Theta is cool-as-you-like and sassy as hell, and I like seeing how she, Evie, and Mabel play off each other.
We don’t get to see as much of them, though the book bounces in third person between many perspectives. The other characters are just as fascinating, if not quite so immediately bubbly. I refuse to call alcohol anything but “giggle water” or “coffin varnish” from now on. Where are the speakeasies at, anyone know? The 1920s atmosphere is delightfully flirtatious and spiffy. I loved learning about 1920s New York with her, and her love for the city reignited my desire to explore it myself. Maybe that’s just because I read a lot of brooding fantasy, but I find Evie’s attitude and general spunk refreshing. I feel like it has been a long time since I read a book with a main character who is just so seemingly light-hearted and immediately likeable. She is so out-going and quick witted, and just plain fun. Let me just say, Evie O’Neill is a queen. So if you haven’t yet read The Diviners, just know that I adore this book with the passion of a thousand suns and radiate with incandescent love for all the characters and pos-i-tute-ly brilliant prose.
*SPOILER ALERT* I will be talking pretty extensively about the plot and giving away some major spoilers. But worry not, the problem has been solved. Why did I not pick this series up sooner?! It’s right up my alley: 1920s New York, the supernatural, murder mystery! TBH, before this moment I had never read a Libba Bray book. All while something dark and evil has awakened, beginning to lurk in the shadows. Evie realizes her gift could help catch a killer, and while she begins a dangerous dance with a murderer other stories begin to unfold within the city. When the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic sigil, they call Will to the scene. She’s worried he’ll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has brought her nothing but trouble so far. And she couldn’t be more excited! The only catch is Will’s obsession with the occult. Evie O’Neill, a modern woman, and flapper extraordinaire has been exiled from her hometown in Ohio and sent to live with her uncle Will in New York City. Here are my thoughts on book one.įor those who don’t know, The Diviners is set in 1926 New York City, teeming with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. So, I have decided to take this glorious opportunity to rectify this obvious lapse in my reading repertoire and read through the first three books before book four comes in and I get completely and utterly spoiled. What most of you may not know is that I have never read The Diviners. As some of you may know, the fourth book in Libba Bray’s The Diviners series, The King of Crows, is coming in February.
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