A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1)
V.E. Schwab
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Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 228 ratings · 3783 pages · Published: 23 Feb 2022
Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.
Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.
After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.
Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.
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The 'Shades of Magic' series
4.16 · 525 ratings
new adult · tortured hero · pirates · royalty · paranormal · third-person-pov · magic · found-family · historical · fantasy · urban fantasy · high fantasy · young adult · length-epic · m-m · glimpses-kisses · dark · poor heroine · death · england
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