![]() ![]() After all, they’re operating on a different level. ![]() In fact, they’re almost more interesting. While sympathies naturally fall with the Skilless and their allies, that doesn’t mean that the most powerful characters in this story don’t come with their own intrigue. James is much more intrigued with putting together a solid thriller that investigates the situation from both sides thanks to the use of multiple perspectives. It’s hard not to compare the two series just based on how magical society rewards the strong. ![]() Schwab’s Shades of Magic, although James has fewer alternate dimensions and a much less clearly lined out system of magic.īut a much-less defined system doesn’t make Tarnished City worse. By Cheryl Wassenaar 5 years ago Vic James’ Gilded Cage sequel, Tarnished City, widens the world in a way that its predecessor didn’t, although it becomes much darker as well.Īlternate history is usually its own genre, but Gilded Cage and its recent sequel, Tarnished City, have taken the alternate history and added a veneer of magic over it - not dissimilar to V.E. ![]()
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