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A review by nday
The Deck of Omens by C.L. Herman
5.0
The second book in the Devouring Gray duology, and I was excited to read this one – so much so I reread the first book before diving into this one so I had the plot and atmosphere all fresh in my mind.
I was, to say the least, very intrigued as to how this would all play out. There were still plenty of mysteries left to unravel in the second half of duology, and a lot of damage to unpack from all the characters. I loved that we got more time with Isaac, who I think might have just been a little bit my favourite. Ezra had a big flashing warning sign over him from the outset, but I didn’t see the twist with him coming, so that was cool – I always appreciated not being able to work out what’s coming next.
There were some wonderful sweet moments of healing and growth for the characters, and I liked that there was so good gross descriptions of the woods to give this the atmosphere that I loved so much from the first book.
This all came together so well, I thought it was a great adventure and had wonderful character development that tied in so well with what was needed to save the day. I loved that it wasn’t a picture perfect ending for everything, but felt well evolved to who the characters were and they were going to be. Also, just as well Orpheus was okay. Just saying.
A great read, that I’m positive I’ll read again in the future.
I was, to say the least, very intrigued as to how this would all play out. There were still plenty of mysteries left to unravel in the second half of duology, and a lot of damage to unpack from all the characters. I loved that we got more time with Isaac, who I think might have just been a little bit my favourite. Ezra had a big flashing warning sign over him from the outset, but I didn’t see the twist with him coming, so that was cool – I always appreciated not being able to work out what’s coming next.
There were some wonderful sweet moments of healing and growth for the characters, and I liked that there was so good gross descriptions of the woods to give this the atmosphere that I loved so much from the first book.
This all came together so well, I thought it was a great adventure and had wonderful character development that tied in so well with what was needed to save the day. I loved that it wasn’t a picture perfect ending for everything, but felt well evolved to who the characters were and they were going to be. Also, just as well Orpheus was okay. Just saying.
A great read, that I’m positive I’ll read again in the future.