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A review by surbhi_reads
The Deck of Omens by C.L. Herman
3.0
All things considered, this was quite an atmospheric and engaging final book of the duology.
Things I liked:
- The writing, [a:Christine Lynn Herman|17298543|Christine Lynn Herman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1538571676p2/17298543.jpg] has a gorgeous style of narration.
- The small and mysterious town setting with such a complex and frightening history. And so many buried secrets.
- It had some much needed positive conversation between parents and their children.
- The action scenes at the end of the book.
- Issac - The only character I adored! I was so glad for him by the end of the book.
- The ending was very satisfying, I think it wrapped very nicely.
Things I did not care for:
- For some reason, I never got attached to any other character. Generally, I love a squad - but, this group of characters, they were okay at most.
- The build up towards the end felt lacking a bit. For most part of the book, the characters were running around like chickens with their head cut off. I love when character slowly unravel things for themselves, in case of this book, the character didn't really find anything themselves (there was a lot of useless patrolling and wandering around without any substantial revelation) - and everything was eventually revealed by the villain in a final show down! I am still wandering what's inside the locked drawers of the Sullivan cellar.
- The villain - I think I needed more from him.
- The romance - um?
ARC received from Titan Books in exchange for my honest opinion!
Things I liked:
- The writing, [a:Christine Lynn Herman|17298543|Christine Lynn Herman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1538571676p2/17298543.jpg] has a gorgeous style of narration.
- The small and mysterious town setting with such a complex and frightening history. And so many buried secrets.
- It had some much needed positive conversation between parents and their children.
- The action scenes at the end of the book.
- Issac - The only character I adored! I was so glad for him by the end of the book.
- The ending was very satisfying, I think it wrapped very nicely.
Things I did not care for:
- For some reason, I never got attached to any other character. Generally, I love a squad - but, this group of characters, they were okay at most.
- The build up towards the end felt lacking a bit. For most part of the book, the characters were running around like chickens with their head cut off. I love when character slowly unravel things for themselves, in case of this book, the character didn't really find anything themselves (there was a lot of useless patrolling and wandering around without any substantial revelation) - and everything was eventually revealed by the villain in a final show down! I am still wandering what's inside the locked drawers of the Sullivan cellar.
- The villain - I think I needed more from him.
- The romance - um?
ARC received from Titan Books in exchange for my honest opinion!