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Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Cover

A Journey Through Time and Memory

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

April 29, 2024 by Tracy Leave a Comment

What a beautifully written book. V. E. Schwab writes some gorgeous prose and noteworthy lines, and that’s what I want to share first: “She lied, but only because she can’t say her real name–one of the vicious little details tucked like nettles in the grass.” “Addie has had three hundred years to practice her father’s art, to whittle herself down to a few essential truths, to learn the things she cannot do without.” “Addie feels like a museum sometimes, one only she can visit.” “Remy […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: v.e. schwab

Tracy's CBR16 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: v.e. schwab ·
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Ruh roh.

The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1) by V.E. Schwab

April 18, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

I think I may have fallen out of love with V.E. Schwab. I actually DNFed my re-read of the last book in the original Shades of Magic trilogy (!) because I was so uninterested (it was my least favorite the first time through, too). I started this book back in jAnUaRy. JANUARY. And I have only now finished it. And it was fine! While I was reading it I was having a good time, but I never actually felt like picking it back up. I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, Elemental Magic, LGBTQIA, narfna, parallel universes, shades of magic, The Fragile Threads of Power, Threads of Power, v.e. schwab

narfna's CBR16 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, Elemental Magic, LGBTQIA, narfna, parallel universes, shades of magic, The Fragile Threads of Power, Threads of Power, v.e. schwab ·
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The book, "The Fragile Threads of Power" by V.E. Schwab standing next to a partially complete bingo card.

Revisiting the Shades of Magic world with a captivating new story that also brought back fan favorites

The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab

October 8, 2023 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

CBR15 Bingo: Sex – V.E. Schwab does not include sex scenes in any of her books.  They tend to be more ‘fade to black’ moments.  However, I wish this book had more than just suggested sexy times! Several years ago when Schwab finished the original “Shades of Magic” trilogy, she left a door open to potentially revisit the series in the future.  Apparently inspiration struck and we now have The Fragile Threads of Power to build upon the first trilogy.  First off let me say that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR15, cbr15bingo, Dome'Loki, Fiction, magic, shades of magic, v.e. schwab

Dome'Loki's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, CBR15, cbr15bingo, Dome'Loki, Fiction, magic, shades of magic, v.e. schwab ·
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Eh. It was all right.

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

September 27, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is by far my least favorite of Schwab’s books, but I think that judgment has actually been coming for a while. I liked her last book (Addie LaRue) a lot, but it did lean pretty heavily into flowered language that really is not my preference. Even though it did that, I didn’t really mind because there was so much substance in that book, and an interesting story, that the language was little more than a slight distraction to me every once in a while. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, gallant, narfna, v.e. schwab

narfna's CBR14 Review No:158 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, gallant, narfna, v.e. schwab ·
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A book open with on one page an ink drawing of a house with a broken window and below are figures suggesting a face and a hand. On the next page the quote, "I dreamed of you last night. Isn't that strange? I dreamed that you were standing in the garden, looking up, I dreamed that you were waiting for the sun to rise. It never came. What do you dream of, I wonder? Do you even dream at all?"

“You will be safe as long as you stay away from Gallant”

Gallant by V. E. Schwab

April 9, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Victoria Schwab: “One of the tricky things about my books is that they’re never written for the same reader.  It’s a choice I made, and I stand by, but it also means that someone is invariably disappointed.  They might love Shades of Magic, but Vicious doesn’t work for them. They might adore Addie LaRue, but feel let down by Gallant.  The found themselves in the center of the reader spot light with one of my books, and then at the edges with another.  Some days […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14, Dome'Loki, gothic, middle grade, v.e. schwab

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14, Dome'Loki, gothic, middle grade, v.e. schwab ·
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

February 9, 2022 by postcardsandbooks 2 Comments

I had very conflicting expectations coming into this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed V.E. Schwab’s Shades of magic trilogy very much, so I know I tend to vibe with her writing quite well. On the other hand, most of the reviews I’d seen for it were that the book was fairly disappointing. So I didn’t know what to expect, and now that I have finished I can’t say I know exactly how to recommend this book either. While I can’t disagree with the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History Tagged With: v.e. schwab

postcardsandbooks's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, History · Tags: v.e. schwab ·
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