Even though there’re so many different characters, they’re each portrayed with great depth and individuality. Their levels of recklessness are mind boggling but it’s that which makes the plot unpredictable and all the more entertaining. Lila, Kell, Rhy and Alucard each have massive flaws, and yet, I couldn’t help but root for them. A Gathering of Shadows increased my love for her, Kell, and Rhy manifolds, and also sucked me right into the spheres of Alucard and Tieren. What makes it so great is that Lila doesn’t try hard - it’s who she is. The wit that underpins her snarky characters is first class, and Lila is a prime example. Schwab has a way of putting words to a page that is incomparable to other authors. After all, a shadow that was gone in the night reappears in the morning, and so it seems Black London has risen again-meaning that another London must fall.Ī Gathering of Shadows is much more intense than A Darker Shade of Magic. As Red London finalizes preparations for the Element Games-an extravagant international competition of magic, meant to entertain and keep healthy the ties between neighboring countries-a certain pirate ship draws closer, carrying old friends back into port.īut while Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the Games, another London is coming back to life, and those who were thought to be forever gone have returned. Restless, and having given up smuggling, Kell is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila, who disappeared from the docks like she always meant to do. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland’s dying body through the rift, and into Black London. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. classified as Fantasy, General Fiction įour months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell’s possession.Note: This is review is free of spoilers for the Shades of Magic trilogy.Ī Gathering of Shadows ( Shades of Magic #2) by V.E.
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