#shadesofmagicseries

[guysgirl-boymom]

Look at this AH-MAZ-ING set from @no0nedesigns !!! This lot was inspired by The Shades of Magic series written by @veschwab I'll admit... I've never in read those books but I LOVED these pins so much I just couldn't resist! I also had to get them to match the metal books ALSO inspired by The Shades of Magic... that's what the lovely pins are resting on. I'll post those later. Check out more of @no0nedesigns !!!! #no0nedesigns #enamelpins #shadesofmagicseries #shadesofmagic #adarkershadeofmagic #agatheringofshadows #aconjuringoflight #veschwab #chess #rook #bishop #knight #queen https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_eBHev6OX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kat131200]

Am I currently reading 3 books at the same time? Uhhhh.... maybe. Why not? (They are all PHENOMENAL, btw. If you need something new to read) #autumnaesthetic #ifwewerevillains #shadesofmagicseries #stalkingjacktheripperseries https://www.instagram.com/p/CU5mw5mLklN32CCPWofnl_pnd0eVLUN9CkI72c0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bookwormmads]

Anoshe♥️ My new favorite trilogy 🥰 I loved everything about this story. From the characters to the world building, everything blew my mind. I’m a little sad it’s over, but at the same time I’m satisfied with the ending. Kell, Lila, Alucard and Rhy will forever live in my heart ♥️ . . (Photo description: bookshelves in the background. The books of the Shades of Magic Trilogy, by V.E Schwab, in a pile, with A Conjuring of Light on top with the cover facing the camera) . . #adarkershadeofmagic #agatheringofshadows #aconjuringoflight #shadesofmagic #veschwab #kellmaresh #lilabard #rhymaresh #alucardemery #shadesofmagicseries #shadesofmagictrilogy #bookstagramsofportugal #bookstagramportugal #bookstagram #book #booklover #books #bookcommunity #bookaddict #bookstagrammer #bookphotography #booknerd #fantasybooks #redlondon #greylondon #blacklondon #whitelondon https://www.instagram.com/p/CE5K56SgS1n/?igshid=qicshkvnqr6w

[bookquotes45]

“Caring hurt more than a knife to the leg, more than a few broken ribs, more than anything that bled or broke and healed again. Caring didn’t break you clean. It was a bone that didn’t set, a cut that wouldn’t close”

- A Conjuring of Light

[reader44ever]

Today's task for #jcfapril is to share something relating to the #ShadesofMagic series. As it happens, I both own and have "read" an audiobook edition of Book One in this series! 😄❤ . . . . Pictured above is my audio edition of A Darker Shade of Magic, a screenshot of it from my Audible app, with not one, but TWO photos of my Max! 😍❤ . . . . Max wasn't too thrilled over having his photo taken, so he ran away. . .over to the tile to lay down and hope Mommy would forget about him. But I didn't forget! So with this screenshot photo are two new photos of my Max. 😊😍❤ . . . . Regarding the book, I listened to it over two months, from October to December in 2016, I think. Or was it 2015? 🤔 I didn't track it very well, since I only listened in the car when running rare errands. 😕 Someday I'll relisten to it. 🙄 I'm also hoping to buy a box set of all three books in this series, but I don't think we have one available for purchase in the U.S., yet. 😕🤔 I'll look for one after I post this. 😃❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #VESchwab @veschwab #books #audiobooks #Audible #ADarkerShadeofMagic #series #ShadesofMagicSeries

[theapencilholder]

This background is my interpretation of Grey London from an alleyway perspective (hint hint at who I’m drawing😉) . Comment who you think I’m drawing😎 . Also it’s blurry because I want the character to be the focus (also I’m an idiot and forgot to save the bg without the blur💀) . . #shadesofmagic #kellmaresh #rhymaresh #lilabard #shadesofmagicseries #holland #redlondon #greylondon #redlondon #blacklondon #art #artsy #digitalart #digitalpainting #digitalillustrration #artistoninstagram #talenthelppage #fanart #bookart #book #charcterillustration (at Birmingham, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjZBiIpqBU/?igshid=lg29jb09aqz1

[sugar-n-spiceandeverythingnice]

