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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)

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Dec 18, 2011 Janine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, lgbtqa-characters, pretty-covers, favorite-characters

4.5/5

Let me just say that this is not the book for you if you're the impatient sort who likes an action-packed pace from the get go. It's a slow burner, but seeing as how I'm such a sap for slow character and plot development, I absolutely loved it.

The ending was a little (and I mean really really really little) anticlimactic but it's only because I was devouring the last pages like a stupid person. The main character, Evie, I have to say is now one of my favorite characters in YA lit. She's s ...more

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Sep 19, 2017 aidan :) rated it really liked it

Shelves: cover-love, creepy, strong-female-lead, multiple-pov, romance, supernatural, mystery

So the reason I only gave The Diviners four stars instead of five is because of how convoluted it is. I loved it, of course I did, it's awesome, but I'm not a fan of reading from multiple POVs, and certainly not as many as The Diviners has to offer.

I actually started reading The Diviners several years ago, but couldn't get past the epically long prologue. Then my interest in the 1920s sparked and I picked up The Diviners once again. I may be guilty of some minor skimming, but I think we all are ...more

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