I mean, I had stars in my eyes and everything… Speaking of unnerving, Sam Lloyd was introduced when Evie stepped of the train, and I was completely swept off my feet. It’s thrilling, unnerving, and enlightening. When Evie arrives in New York after having lived in boring old Zenith, Ohio- it’s certainly a step-up for her. “In New York, she could reinvent herself. But the aftereffects of her object reading can leave her feeling woozy and sick. You see, Evie has special powers- she can tell your secrets simply by holding an object dear to you and concentrating on it. An incident she, rightfully, is not willing to apoligze for because that would mean explaining what happened. This follows the tale of seventeen-year-old Evangeline (Evie) O’Neill, who gets send to New York for a few months to stay with her uncle Will after an unfortunate incident involving a louse and a lothario named Harold Brodie. And Libba Bray brought just that to the table with this chilling and wondrous book. To quote Maggie Stiefvater, good magic is a little horrific, and good horror is always a little magical. This was exactly my kind of book – with talk about the occult, magical-realism, and even a little horror (that I could handle for once) – I couldn’t help but fall for The Diviners. They are coming,” Isaiah said, drifting back into dreams, his last word barely a whisper: “Diviners.”
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