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A review by tvislife
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
5.0
Quick and engaging read, super easy to speed through this. It follows Kell, a magician that can travel through worlds to the different “Londons” and Lila, a thief who comes along for the ride.
I loved the concept of parallel worlds in this book. It had Kell traveling to different “Londons”, but all the Londons were basically their own things, and examples of how a big city might look depending on magic levels. I had thought that the worlds would be basically identical, but none of the worlds were the same (one was basically like ours in the past, one is full of lively magic, one is overflowing with dark magic, and one is completely destroyed by magic).
We didn’t get to spend much time in any specific London, it traveled a bit so we didn’t get anything more than impressions of each place, but even those impressions were exciting to me. I see the potential for this series to get really epic and exciting, and I can’t wait for the next book.
I loved the concept of parallel worlds in this book. It had Kell traveling to different “Londons”, but all the Londons were basically their own things, and examples of how a big city might look depending on magic levels. I had thought that the worlds would be basically identical, but none of the worlds were the same (one was basically like ours in the past, one is full of lively magic, one is overflowing with dark magic, and one is completely destroyed by magic).
We didn’t get to spend much time in any specific London, it traveled a bit so we didn’t get anything more than impressions of each place, but even those impressions were exciting to me. I see the potential for this series to get really epic and exciting, and I can’t wait for the next book.