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A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)

V.E. Schwab,

Victoria Schwab

Start date: December 1, 2016

Finish date: December 31, 2016

Discussion: Series

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Oct 01, 2015 Desa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy, series, english, adult, epic, read-in-2016

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Jul 21, 2015 Windie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

Rating: 4.5 stars

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In A Gathering of Shadows, Red London is preparing to host a magic competition called Essen Tasch, with magicians from its neighboring countries, Faro and Vesk, also taking part. The result is what one would expect: even more magic, (slightly) more politics, and tons of fun(?) interactions.

Characters
Kell and Lila still take the center stage in A Gathering of Shadows, but a myriad of new characters were introduced, most notably is a pirate captain ...more

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Jan 08, 2016 alana rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook

I think I'd love this if I could read it properly. Unfortunately I had to listen to it over several months as my checkout of the audiobook kept expiring and going back on hold. "Reading" while moving -- ouf! Still love Lilah but get a bit bored with Kel (sp?). ...more

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