 Welcome everybody. I'm Keith, 30-Second Sci-Fi. This week I'm going to talk about A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab. Number one is extremely well written. I recommend it on that alone. Very strong characters, very strong world-building, those aspects alone most books don't have. It's about a guy named Kel who is acting as an illegal career between the various versions of London that exist on different planes of existence. There's grey London, white London, red London, and the long-lost black London. He befriends a young thief named Delilah who steals something very important from him. The two of these characters are very well written. Their relationship with each other is very strong and very entertaining. Very strong book that I recommend highly. Two things that I wish had been different. I wish that there had been no romance between Kel and Delilah. I was enjoying their non-romantic relationship and also I felt that Kel's various magic battles that he engaged in when they encountered the various villains. I wish those battles had been different. They were all the same. It was just the same the same magic fight over and over again even the big climatic scene. I wish those had been more well-developed. Other than that, very strong book in many many ways and I should read more V.E. Schwab. Thank you for watching. Please become a sponsor. Follow the link on screen and in the description below. You can make a monthly pledge or a one-time donation. Please leave a comment. Let me know what you think and we'll see you here again next week. Bye.