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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
By the end of last year, I hadn’t read The Devouring Grey but it had come highly recommended from several of my book friends. When I had the opportunity to get my hands on an ARC of The Deck of Omens picked up a copy of The Devouring Grey the next day. I was able to read these guys back to back and I was so very pleased to do so.
I loved our little band of forest children and the magic system was both interesting yet straight forward. I loved the idea of the Grey as well. All of the magic and how it works is ultimately explained by the end of book 2 and there is a nice closed loop of how everything intertwined, which I always appreciate. Magic doesn’t need to be explained, but when it can and it’s done well it’s always very satisfying.
The second half of book two specifically was my favorite. I laughed, I cried (vaguely trying to wipe my eyes with out the notice of the surrounding public) and I shouted out loud with concern... while on an Amtrak train visibly startling my seat mate.
I always helps when your Apple Music (or whichever service brings you your music) some how seems to know what you’re reading and delivers the absolute correct selection of songs. This happened for the end of Deck of Omens and it was perfection.
I loved our little band of forest children and the magic system was both interesting yet straight forward. I loved the idea of the Grey as well. All of the magic and how it works is ultimately explained by the end of book 2 and there is a nice closed loop of how everything intertwined, which I always appreciate. Magic doesn’t need to be explained, but when it can and it’s done well it’s always very satisfying.
The second half of book two specifically was my favorite. I laughed, I cried (vaguely trying to wipe my eyes with out the notice of the surrounding public) and I shouted out loud with concern... while on an Amtrak train visibly startling my seat mate.
I always helps when your Apple Music (or whichever service brings you your music) some how seems to know what you’re reading and delivers the absolute correct selection of songs. This happened for the end of Deck of Omens and it was perfection.
"You're as strong as you deserve to be."
With characters that wormed their way into my heart, plot twists that shocked me to my core, and writing that was as beautiful as magic itself, The Deck Of Omens is a book worth reading, and a stunning conclusion to the duology.
With characters that wormed their way into my heart, plot twists that shocked me to my core, and writing that was as beautiful as magic itself, The Deck Of Omens is a book worth reading, and a stunning conclusion to the duology.
This is my favourite book of year so far. I fucking loved this so much!!! This is a fantastic sequel to the devouring gray. I really enjoyed the first book but this one was just as good. The writing and plot was well developed. I think the world from the previous book was really expanded upon really well.
The ending was well done and I felt satisfied with it. I love all these characters so much. Violet and Isaac everything and they deserve the world.
May really annoyed me most of the book. But I ended up liking her by the end again. I just really felt like she was trying to play the hero and make herself useful when she doesn’t. But then does more damage / makes it worse? But it’s makes sense in terms of her character and personality. So I’ll let it slide.
I really wanna see more of this characters. I hope they stay friends later on and we can see more of them.
The ending was well done and I felt satisfied with it. I love all these characters so much. Violet and Isaac everything and they deserve the world.
May really annoyed me most of the book. But I ended up liking her by the end again. I just really felt like she was trying to play the hero and make herself useful when she doesn’t. But then does more damage / makes it worse? But it’s makes sense in terms of her character and personality. So I’ll let it slide.
I really wanna see more of this characters. I hope they stay friends later on and we can see more of them.
This was a brilliant yet bittersweet conclusion to the duology. I wanted more for Justin and May, though. They deserved more than that shitty hole in the wall town, and they certainly deserved better than their shitty parents.
Trigger warnings: grief, trauma, gore, body horror, brief physical abuse, grief, death of family members, violence
From the first sentence in this dark and unsettling book, you’re plunged straight back into the shadowy world of Four Paths and the wicked imagination of Herman. This exceeded my already astronomical expectations and delivered a fitting sequel & end to this atmospheric, character-driven duology.
I loved how Herman built on small crumbs of information in the first book to revel shocking truths, twists and turns that showed off her world-building and mythology. The complex history meticulously established in the first book comes to life, but even this foundation has cracks in it, which Herman exploits to brilliant effect with some genuinely shocking twists. I loved how seemingly insignificant acts culminated in revealing darker truths and how the plot upends everything you thought you knew about the Beast and the town in a really interesting and captivating way. The comparison to Stranger Things is still upheld here, with the cinematic feel of the action and the way the plot evolved to reflect certain aspects of the town through the actions of the Gray.
