✔ a deceptive Captain who may or may not be a pirate (how’s this for awesome?). “You’re right,” continued Rhy, “I should have just drawn a frowning face. “And you couldn’t have picked something a little more…I don’t know…imposing?” (MY FROWNING BOY!) (in redheads I trust) (←how could I NOT love him now tell me?) “You could at least pretend to be grateful.” Eaten by guilt, confused by his sudden thrives for darkness (am I bad to love that part?), in need to adapt to his bond with his brother, so freaking alone and caged, Kell stays one of my favorite characters because he’s flawed and brave and endearing and oh, yes, often wrong. ✔ a loyal magician whose doubts and outbursts make you want to both smack and hug him (but mostly, hugs).
She’d always thought it was better than letting trouble find her, but floating in the ocean in a two-person skiff with no oars, no view of land, and no real resources save the ropes binding her wrists, she was beginning to reconsider.” “ Delilah Bard had a way of finding trouble. ✔ a kickass thief who’s giving strong female-lead a new name (that’s Lila, by the way) : Remember my complaints about Feyre in A Court of Thorns and Roses? I expressed how tired I was of the beloved (GAG) pattern implying that the only reason women fought was for their families, as if women couldn’t, for the life of them, be badass for the thrill of it. You’re enchanted, mesmerized like a child reading HP for the first time (YES, I’M GOING THERE), your eyes widening at the sight of this wondrous, original world served by its fascinating and real characters for whom you can’t help but care deeply, including : There’s honestly not that much action in the first halves of BOTH of them and yet you’re never bored.
How comes this series holds such a strong grip on me and still I am hesitating when recommending it? I understood, then. Truth is, when I started A Gathering of Shadows, one of my best friend asked me if I thought she would like, and strangely, I wasn’t able to answer straight away. The synopsis for this book giving spoilers for book 1, I won't write it down here^^ A Gathering of Shadows ( Shades of Magic #2)
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