TITLE: A Darker Shade Of Magic (Book 1 Of SHADES OF MAGIC series) AUTHOR: V.E. SCHWAB PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015 GENRE: Fantasy PAGE COUNT: 384 FORMAT: Paperback AVAILABLE AT : amazon Recently I saw a video where the content creator talked about how “ The Shades of Magic “ series by V.E. Schwab successfully distracted her while she was going through some tumultuous times. Lately I have been feeling a bit low myself ( due to pregnancy mood swings and occasional anxiety) and I wanted something like that which could engage and engross me. So, I bought the box set of “ The Shades of Magic “ series hoping that reading these books would work for me the same way it worked for her. Guess what..!! It did. 😄 I just finished the first book to the series “ A Darker Shade of Magic ” and I have to say – it is not the most intellectual or literary novel but it most certainly is highly entertaining. It is a page turner which will