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Vicious (The Villains, #1) — V. E. Schwab

TITLE: Vicious AUTHOR: V. E. Schwab SERIES: The Villains, #1 RELEASED: September 24th, 2013; Tor GENRE: Fantasy/Sci-Fi AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly...

A Conjuring of Light — V. E. Schwab

TITLE: A Conjuring of Light AUTHOR: V. E. Schwab SERIES: Shades of Magic, #3 RELEASED: February 21st, 2017; Tor Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: The precarious equilibrium among four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. Kell – once assumed to be the last surviving Antari – begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. And in the wake of tragedy,...

A Gathering of Shadows — V. E. Schwab

TITLE: A Gathering of Shadows AUTHOR: V. E. Schwab SERIES: Shades of Magic, #2 RELEASED: February 23rd, 2016; Tor Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: It has been four months since a mysterious obsidian stone fell into Kell’s possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Prince Rhy was wounded, and since the nefarious Dane twins of White London fell, and four months since the stone was cast with Holland’s dying body through the rift–back into Black London. Now,...

T10T: Books I Promise to FINALLY Read in 2018!

This is a weekly tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week’s challenge is Top Ten Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2018. Since I’ve already done a 2018 most anticipated list, I decided to talk about ten books that I promise to finally read in 2018! All of these are books I was planning to read in 2017, but didn’t get around to… 1. City of Bones – Cassandra Clare I feel like this series has been on...

T10T: Characters Who Could Teach Me Something!

This is a weekly tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week’s challenge is Ten Characters Who Would Make Great Leaders! I like to change the challenge up a little sometimes, so I decided to name ten fictional characters who I would like to learn a thing or two from (and what those things are!). Click the book covers for links to the book’s Goodreads listing, or the fanart pictures for links to the artist’s page!...

T10T: Bookish Boyfriends/Girlfriends

This is a weekly tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week’s challenge is to pick ten book boyfriends or girlfriends! Since I’m bisexual, I decided to include bookish boyfriends AND girlfriends! I originally was going to pick my top 5 girlfriends and top 5 boyfriends, but then I realized: 1) that’s a little gender binary-focused, eh?, and 2) I really want to pick 10 characters I can show you guys some awesome fanart or film casting of!...

A Darker Shade of Magic — V.E. Schwab

Despite the fact that the four Londons share a name, they have little else in common; one is brimming with life, one is held captive by wicked rulers, one has no magic at all, and one is dead. While there used to be traversing between the Londons, now the doors have been sealed to all except the Antari: magicians with the ability to command blood itself, allowing them to travel between the parallels.