6/25/2023 0 Comments A darker shade of magic series![]() ![]() Schwab's backdrop involves four parallel worlds with four parallel Londons, each with a different history, ruler, and society. The book could have been compulsively readable even without a major conflict - like Katherine Addison's recent standout fantasy novel The Goblin Emperor, A Darker Shade Of Magic is set in a world idiosyncratic enough that it doesn't need to be threatened to be compelling. She builds a setting elaborate and unfamiliar enough that it matters once the familiar tropes start threatening it. Once the main arc finally slips fully out of the shadows, it turns out to be fairly standard for a fantasy novel: Evil scheming magicians, cursed and forbidden item, dark magic ready to consume everything it touches.īut Schwab takes her time in getting there. Schwab's second adult novel, A Darker Shade Of Magic, is how long it takes to develop a plot. One of the most compelling things about V.E. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title A Darker Shade of Magic Author V. ![]()
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