The Diviners: ★★★.5
Lair of Dreams: ★★★★
Before the Devil Breaks You: ★★★
The King of Crows:

Read for Tome Topple Round 11: read one tome + tome audiobook

Read for Medieval-a-thon: wardrobe, a book with green on the cover


Finished with an hour to spare for Tome Topple woo!

I used CAWPILE to get my rating and it was .1 points away from being a 5 star read, I really liked this one!

I liked this one so much more than the first book! Evie is still one of the most annoying characters I've ever read, but I really enjoyed the plot and the characters here, especially the developing relationships (platonic and romantic). The plot was pretty predictable, I figured it out pretty quickly, but I still liked where it went. The scary elements were done a bit different in Lair of Dreams, and it suited my tastes much better. If these first two books were movies, The Diviners would be one with a lot of jump scares and boring bits between them, whereas Lair of Dreams had a whole bunch of quiet fear sprinkled throughout. The kind that wouldn't make you scream, but it set the hairs on the back of your neck on end and gives you the feeling that you're being watched. I personally really like that, it's way more effective for me and I had a great time reading this

Ordering the next two books asap, I can't wait to get more into this series!