Lila and Kell are well developed and that’s part of what makes them so likable. I wish it had wrapped up a little cleaner before cutting to book three. The cliffhanger ending was the only part I didn’t enjoy. I found it a little unsettling that Lila could get in so easily, but I was able to suspend my disbelief and still have fun with it. It seems like a logical step to take in international relations with the magic that exists in that world. Once I did, the book picked up right away and took us on a completely different adventure and I was all in. Lila and Kell’s parting was one of the few details I’d forgotten so I struggled with that a bit before I could settle into this book. The start of the book was a good mix between a review of the first and picking up right where it left off. But the balance of magic is ever perilous, and for one city to flourish, another London must fall. After all, a shadow that was gone in the night will reappear in the morning. 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.Īnd while Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the Games, another London is coming back to life. Now, restless after having given up his smuggling habit, Kell is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila, who disappeared from the docks as she always meant to do. Four months since Prince Rhy was wounded, and since the nefarious Dane twins of White London fell, and four months since the stone was cast with Holland’s dying body through the rift–back into Black London. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. It has been four months since a mysterious obsidian stone fell into Kell’s possession. Other books by Schwab reviewed on this blog:Ī Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) by V.E.
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