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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)

V.E. Schwab,

Victoria Schwab

Start date: January 2, 2016

Finish date: January 31, 2016

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May 13, 2015 Kevin Xu rated it it was ok

This is one of the most popular books I have seen in a while, especially on Youtube with the Booktuber YA crowd other than Brandon Sanderson (as his last few books have also been bad). This might be because the author wrote a series of YA novels, before she started on writing adult books to add to the hype.

I should have known and expected this book to be bad, if the YA Booktuber crowed loved it and this book had hype, but I decided to read it anyway to see if the hype lived up, expecting anythin ...more

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Aug 08, 2022 Kristin rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, fantasy, audiobook, buddy-read, read-in-2022

This one started off slow, but picked up about halfway through and now I'm excited to continue the series! ...more

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Mar 05, 2018 Roseann rated it really liked it

In a world where there are alternate versions of London, Kell is a traveler who can jump between each version. When visiting Grey London he meets Delilah, a thief, who for some reason, is able to also jump between the worlds.

I usually am not a fan of fantasy, but I found this story entertaining and exciting. I hope there is a sequel coming as I would like to know the further exploits of the two main characters.

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Jun 14, 2016 Paula S rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I really loved everything about this book - the interactions between the main characters, how the magic works, the overlapping Londons, ... It's one of those books where I'm afraid to read the sequel because how could that possible be just as good? ...more

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