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A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

40 reviews

escapismforlife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

As usual V.E. Schwab'    fantasy  world  in   the  city(s) of London is amazing. Not to mention the magical characters. Also Rhy who is one of the best royal  prince character  ever. I never thought  I would  appreciate  a character  with that name but here we are.

 The  magicians are  literally the central  focus of this books  plot. It's a differenf level of  the dangers  one person can bring in a city unprepared  again.  And I loved every second  of  this series conclusion. From how it continued seamlessly  from  book  two. To the revelations  of  power  and  relations.  It was such a journey that I can't  wait to  come  back to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Death, Self harm, and Violence

I lived for how slowly Lila came to be recognized as an antari. That she didn't let that stop her from being the best in this new magical world were everyone seemed to underestimate her. Also how Rhy was just stubborn and string despite not having any magic. He is the best kind of leader who takes risk.

lavenderbluestories's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Self harm

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Okay, I know a lot of people love this series and more power to you! I just thought this last book was too long. A lot of the plot feels too drawn out, and even if the characters make up for it (most of the time), it just still felt too long. There didn't seem like much of a point as to what was happening? Maybe it just needed a better edit.

Hands down, Alucard and Rhys were my absolute favorites and I would 100% read a book about just them. I loved their interactions, their relationship. It just worked so well for me. Kell and Lila had some chemsitry, but there wasn't a spark like there was for Alucard and Rhys.

While I get that there's this big bad villain, it didn't seem like he had too much motivation? A lot of the magic also seemed a bit too convenient, especially when it came to Lila. Pieces of her character arc were to be expected, but there was also no explanation for a lot of it. Actually, there was a lot of just forgetting about the past and why things were the way they were. Maybe I just wanted more explanation.

All in all, this is an enjoyable series, I just wanted something different from this final novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Self harm

jenbosen's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It took 2 books plus another 300 pages but eventually this series became a page-turner I couldn't put down. It was interesting from page 1; I just wish it had been able to hold my attention faster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Murder

ridesthesun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I can't express enough how much I love this world, these characters. Brilliant world building, brilliant character work. 

The stakes were high, the sacrifices hurt my chest. The whole thing is simply gorgeous, masterful storytelling. I'm gonna live here forever.

Anoshe ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Biphobia, Self harm, and Sexual content

creepypiespice's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Outing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

birthisacurse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Self harm

megpoulos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The ending is perfection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, War, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

valeria_gzz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I really loved it but there were too many twists for me, they were excessive. There were also too many characters that there could have been more done with but nothing that big or planned out happened with them

ex: Alucard’s brother, King George IV, Ned Tuttle, Lord Sol-In-Ar, and I’m sure I’m forgetting others. I just remembered one it wasn’t a character but a storyline aka Kell’s parentage

. Too many times I thought a character died but really it was just that the writing was confusing. Now one thing I did love was Rhy

Rhy has definitely grown throughout the books but wow he really had some incredible personal growth in this one and I liked the way his and Alucard’s relationship was always there throughout the book. There was no need to push it too much onto the reader it was always just there in my mind but also subtly sometimes in the book

. OH MY GOSH HOW COULD I FORGET HOLLAND

I was so excited to learn more about his past and realize how much of a romantic (in a always hoped his home would be restored to something beautiful kind of way) he was, I wished we would have gotten this information earlier though because it felt rushed

. Although I have all these quarrels with the book I was still glued to it the entire time even though it was very stressful and sad at times. Oh and I cried like four times while reading it so yeah it entertained and gripped me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Self harm, and Trafficking

addie_larue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, and Self harm