Making out on balconies after running out of the ball
"Everyone's immortal until they're not."
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My Review:
**HAS SPOILERS**
A Gathering of Shadows brings us back to the magical Londons to once again join Kell, Lila, and Rhy on their adventures.
I got my hands on this book as fast as I could after reading A Darker Shade of Magic. Honestly though, it was nowhere near as good as A Darker Shade of Magic, or A Conjuring of Light. In A Gathering of Shadows, there is a magical tournament that only the best of magicians compete in. Enter Lila, who of course manages to weasel her way in, disguised as a competitor who she sent on a ship headed far away. Lila, who has made her way once again back to London on the ship she intended to steal, but ended up being part of the crew. However, Lila isn’t the only one of our familiar faces we’ll see in this tournament. Kell too is disguised and competing.
I found the new adventure of the tournament an interesting tale, where I learnt more about the world that Victoria Schwab has created.
However, being completely honest, I found Lila a bit annoying in this book, due to her arrogance, and the the fact that “she’s not like most girls” was brought up so. many. times. It’s even directly said, by Lila herself “I’m not most girls”. Kell, as always, is my precious favourite. I didn’t warm to Alucard in this book, but he’s an interesting character.
Despite this being my least favourite of this trilogy, the third book is so worth reading this one.
I have toxic as hell family coming into town today and getting ready has been really draining.
On the bright side, I’ll probably do a lot of writing to ignore them. Escapism at its finest, lol. Hopefully everything will be updated sometime this week! Thank you for the love and patience 💚
SHADES OF MAGIC CHARACTERS: LILA BARD
»How do you know when the Sarows is coming?
(Is coming is coming is coming aboard?)
When the wind dies away but still sings in your ears,
(In your ears in your head in your blood in your bones.)
When the current goes still but the ship, it drifts along,
(Drifts on drifts away drifts alone.)
