It's an extra special episode this week as we read V.E. Schwab's, Vicious and A Darker Shade of Magic in collaboration with Arthur from 2 Cents Critic . If you head to 2CC, we've also read Gallant, (or find this episode here).
Do you think these books will be added to our libraries, or will they make a splash in the ocean?
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Our Book Blurbs This Week:
Vicious
Ten years later Victor has escaped from prison and is determined to get his revenge on the man who put him there, aided by a young girl with the ability to raise the dead. Eli has spent the years hunting down and killing every EO he can find, convinced that they are a crime against God, all except his sidekick, a woman whose power is persuasion and whom he cannot defy. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?
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A Darker Shade of Magic
Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There’s Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There’s Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London....
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