A Darker Shade of Magic
Shades of Magic, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Steven Crossley
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By:
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V. E. Schwab
About this listen
A Darker Shade of Magic is the incredible first installment of the Shades of Magic series, from number one New York Times best-selling author V.E. Schwab.
Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There’s Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There’s Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London....
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Critic reviews
"A Darker Shade of Magic has all the hallmarks of a classic work of fantasy. Schwab has given us a gem of a tale...." (Deborah Harkeness)
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- Anonymous User
- 08-07-21
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did not enjoy the narrator. Liked the story, even though it felt more like s setup for the other books.
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- Anastasia F
- 09-08-21
Did not like the character performance but good enough
Not sure why Lyla sounded like she was an annoying 12 year old when she’s almost the same age as Kell, I also thought the voices of characters were inconsistent and didn’t match the writing (aka not whispered when should be, wrong tone of voice, etc)
Good enough story though that I didn’t give up, though I almost did to read the words myself.
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- nellelou
- 09-12-21
really enjoyed it
Wasn't sure it was going to be for me but I really enjoyed it Not keen on the narration but tried not to let it get in the way of a good story
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- Boffinboy
- 17-10-21
Passable, felt quite shallow, narrator’s tone a little annoying
Book was “fine”. Listened all the way through but no surprises or real depth. Narrator was generally OK but some of the voices were quite irritating. Won’t bother with rest of the series.
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- Ryan
- 14-09-23
Really good
Wasn’t sure what to make of this as this is the first I’ve heard of the author. That being said I really enjoyed the story and the narration was great. Very clear differences between the scenes and the characters.
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- mrs d
- 19-05-24
good story
overall I enjoyed this book. the story was different and the narration was good. based on this, I purchased the second book only to be disappointed as the narrators are American. I just found it too annoying after getting used to the accents in this first book.
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- Rachel
- 23-06-24
Great narration
A new fan of Schwab! Shame that the next book is not available on Audible in my location.
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- Kemi p.
- 06-10-24
Absolutely beautiful.
I listened to this in a day. I couldn’t stop. Beautiful work by VE Schwab as usual
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- Aoife S.
- 13-11-23
Not worth getting into as a series
I'm a big fan of my fantasy, writing this fresh of listening to some Brandon Sanderson, and I'm glad I gave him a go, cause this series almost made me lose interest in the fantasy genre. this first book is like, fine. what kept me going was the knowledge that it was leading into a larger story across a series, so threads that I thought were left unresolved would be resolved later. Halfway into the second book where they were still establishing characters that we'd already met in this book, and I decided this author doesn't know what they're doing. Rarely do I leave a series unfinished, but I was relieved to do so in this case.
This series doesn't respect your time, and the characters are pretty boring. The setting is interesting, if a little shallow, but it's not enough to save it.
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- Craghyrax
- 20-08-23
Good story, jarring narration
I’m so glad the narrator switches for the remaining books. Steven Crossley seems good for some kinds of story, but his accents and voices for the bad guys was very cringey and he also made spell casting sound far too creepy.
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