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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I have to be honest, I didn't love this one as much as I loved 'The Devouring Gray'. Maybe it'd been too long since I read the first one? Something just didn't click for me and it took me quite a long time to finish this book.
The book isn't bad. I just found that it spent a lot of time on the relationships and friendships between the characters, and that I didn't connect with this. Nothing really felt like it had a 'spark' and I wasn't rooting for any of the characters.
There's a great reveal within the book, and the last 100 pages had me hooked, because for me that's when the action really started to take off. It became more about the beast and the gray than it did about the founders children.
I did enjoy this. It just held a lot of things I wasn't overly interested in and I just found it hard to really get gripped by the book.
I have to be honest, I didn't love this one as much as I loved 'The Devouring Gray'. Maybe it'd been too long since I read the first one? Something just didn't click for me and it took me quite a long time to finish this book.
The book isn't bad. I just found that it spent a lot of time on the relationships and friendships between the characters, and that I didn't connect with this. Nothing really felt like it had a 'spark' and I wasn't rooting for any of the characters.
There's a great reveal within the book, and the last 100 pages had me hooked, because for me that's when the action really started to take off. It became more about the beast and the gray than it did about the founders children.
I did enjoy this. It just held a lot of things I wasn't overly interested in and I just found it hard to really get gripped by the book.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The ending has some rights but that plot twist had none. Who thought why yes it would be cool if Isaac had a lifelong crush on his ancestors kid???
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Rep: bisexual main characters; disabled characters; queer parents as secondary characters
Warnings: mention of family abuse, death of loved one and grief, body horror, disease
As the founder families continue to squabble for power, the younger generation is trying to fix the problem of the Beast in this sequel/finale to [b:The Devouring Gray|36535913|The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray #1)|Christine Lynn Herman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543850974l/36535913._SX50_.jpg|58262762]. As mentioned in the synopsis, a new threat has been rising from the Gray, and as May, Harper and the others investigate, it seems that this new threat may not be the Beast's doing. Diving back into their history for clues, they stumble upon old family secrets and the truth of the story the town was built on. While the central plotline is about the elimination of the Beast and Gray, the story itself is character-driven, taking into account the complicated relationships between the founder teens, their own relationships with their family legacy and their troubled childhoods.
The Deck of Omens falls on expected storylines, so there aren't many surprises (well, expect for one that kinda made me go 'whoa'), but it does quite well even when you are expecting things to turn out as they do. The development of the storyline leading to those reveals is handled very well. Also, the relationship development between the characters, the character's arc and their decisions are all made organically, and I liked that I could predict the character's actions because the groundwork for the character was laid so well in the last book and in this one. Overall, it is an enjoyable read, taking the threads from the first book and leading them well to their conclusion.
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Disney-Hyperion, via Netgalley.
Warnings: mention of family abuse, death of loved one and grief, body horror, disease
As the founder families continue to squabble for power, the younger generation is trying to fix the problem of the Beast in this sequel/finale to [b:The Devouring Gray|36535913|The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray #1)|Christine Lynn Herman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543850974l/36535913._SX50_.jpg|58262762]. As mentioned in the synopsis, a new threat has been rising from the Gray, and as May, Harper and the others investigate, it seems that this new threat may not be the Beast's doing. Diving back into their history for clues, they stumble upon old family secrets and the truth of the story the town was built on. While the central plotline is about the elimination of the Beast and Gray, the story itself is character-driven, taking into account the complicated relationships between the founder teens, their own relationships with their family legacy and their troubled childhoods.
The Deck of Omens falls on expected storylines, so there aren't many surprises (well, expect for one that kinda made me go 'whoa'), but it does quite well even when you are expecting things to turn out as they do. The development of the storyline leading to those reveals is handled very well. Also, the relationship development between the characters, the character's arc and their decisions are all made organically, and I liked that I could predict the character's actions because the groundwork for the character was laid so well in the last book and in this one. Overall, it is an enjoyable read, taking the threads from the first book and leading them well to their conclusion.
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Disney-Hyperion, via Netgalley.
that an EXCELLENT series conclusion & i love isaac sullivan with all my heart
I actually really loved this, I didn’t remember that much from the first book but it didn’t even matter. These books are just so immersive and atmospheric and I will be recommending them forever more. Isaac and Violet are still my faves and I already miss this whole group.
