Loved itParticularly my favorite book in this series is A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab. This is a trilogy.
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A Gathering of Shadows (2016)
Others: Mostly positive Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. 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. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt. 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. 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. But 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. After all, a shadow that was gone in the night reappears in the morning, and so it seems Black London has risen again-and so to keep magic's balance, another London must fall...in V.E. Schwab's A Gathering of Shadows.
- ISBN:
- 9781250891235
- Length:
- 521 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
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Loved it
Not a fanI do really hate the second book in the ones with the different londons other of Shadows or whatever that is anyway I really don't like that book and I do not like lla one of her main characters
Loved itthe second book has a magical tournament which you know that just gets me pretty quickly honestly I'm sometimes I'm very simple it's been 6 years since I've read this and I still remember how much tension I felt with the author like building up this tension between two characters not meeting for like the entire book until like the very end and it was so well done
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Loved itgathering of shadows which is definitely my favorite in the series I feel like the world is just burst wide open
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Loved itbook two had some lighter more fun moments which I really appreciated and we got to see the characters trying new things and discovering more about who they are as well
Loved itI read this entire trilogy for the first time in 2017 and it has become I think I can safely say my favorite trilogy of all time it is so good I am so in love with it and it means everything to me
Loved itI actually read four books by Victoria Schwab this year and any one of these could have been the one I chose for this list because I adored all of these books. Like Victoria Schwab is one of my favorite authors and that has just been like cemented now after I read all of these books because they were all amazing and fantastic.
Mixedthe second one I said I don't love as much but it was good so amazing such a great fantasy series
Loved itI absolutely adore it reminds me of a lot of things like kind of Goblet of Fire but it was so unique