A review by stellar_raven
The Devil in Music by Kate Ross

5.0

First of all, I am so sad that I have reached the end of this wonderful series. :(

Moving on, I LOVED this book! It was gripping right from the start and never let up until the end. I literally could not stop reading it yesterday. I'd try. I'd put the book down and go to do something else, but within a matter of moments, I was settled back in and reading.

As before I had no idea who the guilty party was right up until they were unmasked.

However, [huge spoiler under the spoiler tags-read at your own risk.----->]

the biggest reveal in the book, the fact that Julian was Orfeo had actually occurred to me early on in the story. You know, in a "Wouldn't it be funny if...?" kind of way. But then something happened in the story that made me dismiss that notion outright only to realize later that I'd been on the right track all along.

That's what I love about these books, the author leads the reader on a merry chase dropping clues and red herrings until one isn't quite sure which way is up. It's fantastic!

I loved the backstory/character development we got on Julian in this book! I'd been so curious as to his history, and it was nice to have some of the blanks filled in.

Again, it's such a shame that the author was taken from us so young. You could see that she had great things in store for Julian and company.

I highly recommend this series to any mystery fan.