I have never really been a bird.’ Lila resisted the urge to say he might have been a peacock. I have shed the blood of royals and held magic in my hands.”Īlucard Emery - This quote describes Alucard best: “’My father was a vulture.

I have set foot in three different worlds, and lived. I am a thief and a pirate and a traveler. “I gave him my life, but you cannot ask me to stop living.”ĭelilah Bard - Lila on herself, (alluding to her cockiness maybe a little…) “I am Delilah Bard, she thought, as the ropes cut into her skin. Kell and Rhy - “Rhy held Kell’s pain in his hands, while Kell held Rhy’s life in his.” CharactersĪs these characters are mostly the same from the first book, I decided to pull a quote on each character instead: While things seem rather normal in Red London, Black, White and Grey London are experiencing some very weird abnormalities. Rhy is more somber and has thrown himself into booze and planning the best event (thus planning how to be the best king) and Kell is feeling more and more like he’s trapped and an object, rather than a family member. Everything on the outside seems quite normal, but Rhy and Kell both know that things aren’t. In Red London, the citizens are preparing for the Essen Tasch, or the Element Games, a 4 year event where the top magicians get together and battle it out. Her captain, Alucard Emery, keeps quiet just as quiet about his past as Lila does, but is willing to teach her magic.

Delilah has found her place as the best thief on a pirate ship, though she has began to get a familiar itch of needing to move on, keeping any relationships more than an arm’s length away.

(Victoria) Schwabįour months after the end of the last book, everyone’s life is moving forward despite being on a different path.

A darker shade of magic synopsis