A good book and a healthy, picnic lunch on my front lawn. #sweatingafterthewedding After exercising once or twice a day, 3-5 days a week, this feels good. I am using the weekends to relax; allowing my body and muscles to rejuvenate and heal from the strain of exercise. On Friday, I noticed that the outsides of my angles were hurting during a workout. Looking back on my visits a year ago with @aprcnj, I think that this might be because I was doing my at-home group fitness workouts in my bare feet. While it feels good to be able to do them barefoot at first, there is a reason I needed orthotics when I began exercising last year. My step seems to favor the outside edges of my feet. I don't want to wear shoes in the house, but for this I suppose I'll have to. #sweatingtothewedding #getout #getfit #getmoving #getreading #adarkershadeofmagic #shadesofmagic #shadesofmagicseries #veschwab #randr #restandrelaxation #picnic #underatree https://www.instagram.com/p/B-5Rcqtpwcz/?igshid=1kkyehvm5cbrl

[ladykristianna]

I know what I'm reading tonight... yeah buddy. #shadesofmagicseries #shadesofmagic #reading #veschwab #aconjuringoflight

[zoeywritess]

A Darker Shade of Magic (Book Review)

My thoughts

The main reason I got into this book was because of all the praise it had on bookstagram. To be honest it did not disappoint at all. To begin our story we had Kell Maresh. He served basically as a messenger between worlds (also known as an Antari). However, he isn't just a messenger, but a smuggler. Thus begin our story. When Kell gets caught up in his antics he travels to Grey London. Where we would meet our next POV. Deliah (Lila) Bard. A boy is she a firecracker. She has lived most of her life as a thief (a dang good one at that). With her morally grey personality mixed with Kell's stubbornness, you are in for something.

This brings up the next thing you maybe be wondering. Romance... well it's not fully there. The relationship is a long slow burn (that leads throughout some of the second book also). Even though it's not full-on the banter and angst between the two is *chef kisses*. Now onto the plot. It took me a minute to really understand what was going on in the book, but when I did the story was moving. But as we go through we across the black stone. This will play a major major role in the story altogether. Their journey through the book is finding and keeping the stone out of the wrong hands. Who that is and how they do it... well I'll let you figure that out ;).

[raimskie]

“Magic is all and none. It’s sight, and taste, and scent, and sound, and touch, and it’s also something else entirely. It is the power in all powers, and at the same time, it is its own.” -Alucard Emery This series tells a different perspective of magic. It is composed of the same world but on different planes, of pirates and royalties, and most of all, the different kinds of love (yes, there is a gay couple in the series). Its theme is a bit dark, but it is easy to read. . Hopefully, I can finish this tonight so that I can start the third book tomorrow. . 🤗🍁🇨🇦 📗📓📒 🇨🇦🍁🤗 . #AGatheringOfShadows #ShadesOfMagicSeries #ShadesOfMagic #VESchwab #VictoriaSchwab #AlucardEmeryQuote #AlucardEmery #bibliophile #bibliochlor #BookLover #BookAddict #BookWorm #ILoveBooks #BooksAreBetter #BooksAreBest #BooksAreMyFriends #Bookstagram #RaNtsOfAQueerGuy

[nursecha]

I'd rather die on an adventure than live - #ADarkerShadeofMagic by @veschwab 🌀 🌀 #Perks of being one of the #TeamBahay thank you so much to my friends who are thoughtful, nice and mayaman. Lol. I loooveee the #scrubsuit and of course the #newbooks are just awesomeee!!! 🌀 🌀 Day 3 | First Book in A Series #JulyMaiden 🌀 🌀 #bookstagram #bookstagramph #bibliophile #chronicreader #bibliophileph #booksofig #bookworm #lovebooks #hardcover #hardbound #bookblogger #booknerd #book #instabook #bookphotography #photochallenge #julybookchallenge #beckyalbertalli #simonvsthehomosapiensagenda #shadesofmagicseries

[furia-roja]

