A review by nila
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

 I'm so happy I liked this! Exactly my kind of fantasy, exciting plot, LOVEABLE CHARACTERS, fascinating world-building and considering it's the first in the series, there's probably more to learn.

My only problem was the writing, especially for the first half of the book, then it got so much better. I don't know how to pinpoint what was bothering me, but the language just seemed so repetitive:
"Its was x, but not that kind of x or another kind of x. No, this x was *insert world in italics*" 

I was also disappointed the last "battle" of this book was won so quickly, but I'm excited for what comes next. I have my theories and I hope I'm wrong, cause that'd be really predictable