Book Review Blurb: A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

“Myths do not happen all at once.

They do not spring forth whole into the world. They form slowly, rolled between the hands of time until their edges are smooth, until the saying of the story gives enough weight to the words – to the memories – to keep them rolling on their own.

But all stories start somewhere…”

This is SUCH an incredible series… And this was the PERFECT conclusion (for now) to it. The book was densely written and carefully crafted; it tied together loose ends from throughout the earlier volumes, while still adding enough novelty and new twists and turns to entertain on its own. I would not recommend reading these out of order; the character and plot development are artful and brilliantly manipulated, and you would lose most (if not all) of that if you had not read the previous two books. Plus, the entire series is amazing and well worth the time. If you like your books to, like life, stretch the boundaries of the expected, this is one for you. It blends together elements of so many genres/concepts: alternate worlds, magic, political intrigue, adventure, mystery, historical fiction, family dynamics, madness. Each of these is salted throughout a deftly narrated tale in a spot-on writing style full of crisp edges sharp enough to draw blood yet carefully drawn such that you don’t even notice the cuts until a character (or plot point) suddenly lies bleeding before you… This is masterful writing, and I cannot wait to see what the oh-so-talented Ms. Schwab comes up with next!