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A review by susana82
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Another good fun adventure. However the story is not over yet. While the first book is one story fairly finished, book 2 is just half of the second story, so now we are off to book 3!
Book 2 ends in a cliffhanger and I am fine with it has I have book 3 at hand.
Just like book 1, great story and worldbuilding. Slowly burning into something, bit by bit the story, the places, the people come into place come into life.
Everything is well described, we can imagine the places, people's facial expressions, feel the tension, the excitement, etc.
There isn't that much happening, to be honest, but I don't mind it. The storytelling is compelling. We get to learn what happened in the past 4 months after the events on book 1. How Lila ended up part or a privateer's crew. How she learned her magic. How things turned sour betwen Kell and the kings. How he feels caged like a prisioner. How he and his brother are living with the consequences of sharing the same life.
In the middle of this all, a tournament on the way. How it's being organized, the guests, the festivities, the fights! The tournament took only a small portion of the book, but it was important.
And far, in some other London, danger awaits and plots leading to the end of the book, but not the end of the story.
Kell, Rhy and Lila feel like moody teens, so sometimes they are annoying, but they are also much fun. Alucard (no idea why he was given Dracula's name reversed) was a sort of a rock star, and a cool character to amuse us a bit more.
A good, fun read!
Book 2 ends in a cliffhanger and I am fine with it has I have book 3 at hand.
Just like book 1, great story and worldbuilding. Slowly burning into something, bit by bit the story, the places, the people come into place come into life.
Everything is well described, we can imagine the places, people's facial expressions, feel the tension, the excitement, etc.
There isn't that much happening, to be honest, but I don't mind it. The storytelling is compelling. We get to learn what happened in the past 4 months after the events on book 1. How Lila ended up part or a privateer's crew. How she learned her magic. How things turned sour betwen Kell and the kings. How he feels caged like a prisioner. How he and his brother are living with the consequences of sharing the same life.
In the middle of this all, a tournament on the way. How it's being organized, the guests, the festivities, the fights! The tournament took only a small portion of the book, but it was important.
And far, in some other London, danger awaits and plots leading to the end of the book, but not the end of the story.
Kell, Rhy and Lila feel like moody teens, so sometimes they are annoying, but they are also much fun. Alucard (no idea why he was given Dracula's name reversed) was a sort of a rock star, and a cool character to amuse us a bit more.
A good, fun read!