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A Gathering of Shadows

By: V. E. Schwab
Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
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Publisher's Summary

From number one New York Times best-selling author V.E. Schwab comes the sequel to A Darker Shade of Magic - A Gathering of Shadows!

Kell is plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, he is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila.

As Red London prepares for the Element Games - an extravagant international competition of magic - a certain pirate ship draws closer. But another London is coming back to life, a shadow that was gone in the night reappears in the morning.

Black London has risen again - and so to keep magic's balance, another London must fall.

©2016 V. E. Schwab (P)2020 W. F. Howes

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"Addictive and immersive, A Gathering of Shadows cements this series as a must-read." (Entertainment Weekly)

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Incredibly frustrating change of narrator

Unfortunately the narrator / narrators have been changed since book 1.

Firstly, I find the inconsistency from book 1 to here makes it very difficult to maintain the same imagery, and creates a character that is, in fact, a different character. This grates on me, and challenges every moment I try to continue listening.

Secondly, the female lead in this, narrates in exactly the same style as her performance in the radiant series of books… she may as well be performing the same character. The American accent simply does not work, either.

Extremely difficult to continue listening. I think I’ll buy the book instead.

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brilliant

loved the narration and found it far better than the first book. so much tension bleeds out the story and into your life. i hope you have someone to discuss and yell about it with

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lovely to have 2 voice actors.

I liked the fact that they had a male and female narrator, but gosh what a wasted opportunity to not have them read the roles of Lila and Kell within the same chapter. really would have elevated the audio experience instead of having the female narrator read Kell and Lila during Lila chapters and vice a versa.
otherwise the storyline is really captivating.
good solid sequel.

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redeeming audio book

in the first book I almost stopped reading it I hated the audio presenters voice so much. The change in voice actors aided in telling the story and they did a fantastic job

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Unable to finish listening

New narrator has a halting way of reading. Ruined the flow of the story for me. I will just read the book.

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