My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.07
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Magic
Goodreads Summary:
Kell is one of the last Travelers—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes—as such, he can choose where he lands. There’s Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there’s Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne—a place where people fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. And once upon a time, there was Black London...but no one speaks of that now.Officially, Kell is the Red Traveler, personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying the monthly correspondences between the royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they’ll never see—a dangerous hobby, and one that has set him up for accidental treason. Fleeing into Grey London, Kell runs afoul of Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations, first robs him, then saves him from a dangerous enemy, and then forces him to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.
But perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, Kell and Lila will first need to stay alive—and that is proving trickier than they hoped.
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My Actual Rating: 3.6
I really struggled between a 3 and 4 star rating for this book.
The world building and writing style is superb. Victoria Schwab really has an imagination. This is the second "world" she has created, completely different from the last and completely different from any I've ever read before. The type of magic and the effects of magic were really unique and different and I loved learning about them in a non-confusing way.
Another V. Schwab strength in writing is her characters.. They were perfect. They changed and evolved at the perfect pace from start to finish. There was little to no romance in this book and even though I was kind of hoping for/expecting/waiting for the spark to ignite, it didn't and I was ok with that. The characters grew very fond of each other but maybe not in a romantic way. I think that door was left wide open on purpose, for book number 2.
**SPOILER**
I will most likely be reading the next one.. I can see an interesting relationship building between Rhy & Lila perhaps?
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