There are some books that you can read through, and be satisfied. There are others that we lovingly call page-turners. But, there are few books I’ve found that grab you by the shoulders and demand that you continue to read. These books that keep readers from sleeping, or doing other normal things like eating and showering are some of the most powerful creations to me. And V. E. Schwab has written at least three of these books. A Conjuring of Light is one of them.
Four days after the Essen Tach, Kell is in another London, chained, with his magic seeping out of him. Osaron is searching for a new host, and travels to Red London, attacking and using everyone. While I don’t want to get too detailed, I need to talk about this book, so let’s go for it.
A Conjuring of Light follows our characters as they love and lose each other, and work to save their world.
Osaron, the darkest magic that we found in the two prior books, and the magic that destroyed Black London is in Red London, and is taking over the many peoples gathered from the Essen Tach. The royals find a way that may destroy it, but that means that Kell, Lila, Alucard, and Holland must leave. They have to find a specific (and of course, rare) magical artifact to save the city, while Rhy and the rest of the royals attempt to keep Osaron at bay.
This is the most adventurous, and of course dark, of the trilogy, but oh my goodness is it incredible. I am not joking in saying that I held this book to my forehead and thanked it after finishing it. There is, of course, loss in this book. As there is with all stories of war and valor, not everyone makes it. But I think it is well worth the sadness.
While this is the final book in this trilogy, Schwab has announced that she will be writing another book within this universe to be released in 2020.
She said that it has nods to Bladerunner, which is beyond exciting, and I think that will be just as wonderful as these books were. If you haven’t read A Conjuring of Light or its predecessors, I highly suggest you change that.
In Red London, they do not have a specific word for goodbye, they instead say anoshe, which means “until another day.” So today I say anoshe to A Conjuring of Light, and the incredible world Schwab has created.
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