

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