#1 NYT bestselling author V.E. Schwab returns to the dazzling worlds of Shades of Magic with a fantastical, perilous, and intrigue-tangled new series-starter: The Fragile Threads of Power,with commissioned artwork of Alucard and Rhy by lasq.draws.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT
Once, the four worlds sat nestled like pages in a book, connected with fantastical power to a single city: London. But the magic pulsed. It grew too fast, and the doors between worlds were sealed in a desperate gamble at protection.
The few magicians able to open these doors grew rarer as time passed, and now only three are known in recent memory. Kell Maresh of Red London, Delilah Bard of Grey London, and Holland Vosijk of White London have hardly been glimpsed for the last seven years. A new magician rises to claim the throne of White London: She is Kosika, who burns with religious fervor and will feed her city with blood, including her own.
And back in Red London, King Rhy Maresh is threatened by a rising rebellion, one that promises to correct the power by razing the throne entirely.
These two royals from very different empires face mirror struggles: Keep their crowns. Keep their heads. And amidst a tapestry of old friends and new enemies, a girl with unusual magic comes into possession of a device that could change the fate of all four worlds.
Her name is Tes, and she will bring the worlds together, or unravel it all.
611 notes
·
View notes
2023 books a darker shade of magic by v.e. schwab (reread)
Magic was a living thing---that, everyone knew---but to Kell it felt like more, like a friend, like family. It was, after all, a part of him (much more than it was a part of most) and he couldn't help feeling like it knew what he was saying, what he was feeling, not only when he summoned it, but always, in every heartbeat and every breath. He was, after all, Antari.
815 notes
·
View notes
Character, book, and author names under the cut
Linus Baker- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Gideon Nav- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir
Rhy Maresh- Shades of Magic series by VE Schwab
Damianos (Damen)- Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
146 notes
·
View notes
Has V. E. Schwab ever written a straight character?? All her characters are bisexual…RIGHT???
191 notes
·
View notes
I need more of Kell and Alucards bickering, their dynamic is pure gold
457 notes
·
View notes
i call upon the fans of A Darker Shade of Magic
From left to right:
Alucard Emery , Rhy Maresh, Holland, Delilah "Lila" Bard, Kell
93 notes
·
View notes
SPOILER FOR THE FRAGILE THREADS OF POWER
Rhy in Red London: *gets stubbed in the chest*
Kell somewhere oversea: THE FUCK IS ALUCARD DOING HE HAS ONE JOB FOR FUCK'S SAKE
164 notes
·
View notes
I just finished Shades of Magic Trilogy.
And while I love Kell/Lila and Rhy/Alucard dynamics, nothing makes me cry, throw up, and smile as much as the bond Kell and Rhy share (I will never stop sobbing when I see the word anoshe).
54 notes
·
View notes
her heart was beating hard against her ribs, some primal part of her saying run, and she was running, just not away. she was tired of running away. so she was running into kell. and he caught her.
229 notes
·
View notes
EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING A NEW THREADS OF POWER RHYLUCARD TEASER JUST DROPPED
THE LAST SENTENCE. THE CAPTION.
THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER?!?!????
via instagram veschwab
140 notes
·
View notes