A Darker Shade of Magic

By V.E. Schwab

Book Overview

"Addictive and immersive, this series is a must-read." --Entertainment Weekly

Enter #1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab's beloved Shades of Magic trilogy--a dazzling world of parallel Londons where magic thrives, starves, or lies forgotten,
and where power can destroy just as quickly as it can create.

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.

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.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. 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.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.

Other books by V. E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Shades of Magic series
A Darker Shade of Magic
A Gathering of Shadows
A Conjuring of Light

Villains Duology
Vicious
Vengeful

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250891213
• ISBN13: 9781250891211
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A story of four Londons

Schwab creates a fantastical world with elements of magic. The book is dark, but takes you through several emotions. I enjoyed the ride!

Loved It

I fully recommend this book to anyone. It's dark, it's funny, the characters are fabulous and the story line through the trilogy is fantastic.

Beautifully written, Incredible adventure & Never ending thrills and twists

Fans of fantasy, adventure, and a dash of gritty magic will be happy to read start this fantastic story. Putting it down was truly diffucult. The characters are addicting and charming, which when mixed along with the terrific plot, create something truly unique.

This is an amazing and beautiful book series!!

These book take you deeply into the books and entrap you till the very end. This in my new favorite series. It's magical and thrilling and at point painful but mostly beautiful and worth the read and many rereads.. I'm absolutely in love.