Week 31 Review: Masters of Death

From Goodreads:

From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a story about vampires, ghosts, and death itself!

Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the house has been murdered, and until he can solve the mystery of how he died, he refuses to move on.

Fox D'Mora is a medium, and though is also most-definitely a shameless fraud, he isn't entirely without his uses—seeing as he's actually the godson of Death.

When Viola seeks out Fox to help her with her ghost-infested mansion, he becomes inextricably involved in a quest that neither he nor Vi expects (or wants). But with the help of an unruly poltergeist, a demonic personal trainer, a sharp-voiced angel, a love-stricken reaper, and a few high-functioning creatures, Vi and Fox soon discover the difference between a mysterious lost love and an annoying dead body isn't nearly as distinct as they thought.

My Review:
This was such a fantastic read! I really enjoyed the Atlas series, and this stand alone sounded wild, and I had to know how this story would unfold! That Viola is a vampire and a real estate agent selling a home with a ghost of a murder victim...yeah, that was just the initial set up in the synopsis, and there's so much more going on beyond that! 

A good deal of the focus of this book was on Fox, the godson of death, who uses his connection to Death to pretend to be a medium. I loved their relationship, because the very beginning was a narration of Death, talking about how he ending having Fox as his godson, and then besides the very end, it's all from Fox's perspective of the two of them, from the two of them. And there's a journey there that I really enjoyed.

The cast of characters in this book were so well thought-out and distinct, they had well developed personalities of their own, and honestly, when they were all together it was just a wild ride. They had all these different backstories and reasons why they were a part of this story, and I loved watching it all come together! 

And then there was the game. Oh man, the game confused the heck out of me, with the rules, and how to play, and how all the little mysteries in these peoples' lives brought them to this point...I just had to keep going, to see where the story would take me. It was fantastic, but it really went over my head for the most part! Especially since now, after finishing, the finer details aren't sticking, per usual with my poor little memory. 

I had a really wonderful time reading this book, and I can't wait to read more by Olivie Blake! 

Author: Olivie Blake
Read: August 4th, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: I've enjoyed her other books and it's a SAC 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Expected Publication: August 8th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars