The more we love, the more we have to lose. “Love and loss,” he said, “are like a ship and the sea. I have so much to say, with no idea how to express any of it. Reading these three books has been one of the most emotional, anxiety-inducing, and genuinely magical experiences of my entire life. I’ve been putting off writing this review for a month, which is about the same length of time I put off finishing the book itself, because I simply have not been prepared to say goodbye to this trilogy.

Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery of the Night Spire collects his crew, attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible.Īnd an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown while a fallen hero tries to save a world in decay. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry. Lila Bard, once a commonplace – but never common – thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials. And in the wake of tragedy, can Arnes survive? Kell – once assumed to be the last surviving Antari – begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. Until another day.SYNOPSIS: The precarious equilibrium among four Londons has reached its breaking point. So instead of saying goodbye to these characters and this world I will simply say Anoshe. I know, I hope anyways, that one day Delilah Bard will sail back into my life and drag me on another adventure. This chapter, this particular door may be closing now but with two simple words I can open a door back to this world whenever I want. The Shades of Magic series is one I will go back to time and time again. Thank you for Kell, Rhy, Alucard, Delilah fucking Bard and Holland (my precious little bean).

Thank you for the time it took to write the Shades of Magic series, for the adventure and the magic. An idea that originated in your mind that started with a boy who had a very peculiar coat and a girl who wanted nothing more than to see it all is in the world for anyone to read.Īs somebody who has read and loved these three books I want to thank you. Where I have finished an adventure full of magic and unforgettable characters you have released an entire trilogy. It is no small thing that you have accomplished. No, this post is for Victoria (if she ever sees it anyways). This post isn’t a review of the series, because there is no way I could possibly review this series without spoiling the entire thing from the first sentence in A Darker Shade of Magic to the last sentence in A Conjuring of Light. Little did I know just how much I would come to love the series and everything about it and in such a short period of time. From the beginning of A Darker Shade of Magic, from those first six words, I knew this would end up being one of my all time favourite series.

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