A Darker Shade of Magic review

Someone recommended A Darker Shade of Magic to me so here I am having read it! I don’t remember who suggested it, but thank you, it was a great read!

The book follows Kell, an Antari from Red London and one of the few people who can travel between worlds. In his travels between worlds, you learn about Grey London, which has almost no magic, Red London where magic is a happy thing, and White Lonon where magic is power and things are bad. He is handed a relic from Black London, one that has been essentially lost because it was too dangerous, and he needs to cast it back into Black London before it can do any harm. However, the power it grants could tip the balance in power and give White London the chance to be even more dangerous.

And a whole lot more stuff. But that’s the main bit.

I really enjoyed the book! Kell was a lot of fun, especially since he was able to move from the darker to the lighter moods in a way that I haven’t seen a lot in other stories. The worlds are interesting and the culture between each of them makes them unique and very easy to make the shifts from one universe to the other really clear. I do love a world hopping story, and there’s a lot of world details that make things really entertaining.

Also Lila. I know she was a main part of the story and she was a lot of fun, but you can explain the main plot of the book without her. She’s fantastic, though, and I do enjoy how casually bloodthirsty she is at all times.

Overall, I really liked it and would highly recommend it. At least, it was something that struck the right balance of what I was looking for at the moment.