It’s been a while since I first picked up A Darker Shade of Magic, the first book of the Shades of Magic trilogy, so I was a little lost in the beginning as I worked to remember who the main characters where and what each had done in the first book.
I made it through Mistborn because I was trying to figure out the magic system. This book…this book just dragged. It took me several months to finish because there was nothing keeping me going.
This was a thrilling conclusion to the Enslaved Chronicles. Miara is figuring out how to be Queen, and Aven is dealing with being King and the possible death of his father. Both are also still fighting a war. The Dark Master is still basically on their doorstep, just waiting for the right time to strike.
Oh my gosh, what a ride. First everything is going smooth, Lila is getting settled in to the house she is house sitting, and then she witnesses a woman thrown from a window to her death. Turns out, it was the wrong murder to witness…not that there is a right murder to witness, but if you have to witness a murder, this is not the murder you want to be drawn into.
Nora Roberts never disappoints. Things kick off right away with our main character walking up to someone she doesn’t know, or rather, hasn’t met outside of her dreams. This made me a little uncomfortable as I would never be able to do that myself. I have issues with social situations.
I went into this story blind, only knowing it was big amongst the BookTubers. Never realized, or maybe I forgot, the title is actually the name of the main character we follow.
The main character, as you know now, is Strange the Dreamer. He dreams of a town called Weep. It’s an ancient town that disappeared from everyone’s memory.
There was a lot going on here. In the first book, Miara and Prince Aven were heading back to Aven’s home. In this book they make it. But Miara is a commoner, and worse, she is a mage. Mages are not trusted, and Aven’s father, the King, has issue with her. He would prefer if his son fell in love with someone else.
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