My first Schwab! So excited to add A Darker Shade of Magic to my collection. I haven't read any of her novels yet, but I've heard nothing but great things. I was a little torn between Vicious and ADSOM, but I'm sure I'll end up with all of them at some point in the future 🙈 . . . . . . #igreads #bookstagram #bookworm #bibliophile #bookaddict #books #reading #bookaddict #booklover #bookobsessed #bookgram #instabook #bookish #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #avidreader #bookster #booksofig #mybookfeatures #readstagram #bookstagramcommunity #booklife #readersofinstagram #bookblogger #unitedbookstagram #alwaysread #adarkershadeofmagic #veschwab #shadesofmagicseries https://www.instagram.com/p/BxBPX0QHYi4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wzfyvfuv9deo

[incorrectshadesofmagicquotes]

Since @shadesofmagicseries asked this (about this post: http://incorrectshadesofmagicquotes.tumblr.com/post/157325240972/it-all-makes-sense-now) I figured I’d take a minute to analyze.

I am, along with SoM, a hardcore Harry Potter fan as well.

::::::SPOILERS:::::BELOW::::::::

Holland shows many a Ravenclaw trait in the books, though it may be difficult to tell. The reason he could be hard to pin down is because in ADSOM we literally ONLY see the Holland that is controlled by Athos Dane. And that is far more a sign of Athos’s horribleness than anything Holland is as a person.

(As a side note, I would put Athos and Astrid in either Gryffindor or Slytherin, but we’d have to have V to conform to know for sure.)

In AGOS, however, we get to see more of who Holland really is. Even though he has Osaron in his head, Holland is in control of his actions for the majority of that book. He makes calculated risks, plans, and sacrifices to save his world.

He’s not doing it for the glory like a Gryffindor would, and he’s not doing it for the benefit to himself like a Slytherin would, or even for the benefit to others like a Hufflepuff would. He’s doing it, in my opinion, because it’s the logical, intelligent, best course of action.

He obviously loves his world, his London, but his motivations seem to have always been that he wants to do what is BEST. Not *right* necessarily, but *best*. Best for White London.

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Now, since I’ve seen others (mostly on twitter) ask about the other three, let’s talk about them.

Lila is, I feel, pretty obvious. She has ambition coming out of her ears. She’s not always the most cunning, but she sure as hell wants to be. And she is more proactive and more competent than most main characters in almost any book you pick up. Delilah Bard does not wait for plot to happen to her. She goes out and she makes things happen.

When I saw that Rhy was Gryffindor I rolled my eyes and thought OF COURSE. I’m Gryffindor too, and I relate to Rhy in so many ways. He’s the life of the party when he wants and needs to be, and yet there’s an underlying fear of failure in his heart that I think most people don’t realize is very common for Gryffindors. He wants to be the very best, and he’s terrified he won’t be able to rise to the occasion. (But I believe he’ll make it. Don’t disappoint me, Schwab.)

Last of all, my dear Kell. I said I’m Gryffindor, which is true, but I have a lot of Hufflepuff in me as well. Kell’s loyalty is going to kill him someday (please not in ACOL). He owes everything to the Maresh crown, and he also knows they use him–which he feels is wrong. But he can’t justify walking away from the only family he’s ever known–even if it is problematic. Add Lila, flying into his life like a damn hurricane, and Kell finds someone else he could be loyal to, pulling him in multiple directions.

V said on twitter that Alucard opted out of Hogwarts, which makes sense all things considered. He would get cabin fever in that castle. So would Lila, to be fair. But if I had to guess where the Sorting Hat might put Alucard, I’d guess Ravenclaw. He’s a smart one, and he likes his wordplay. That’s a very Ravenclaw thing 😉

Any thoughts? Do you agree/disagree with my explanations? Let me know!

[ashreec]

At the end of the second book, the only people I still cared about were Lila and Kell. At the end of this one, I'm hoping the author will make this series longer. It was so good, so very good. #book31 #book31of2017 #aconjuringoflight #shadesofmagic #shadesofmagicseries #books #bookblog #goodreads #bookstagram #bookblogger #booklover #readerlife #bookworm #bookaddict #bookish #bibliophile #ilovebooks #ilovereading #booknerd #readingisfun #readallthebooks #readinggoal #booklove #readabook #bookdragon #goodbook #igbook #igreads #fiction #librarybook