There are more reasons for me to adore Shades of Magic than I could ever count, and one of them is its phenomenal cast of characters. I got so attached to all of them (but Kell in particular), and I can't wait to learn what their lives look like seven years after A Conjuring of Light.

Conversely, I am always apprehensive of new protagonists, especially once I've become attached to the old ones. Usually, I am much less interested in them and, throughout their chapters, find myself annoyed not to be following my old favourites instead.

In this case, I am happy to report that based on their first chapters, I am tentatively optimistic regarding Kosika and Tesali, though. 🤞🏻

Updates in here influenced me to pick this up. It is repairing my relationship with Schwab after Bury our bones ;_;

I feel nostalgic because it retains the same flavour as before, The shades of magic was my first ever Schwab on audio *. __. *

Second book I've read this year that uses the 2nd person. It's so jarring to see in literature nowadays, even though there's a contemporary literary current that does use it It's quite interesting, also, for it sort of demands more attention of the reader since they're narrating using 'their' points of view

Let’s round up the first month of 2026!

What was your January: • favourite books: • least favourite books: • total books read:

For February: • What are you planning to read ? • Are there any books releasing you're interested in? • do you have a reading goal for the month?

Bonus Questions for February: • Favourite Romance Book of all time? • Favourite Pancake Topping? • Favourite Lunar New Year Traditions?

I've never read any of William Shakespeare's work and wanna start now, but I'm kinda intimidated by the old English and im wondering whether I'll even understand a word. Also I'm really confused about which edition to pick. Pls help a beginner out 😭😭

i've seen people refer to Akwaeke Emezi with the wrong pronouns and figured that not many people know this - Akwaeke Emezi is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns!

((p.s. im sorry for posting this as a forum post, it's just that ive seen this happening multiple times so i figured it would be faster to make a new post about it instead of commenting one by one! to clarify, i promise i dont mean this passive-aggressively! i know that people don't always have time to check each author's bios before reading/posting about a book which is understandable🙇‍♀️))