At the centre of the fast-paced plot are our five central characters, all of whom grow and evolve over the course of the duology. Herman explores the themes of trauma and inherited guilt through them, as they learn to cope with the scars inflicted on them through the awful events of the books. They’re these broken figures trying to survive in a harsh, unforgiving world and it’s heartbreakingly empathetic to join them on their journey. At the same time, they’re also just teenagers, growing up and getting through high school and they feel so realistic in terms of dialogue and character arcs.
Like our central cast of characters, you feel enmeshed in the claustrophobic atmosphere of this town filled to the brim with secrets and betrayals, unable to escape the world expertly weaved by Herman until the bitter end.
From the first sentence in this dark and unsettling book, you’re plunged straight back into the shadowy world of Four Paths and the wicked imagination of Herman. This exceeded my already astronomical expectations and delivered a fitting sequel & end to this atmospheric, character-driven duology.
I loved how Herman built on small crumbs of information in the first book to revel shocking truths, twists and turns that showed off her world-building and mythology. The complex history meticulously established in the first book comes to life, but even this foundation has cracks in it, which Herman exploits to brilliant effect with some genuinely shocking twists. I loved how seemingly insignificant acts culminated in revealing darker truths and how the plot upends everything you thought you knew about the Beast and the town in a really interesting and captivating way. The comparison to Stranger Things is still upheld here, with the cinematic feel of the action and the way the plot evolved to reflect certain aspects of the town through the actions of the Gray.
At the centre of the fast-paced plot are our five central characters, all of whom grow and evolve over the course of the duology. Herman explores the themes of trauma and inherited guilt through them, as they learn to cope with the scars inflicted on them through the awful events of the books. They’re these broken figures trying to survive in a harsh, unforgiving world and it’s heartbreakingly empathetic to join them on their journey. At the same time, they’re also just teenagers, growing up and getting through high school and they feel so realistic in terms of dialogue and character arcs.
Like our central cast of characters, you feel enmeshed in the claustrophobic atmosphere of this town filled to the brim with secrets and betrayals, unable to escape the world expertly weaved by Herman until the bitter end.
i don't think this was a bad book but i was so checked out throughout the entirety of it due to being burnt out to the point i have been barely functioning. the rating is just my best guess at what i would've thought of it, had my brain been ok.
from what i managed to process, the book's strongest point was, once again, how incredibly atmospheric it was. unfortunately, it was v may centric and i realised i don't care about her.
last but not least that comes to mind,
but i swear to god, this is a decent book.
from what i managed to process, the book's strongest point was, once again, how incredibly atmospheric it was. unfortunately, it was v may centric and i realised i don't care about her.
last but not least that comes to mind,
Spoiler
bisexual people are still bisexual in a relationship with a person from the opposite genre. HOWEVER, choosing to write two bisexual characters who (partly) bond over their coming out certainly is a choice in 2020.but i swear to god, this is a decent book.
The start of this book was a huge foreshadowing journey. I like how a lot of the stuff unveiled in the beginning really set up the rest of the book. I felt like some character interactions, though – were a bit rushed. Some important conversation- I felt like needed to be discussed at length and really absorbed throughout the book, I wish this book would be spread into two books – but I understand why this was a duology, because the characters' journey had to come to a close.
The story in this installment was more action-packed, less mystery – which I both enjoyed and didn’t at the same time. I loved the small-town mystery of the first book but missed some of the action. While in this one it was the opposite: I liked the action but didn’t find any mystery to it. I think Christine Lynn Herman would make an action-packed while also mysterious really well.
This book was a good wrapping of the story, but I wish it was a bit longer – some parts felt rushed over and not elaborated. I’ll definitely be picking up more from Christine Lynn Herman – and of you’re looking for a nice, well rounded ending – this sequel is definitely for you.
The story in this installment was more action-packed, less mystery – which I both enjoyed and didn’t at the same time. I loved the small-town mystery of the first book but missed some of the action. While in this one it was the opposite: I liked the action but didn’t find any mystery to it. I think Christine Lynn Herman would make an action-packed while also mysterious really well.
This book was a good wrapping of the story, but I wish it was a bit longer – some parts felt rushed over and not elaborated. I’ll definitely be picking up more from Christine Lynn Herman – and of you’re looking for a nice, well rounded ending – this sequel is definitely for you.
