One of my most anticipated releases this year was The Fragile Threads of Power. And I was luckily enough to get an eARC. About two weeks ago this book was released and today I wanted to share my thoughts with you all. Let’s jump in!
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and set in the world of A Darker Shade of Magic, V. E. Schwab opens a new door into perilous adventure and tangled schemes with The Fragile Threads of Power.
Once, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power, and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast, and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their own. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more rare as time passed and now, only three Antari are known in recent memory―Kell Maresh of Red London, Delilah Bard of Grey London, and Holland Vosijk, of White London.
But barely a glimpse of them have been seen in the last seven years―and a new Antari named Kosika has appeared in White London, taking the throne in Holland's absence. The young queen is willing to feed her city with blood, including her own―but her growing religious fervor has the potential to drown them instead.
And back in Red London, King Rhy Maresh is threatened by a rising rebellion, one determined to correct the balance of power by razing the throne entirely.
Amidst this tapestry of old friends and new enemies, a girl with an unusual magical ability comes into possession of a device that could change the fate of all four worlds.
Her name is Tes, and she's the only one who can bring them together―or unravel it all.
The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1) by V.E. Schwab
on 26/09/2023
Pages: 648
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“A head gets lost, but a heart knows home.”
The Fragile Threads of Power is set in the same universe as the Darker Shades of Magic series and mostly follows the same characters. We pick the story back up 7 years after the end of A Conjuring of Light. As I was reading A Conjuring of Light, I was hoping for a spin off series and I was so so happy when The Fragile Threads of Power was announced.
“Is it possible to have a death wish when you know you cannot die?”
One of my favorite things in A Conjuring of Light (and the reason I was expecting a spin off) was the ship they went to to get some magical artifacts and I was so happy to see that again in this book. I overall really enjoy this world and loved that I got to spend time here again. There was still new stuff to learn so even after reading the original trilogy the worldbuilding doesn’t get annoying (or at least not to me).
“And that was the madness, the cruelty, that life was fragile, and he had so much to love, and spent all his time mourning the loss before he suffered it.”
“A thing taken by force would always be a pale shadow of something given freely.”