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reviewed A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab (Shades of Magic, #1)

V. E. Schwab: A Darker Shade of Magic (Hardcover, 2015, Tor) 4 stars

STEP INTO A UNIVERSE OF DARING ADVENTURE, THRILLING POWER, AND MULTIPLE LONDONS.

Kell is one …

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2 stars

I’m very glad to have finished this book because I was very bored. There wasn’t strong characterization, so I didn’t care about the protagonists. The villains were cartoonishly evil. The magic “system” was full of arbitrary rules that were just there to create obstacles for the protagonists. I thought Holland actually had the most potential to be a complex character, but that doesn’t get explored (at least not in this book).