V.E. Schwab
American
Born 1987
Victoria Elizabeth Schwab is an American writer. She is known for the 2013 novel Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which was nominated for the 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. She publishes children's and young adult fiction books under the name Victoria Schwab. She is the creator of the supernatural teen drama series First Kill, based on her short story of the same name originally published in the 2020 anthology Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite.
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Cassidy Blake
Cassidy Blake in order →City of Ghosts 2018
Cassidy Blake travels to Edinburgh with her family, where she meets another girl who shares her ability to cross into the spirit world. She still has much to learn about the Veil and her own gift, and she must learn it quickly.
See it on AmazonTunnel of Bones 2019
Cassidy Blake returns to the spooky world of ghostly adventures. Her psychic abilities draw her into new supernatural encounters where even ghostly companions keep secrets. She must navigate mysterious threats that test her courage and her unusual friendships.
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Cassidy Blake arrives in New Orleans, a city that wears its hauntings on its sleeve. Amid ghost tours, tombs, raucous music, and colorful local legends, she encounters a foe she never expected: a servant of Death itself. Cass must face this new enemy and decide what she will risk to win.
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V.E. Schwab is an American writer whose work we have begun covering with a single review so far: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, a fantasy novel built on a striking premise — a young French woman who trades her freedom for immortality, only to be cursed so that no one she meets can ever remember her. That one book shows Schwab working on a centuries-spanning canvas, using a high-concept hook to explore legacy, erasure, and the human drive to leave a mark on the world. It holds a 4.7/5 reader rating from 1,629 Amazon ratings, and we plan to expand our Schwab coverage from this starting point.
- Where should I start?
- Start with The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue — it's the only Schwab book we've reviewed, and it's also her most prominent work as a New York Times bestseller. Its self-contained, centuries-spanning story of a woman cursed to be forgotten makes it a natural entry point, and readers on Amazon rate it 4.7/5 across 1,629 ratings.
- What's their writing style?
- Judging by the one book we've reviewed, Schwab builds fiction around a single powerful conceit — in Addie LaRue's case, a Faustian bargain with a devastating catch — and lets it unfold across a vast sweep of time. The writing engages big themes directly: memory, legacy, erasure, and the stubborn human need to be remembered. It's concept-driven fantasy with an emotional, philosophical core.
- Books we've reviewed
- We've reviewed 1 book by V.E. Schwab so far. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a fantasy novel about a French woman who gains immortality but is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets — it holds a 4.7/5 reader rating from 1,629 Amazon ratings and is currently trending thanks to its adaptation news.
- Are any books being adapted?
- Yes — The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is trending in connection with an adaptation, which is why it's currently featured as a trending title on this hub. The novel's high-concept premise, an immortal protagonist cursed to be forgotten, makes it a natural fit for the screen.
- What genre do they write?
- The one book we've reviewed by V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, is fantasy — it hinges on a supernatural bargain that grants immortality alongside a curse of being forgotten. The story uses that fantastical premise to explore grounded themes like memory, legacy, and erasure across centuries.
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Who is V.E. Schwab?
Victoria Elizabeth Schwab is an American writer best known for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, a New York Times bestseller published by Tor Books on October 6, 2020. That novel follows a woman granted immortality at the cost of being forgotten by everyone she meets, and it has become Schwab's signature work among the readers we track.
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