Actually it's when we stumble upon books like this one that we realize how often we're told how the characters are in many books : This character is nice. Indeed she never tells us what to think, and that's brilliant - and so, so rare. I can't express how much I loved how she let me forge my own opinion without never telling me who they're supposed to be. let the reader manage them, scrutinize them. In my opinion Kelley Armstrong handled her characterization perfectly : quietly, she set her characters in motion and just. At the most random parts.Īn interesting background filled with fae folklore ☑ Yet in context? With all the characters' dynamics background? I laughed. Indeed they were clever and funny in a non show-off way, the kind of private joke funny that doesn't allow me to take a sentence off context and say LOOK AT THIS! THIS IS HILARIOUS! Nope. How unsettling as it sounds, strangely it didn't bother me at all but on the contrary I thought that it added interesting layers to the story.īut what I preferred were, by far, the dialogues. If Olivia's POV (in first person past tense) owns the show, the story is interspersed with passages in random people's POV that are told in third person. Yet despite the pretty generic writing, I enjoyed it immensely for what it is : to the point, true. And yet, in wanting nothing to do with it, I was a hypocrite."Īs for the writing, don't expect purple prose or beautiful sentences here. It was serious and ugly and I wanted nothing to do with it. "I sat there, feeling sick and shocked and angry, most of all furious with myself for being such a fool, such a damned fool. A mystery that will keep you guessing the whole time, glued to the pages, where you need to pay attention at every omen and even every dream. A murder investigation with sparks of paranormal. Although I was more than okay with that because UF never was my favorite genre (that's an understatement), the blurb and the shelves can be misleading and you would be disappointed if that's what you expect. The first thing you need to know is that it is NOT Urban Fantasy by any means. It kept me on the edge of my seat right up to the end. ![]() Color me surprised : I certainly didn't start Omens with high expectations and yet. ![]() Reread 08/03 : Despite my relative disappointment in Deceptions (and déception = disappointment in French, Oh, the IRONY), I'm still super excited about the 4th book coming out next week so I decided to reread them all during my vacations (STARTING NOW WOOT!)
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