![]() ![]() ![]() On the side, Kell smuggles forbidden items between worlds to cope with feeling trapped by the watchful royal family who adopted him but keep him like a possession. Kell thus serves as an ambassador for the monarchy in Red London, carrying messages to the other monarchs. To prevent the spread of Black London’s corruption, the doors between worlds were sealed long ago, and now only Antari can walk between them. In a series set in several parallel Londons named by color, Kell is one of the only remaining Antari, a magician with the power to travel between them.Įach London is defined by its relationship with magic: Red London lives in harmony with it, Grey London let it die, White London tries to control it amid a series of bloody regime changes, and Black London let magic run loose to the point of the city’s destruction. The first book, “A Darker Shade of Magic,” opens with a description of protagonist Kell Maresh’s peculiar, magical coat: “It had neither one side, which would be conventional, nor two, which would be unexpected, but several, which was, of course, impossible.”Īs Kell steps out of his home realm, Red London, and into the dreary landscape of the magicless Grey London, he changes his stylish red coat into a simple black jacket, one of many magical transformations. Schwab on the first day of 2019, and I loved it so much I reread all three books six months later. ![]() I first read the “Shades of Magic” series by V.E. ![]()
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