BOOK REVIEW: "A Gathering of Shadows"

*This review is kind of spoiler-ish, in that I do not give away any of the plot, but I do talk about the MCs*

I loved the first book in this series, "A Darker Shade of Magic"

It was action-packed, built an amazing magical world, and introduced us to some awesome characters, my fave of which is Lilah 😁 I read DSOM in 3 days!

So when I started "A Gathering of Shadows" and the MCs were apart, I waited impatiently for them to reunite. And I waited. And I waited. The build-up to their reunion took up almost 3/4 of the book, and it killed me to wait that long! So much so, that the characters' separate stories didn't really keep my attention, even though Lilah was a big chunk of that time, and it took me about a month until I got to the part when Lilah FINALLY returned to Red London.

And that's when the story exploded with the action, sparks, magic and intrigue I had so loved from the first book. I devoured the last 150 pages in one sitting.

This book ended in a cliffhanger (I hate cliffhangers...so much so that now I will not start reading a series until it is complete), but I already have the 3rd and final book, so it's all good, and I can't wait to start it!

Anyway, this gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐, missing 1 ⭐ for keeping the MCs apart so long.