![]() ![]() ![]() Through Kell we are introduced to four different versions of London (and the wider world though we stay fixated on London itself) Grey London, ruled by King George and similar to our world White London, ruled by a pair of siblings who have murdered their way to the top and whose primary goal is to increase their power through magic and the forbidden Black London, sealed off years ago due to the corrupting nature of its magic. He is both the royal family’s ambassador to other versions of London and their adopted son. Kell serves Maresh dynasty of Red London, a version of London where life and magic are worshipped. A Darker Shade of Magic, is the most traditional of Schwab’s novels that I’ve read but with enough of her own subtle touches that it easily keeps pace with her previous work while also managing to be one of the most entertaining fantasy novels I’ve read in recent years.Ī Darker Shade of Magic centers on a young man named Kell, the last of a dying breed of magicians called Antari who have the ability to travel between worlds. Both novels set a high bar for what I, as a reader, except from Schwab. I later listened to the excellent Vicious on audiobook and its genre-bending take on a superpowers that examine some familiar comic book tropes in new and intriguing ways. Schwab was through her middle grade/young adult novel, The Archived (which she published as Victoria Schwab) a novel that is a bit darker and subtler than one would expect given its target audience. ![]()
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