This book is an exciting introduction to the Shades of Magic series! What to read next:Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. One of my favourites is “I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still.” Schwab is such an amazing world builder, and her beautiful phrases make the story a work of art. I got so much more out of the story reading it all at once. I read it as a buddy read over a few weeks. I read this book a few years ago, but I loved it so much, I wanted to read it again. Together, they have to battle against a dangerous magic that is not from their worlds. Set in 18th century London during the reign of King George III, it follows a magician named Kell who can travel between four parallel worlds called Red, Grey, White, and Black London. After making a bad deal, Kell meets Lila Bard, a wanted pick pocket. A Darker Shade of Magic is a 2015 fantasy novel by V.E. Kell acts as a messenger between the different leaders of the parallel worlds, but he also collects items that he smuggles between the worlds. Kell is an Antari, a magician who can travel between the parallel Londons: Red, Grey, White, and Black. To save all of the worlds, they’ll first need to stay alive. Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn.

She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

It’s a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.Īfter an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they’ll never see. Kell was raised in Arnes-Red London-and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see. Kell is one of the last Antari-magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Title: A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1)

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