Schwab was born on Jin California and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the creator of the supernatural teen drama series First Kill (TV series), based on her short story of the same name originally published in the 2020 anthology Vampires Never Get Old: Tales With Fresh Bite. She publishes children's and young adult fiction books published under the name Victoria Schwab. She is known for the 2013 novel Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which was nominated for the 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. E.) Schwab (born July 7, 1987) is an American writer. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, the Shades of Magic series and the Villains duology. Louis ( BFA)įantasy, science fiction, young adult, adult and middle grade fantasy A Darker Shade of Magic is on my immediate TBR list and I’m still quite excited to jump in.Washington University in St. I feel the need to again mention the beautiful writing and my deep admiration for Schwab and her abilities. You’ll probably love it based on the average reviews I’ve seen flying around on Goodreads! Don’t take my opinion of it as any sort of indication as to how you might enjoy the book. It’s hard for me to say much more for fear of revealing spoilers, but I know that many, many people have enjoyed this duology. I guess Our Dark Duet just didn’t deliver for me. A lot more actually happened in This Savage Song and I felt that upon closing the book, the story was promising. I still stand by my 4 star rating for the first book, even if I did think it was slow. I know the ending was intended to hit me in the feels, but it didn’t affect me much.

The characters are likable enough, but it was hard for me to stay engaged to the story. Really, I feel like the characters accomplished nothing.

In fact, even at the end of Our Dark Duet, conflict has still not been resolved. I feel like a story about monsters and mayhem should have more going on, but I feel like very little happens in either of these books. Unfortunately, I’m afraid it’s not my cup of tea.įor one, the books are slow. Schwab is an amazing author and the world-building in this duology was great. On one hand, objectively, this book is amazing. I’m having a very hard time reviewing this. This book picks up a few months after the events of the first book, This Savage Song, and follows the same two main characters: August and Kate.

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