A review by spoon55
Shades of Magic Vol. 2: Night of Knives by Andrea Olimpieri, V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The same as the first volume, everything is very quickly resolved and nothing feels threatening because of it. I was also hoping for more backstory to shades of magic (where did Kell come from?) but it seems to only address the legend of Maxim. One more to go, maybe we’ll get an Easter egg?