Evie worries he’ll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer.
As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened.
Evie is a carefree, outgoing, outspoken and
charming girl whose personality is too much for the small town where she stays.
Her parents send her off to New York to live with her uncle and she is only too
happy about it. Soon enough she settles in with her uncle, a curator of The
Museum of American Folklore, and life in New York. But things soon start to spiral
as a number of occult-based murders come into light. Evie and her uncle get
into the thick of things as Evie’s secret may be the most important key to
solving these murders.
The first thing about this book that stands
out is its plot. A number of sub-plots with a variety of interesting characters
lends to the complexity of the plot as a whole. Each subplot is important
towards working to the final solution and that one factor makes this story
stand apart from its counterparts. It’s a detail oriented plot based in the
1920s’ and while I have very little idea about New York in the 1920s’ the
narrative was good enough to picturise a black and white era (funny how that
happens!). But I dearly wished for a bit more description about the locations
and surrounding, even though that would make this book lengthier.
The characters were all interesting. Evie
being the protagonist has the biggest role to play. She is an easy to fall in
love character with her bubbly and straightforward nature. Her Uncle Will too
has his moments quite frequently. Then there are a host of other characters
that lend colour and spice to the story, like Jericho, Theta, Memphis and
Mabel. It feels as if the absence of any one of these supporting characters
would have caused a serious hole to appear in the plot.
Despite being almost 600 page novel, ‘The
Diviners’ managed to keep its firm grip on me from the first chapter to the
last word. The author has incorporated many shades of paranormal factors,
murder, adventure, drama, secrets and revelations into the story. Everyone will
find something they love about this book. Even though the book provides for a
satisfactory ending, I wish there was more and so I will be sure to pick up the
second book in the series when it comes out.
Reading this book was an awesome experience
and time well spent.
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