Masters of Death
Books | Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary
3.7
Olivie Blake
An instant New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Indie bestseller! From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a story about vampires, ghosts, and death itself. *Now newly revised and edited with additional content, this hardcover edition will include new interior illustrations from Little Chmura and special illustrated endpapers from artist Polarts.* There is a game that the immortals play. There is only one rule: Don’t lose. 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 mansion 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 he 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 the ghost infestation, 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 mindfulness-practicing 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.
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Author
Olivie Blake
Pages
304
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Published Date
2022-06-14
ISBN
1250884888 9781250884886
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"I'm not sure if this book was better in physical or audiobook form. It was a little messy and stretched thin at times, but mostly fun. The ending was a cliché and maybe even a bit unearned, but overall, I had fun reading it."
Lize
"As usual the gay couple carried this book.
I really liked parts of this, but the whole story was chaos and crazy hard to follow. I feel bad for any audiobook readers because I don’t think I would have understood a single thing without seeing the paragraph breaks and italics."
Mandy
"I DNF first read for physical copy but second time around hit the audiobook and I have no regrets. This was chaotic and hard to follow at times but over all a fun ride. "
Maria Seay
"This was my first novel by Blake and I’m not sure I want to pick up anything else by this author but I think her writing style might just not be for me. There were parts of this novel that reminded me of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, who is one of my favorite authors, however the prose Blake used read rather pretentiously throughout most of the story. It often reminded me of a student attempting to sound smarter by using the synonym button to pick fancier words that don’t necessarily string together all that well. I often was wondering the point behind the word choice, vast cast of characters, and flashbacks instead of simply enjoying my time while reading."
Lianna
"Had so much potential, was beyond disappointed. The banter between characters was hard to follow and often useless. She clearly writes at a very high level, but makes you work hard to get through it and understand what’s going on. "
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Amanda C
"Oh how to explain this book… a realtor that happens to be a vampire is trying to sell a house that happens to be inhabited by a ghost. The only way to get rid of the ghost is to reach out to a medium who also happens to be the godson of Death.
This book is LGBTQ. I didn’t realize that until I got into it. It’s also not a linear story. Multiple POV and LOTS of jumping around. The banter and dialogue is very good, however it did take me forever to get through this book because it was, imo, dry at times.
I think this book is good for people who prefer paranormal, multiple POV stories. Not my cup of tea but that’s ok."
Victoria
"I really enjoyed reading this book! I definitely enjoyed Fox and Brandt's story, I normally wouldn't appreciate the misunderstanding trops but I feel like it was executed really well. I also really loved Viola and Tom's relationship. It was a bit unexpected but still welcome. Although I felt the main problem was easily solved and it could've been explained more in depth with it, I still felt entertained. "
Bri Phillips
"Better than I thought at first, but it took some perseverance to get there. Amusing in places, romantic in others. Overall a good read."
Nancy
"Love Olivie Blake’s work, this was so good !"
briana
"somewhere between 3.5 and 4. i loved the voice, characters, dialogue. but the premise felt confusing and falsely inflated. more confusing than clever, at times. "
alex
