Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Welcome back! I’m the Book Guy, and I’m here to help you find a good book to read. We’re in the middle of YAnuary, our monthly theme of looking at Young Adult books.
We’re discussing Shades of Magic, even though it’s officially classified as adult! Because I read the whole thing and fully thought it was YA. So we’ll have a discussion about the way books are classified as adult or young adult, and decide how much that classification actually matters.
This series is comprised of the Shades of Magic trilogy, and the start of a new second trilogy with just one book so far, the Fragile Threads of Power. We’ll look at the story, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this series and see if it’s gonna be right for you!
Buy my books here (after 8th January 2025)
michaelcronk.com
To support the channel, check out my patreon and my shop:
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00:00 Intro
02:08 The Concept
03:31 Worldbuilding
04:45 Magic
06:13 Characters
08:33 Early Plots
09:33 Middle Plots
14:14 Later Plots
16:08 Adult or Young Adult
18:56 Representation
20:35 Content Warning
20:58 Is the Ending worth it?
21:20 How much should you try?
21:36 Updates
Welcome back! I’m the Book Guy, and I’m here to help you find a good book to read. We’re in the middle of YAnuary, our monthly theme of looking at Young Adult books.
We’re discussing Shades of Magic, even though it’s officially classified as adult! Because I read the whole thing and fully thought it was YA. So we’ll have a discussion about the way books are classified as adult or young adult, and decide how much that classification actually matters.
This series is comprised of the Shades of Magic trilogy, and the start of a new second trilogy with just one book so far, the Fragile Threads of Power. We’ll look at the story, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this series and see if it’s gonna be right for you!
Buy my books here (after 8th January 2025)
michaelcronk.com
To support the channel, check out my patreon and my shop:
patreon.com/c/CronkTheBookGuy
rainbowspaceunicorn.com
Instagram @cronkthebookguy
00:00 Intro
02:08 The Concept
03:31 Worldbuilding
04:45 Magic
06:13 Characters
08:33 Early Plots
09:33 Middle Plots
14:14 Later Plots
16:08 Adult or Young Adult
18:56 Representation
20:35 Content Warning
20:58 Is the Ending worth it?
21:20 How much should you try?
21:36 Updates
