fantasy, young adult
Kell is a rare sort of magician—able to transfer between the
different parallel Londons. His usual life is disrupted when he is tricked into
bringing a mysterious and powerful object from Red London into the nonmagical Gray
London and he crosses paths with Lila, a thief.
While not as good as V. E. Schwab’s newest novel, A Darker Shade of Magic was definitely a fun read and I’m glad to have read another of
her novels. Kell and Lila were both terrific characters. Throughout the story, they would
find themselves in terrible trouble, save themselves, and then find even worse
trouble. This was the pattern in the novel but the overarching story was
compelling. The fantasy world in this novel was creative and full of magic. I
will definitely read the sequel to learn what happens to Kell and Lila next.
The narrator was Steven Crossley and he was terrific. I
loved his vocal repertoire, his voice acting, and his overall tone. I thought
he was perfect for this novel. I give him an A+!
fantasy, young adult
Picking up a short while after A Darker Shade of Magic
ended, we reconnect with Lila and Kell and the multiple Londons.
What a fun novel! SO MUCH HAPPENED! In fact, I kept thinking
I was closer to the end of the novel than I really was. This was not because I
was bored and wanted it to end. Rather, it’s because the plot advanced so much
that I assumed we were nearing the resolutions and endings. But NO! I loved
spending awesome quality time with these fun characters (even if Lila did go a
bit overboard in her aspirations) and joining them for many adventures! I cherished
every minute I spent with them and am really looking forward to reading the
final novel in the series.
If you liked the first novel you are going to like this one.
It’s another fun ride in a fantastical, wonderful world with lovable, endearing
characters. This was one of the best second-in-a-trilogy novels I’ve read!
I only gave the audiobook 3-1/2 minutes before deciding I
could not listen to this audiobook. The narrators were Kate Reading and Michael Kramer. I’ve listened to them for many, many hours as narrators for Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive Series. They are great narrators but I worried
I’d have a hard time separating A Gathering of Shadows from the Stormlight
realm with them as narrators. And then I
realized that, aside from my worries about my familiarity with them in the
other series, this is supposed to take place in LONDON. People speak with British accents in London.
But Reading and Kramer were not using British accents while narrating! I was
thoroughly pissed off about that. So I decided to drop the audiobook and waited
until I was able to read it on Kindle.
fantasy, young adult
As with the earlier novels in the trilogy, A Conjuring of
Light is full of adventure and danger as it continues the story arc. This novel,
in particular, cycles at a quick rotation through viewpoints of all the various
characters with whom the reader is now familiar.
Because I adore these characters, I was propelled to find
out what happened next for each of them and how their stories would end. Schwab’s characters have good aspects and bad
aspects and they are human underneath their magical powers. There isn’t much
new I can say about this last novel of the trilogy. All in all, it was very
well crafted with all three novels maintaining my interest. I look forward to
reading more novels by this author. She’s a great storyteller.
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