For our Thanksgiving and winter break reading, Readers United decided to read A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab. For all of December, we gathered weekly as a club to discuss what we had read together. We recently finished the novel for winter break, and here are our thoughts about it!
December 13, 2016
Status: Up to Chapter 6
Thoughts:
- Slightly slow paced beginning; harder to get into than other books
- Great world building
- Discussion and clarification of the four different types of London that constitute the setting of the story:
- Kell lives in Red London, which is the magical London
- Grey London is the one in our world, and it's magic-less
- White London is getting corrupted by magic
Question for blog readers: What do you think of protagonists Lila and Kell so far?
January 9, 2017
Status: Finished book
Thoughts:
- Positive reaction
- Loved the world building
- Second half of the book is better, faster paced
- Discussion (spoiler alert!):
- Is Holland alive?
- Holland appears to die in the book, but Kell sends him and the stone to black London without it being confirmed
- There is a second book in the series so it’s likely to resolve this
- Are the brother and sister Danes definitely dead?
- What will the romance be? Kell and Lila? Lila and Rhy? Rhy and Holland?
- It's nice that the romance isn't really a focus in this story; it's a great example of how a novel doesn't always need romance to be riveting.
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