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Victoria Schwab also writes under the name V.E. Schwab, whose A Darker Shade of Magic I'd heard great things about (although I'd yet to get my hands on it), so I was excited to try this YA outing of hers. Now I'm not excited about Darker Shade anymore. This was just...muddled -- muddled world-building, flat, muddled characters. I never felt anything the entire time I was slogging through the 400 plus pages, except perhaps impatience -- certainly not wonder, or shock, or any affection for anybody
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I really liked this a lot. I think I prefer Schwab's adult work but this was really good - August and Kate are both complex characters with varied motivations and conflicts driving them, and I liked that Kate wasn't a one-note emotionless 'tough girl' trope. It reminded me of The Demon's Lexicon, which is a compliment. I'll definitely be back for the sequels.
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"Nobody gets to stay the same."
No one knows what happened in Verity to make monsters appear in the wake of violent acts. The only certainty is that two factions struggle to maintain order in a city where safety has become an illusion.
The Corsai who prey in shadows, and the Malchai with their eerie red eyes and pale skin, listen to Harker and spare those who can afford to pay for his protection. Kate Harker wants to mold herself in her father's image. After years of training herself to emulate h ...more
No one knows what happened in Verity to make monsters appear in the wake of violent acts. The only certainty is that two factions struggle to maintain order in a city where safety has become an illusion.
The Corsai who prey in shadows, and the Malchai with their eerie red eyes and pale skin, listen to Harker and spare those who can afford to pay for his protection. Kate Harker wants to mold herself in her father's image. After years of training herself to emulate h ...more
May 10, 2017
Kelly
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This book was so good! It was my first foray into the world of Victoria Schwab and I have to say that she -or at least this book - lives up to the hype. I really loved the characters she crafted and the world she built in this novel and she uses words so beautifully.
The one thing I didn't like about this book was that I felt that it was a bit slow to start and it took me a while to get into the story, but once I did I was so engrossed the entire time and THAT ENDING! I need the next book now! I ...more
The one thing I didn't like about this book was that I felt that it was a bit slow to start and it took me a while to get into the story, but once I did I was so engrossed the entire time and THAT ENDING! I need the next book now! I ...more
4.5...so damn good! Schwab is becoming one of my favorites❤️
Call this one 3.5 stars, but I rounded up.
This book is right on the edge of too dark for me, and I read it like I’d been compelled to. At least half a dozen times, I realized the turn it was about to take, knew I wouldn’t like it, and put the book down — and then picked it up a few minutes later and kept reading. It was not pleasant, but then, it’s clearly not supposed to be.
I think Schwab, in all her pseudonyms, is not exactly what I want to read. But this book is fast-paced and intense, and ...more
This book is right on the edge of too dark for me, and I read it like I’d been compelled to. At least half a dozen times, I realized the turn it was about to take, knew I wouldn’t like it, and put the book down — and then picked it up a few minutes later and kept reading. It was not pleasant, but then, it’s clearly not supposed to be.
I think Schwab, in all her pseudonyms, is not exactly what I want to read. But this book is fast-paced and intense, and ...more
4.5 stars.
Schwab might be one of my favorite authors working today. Yet again, she takes a few familiar elements and remixes then into something completely original and utterly engaging. In this version of earth, we get some monster-hunting through the sketchy parts of town (a la every UF series ever), a star-crossed pair (a la every YA ass-kicker of the last decade), and a sprinkling of Lauren Beukes' Zoo City where the echoes of awful crimes physically manifest into reality. The world crafted ...more
Schwab might be one of my favorite authors working today. Yet again, she takes a few familiar elements and remixes then into something completely original and utterly engaging. In this version of earth, we get some monster-hunting through the sketchy parts of town (a la every UF series ever), a star-crossed pair (a la every YA ass-kicker of the last decade), and a sprinkling of Lauren Beukes' Zoo City where the echoes of awful crimes physically manifest into reality. The world crafted ...more
set this one aside, couldn't get into it.
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Kate
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