A Darker Shade of Magic

Reasons I thought I would like this book:

• fantasy/magic
• Kell's magical multi-sided coat.
• multiverse, travel between parallel worlds
• magic doors between worlds
• quest
• snark/wittty banter
• strong female character who wants to be a pirate

Reasons I did not actually like this book:

• torture, violent and bloody = not for me
• too grim & depressing (I have no desire to re-read The Hunger Games series for the same reason)
• not big on the historical fiction or historical fantasy stuff for the most part
• it takes a really long time to get to the plot and I got bored. (Lila and Kell don't even meet until over 1/4 through the book.)