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A review by amelianotthepilot
Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The concept of Olivie’s books are so interesting. However this book, although really interesting, lacks something that I cant quite put my finger on.
The plot yet again follows a whole cast of characters with no real main character. Olivie really delves into each character and fully gives them their own stories jumping between their side thoughts and plots and tying them to the main plot. The “main character” is Fox the adopted son/‘godson’ of Death. The other semi main character is Vi, a previous human who is recently turned a vampire and now is a real estate agent currently struggling to sell a house with ghost. After a series of events Vi, Fox, and an assortment of characters make their way to The Game. ‘The Game’ is a gamboling game played amongst immortals and death to risk everything to gain everything.
The Game is where the plot started to fall apart for me. There were a lot of great quotes and thoughts on death and life and mortals vs immortals. But The Game was sorta vaguely described and the stakes not fully explored. It was too vague and too important but resolved quite quickly.
Yet again I find the pacing of olivie’s books a little odd. It jumps quite quickly between conversations and abandons action in favor of slowly drawing other things out. I think they would honestly work better as movies.
The plot yet again follows a whole cast of characters with no real main character. Olivie really delves into each character and fully gives them their own stories jumping between their side thoughts and plots and tying them to the main plot. The “main character” is Fox the adopted son/‘godson’ of Death. The other semi main character is Vi, a previous human who is recently turned a vampire and now is a real estate agent currently struggling to sell a house with ghost. After a series of events Vi, Fox, and an assortment of characters make their way to The Game. ‘The Game’ is a gamboling game played amongst immortals and death to risk everything to gain everything.
The Game is where the plot started to fall apart for me. There were a lot of great quotes and thoughts on death and life and mortals vs immortals. But The Game was sorta vaguely described and the stakes not fully explored. It was too vague and too important but resolved quite quickly.
Yet again I find the pacing of olivie’s books a little odd. It jumps quite quickly between conversations and abandons action in favor of slowly drawing other things out. I think they would honestly work better as movies.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Murder