Phrynne's Reviews > The Book of Life

I had a moment's panic when I started this book because there were so many characters everywhere and I didn't remember any of them! But I persevered and many of them disappeared never to be seen again. The rest fell into place and their identities became apparent. Matthew and Diana however seem to have had character transplants. Overnight they have changed from young lovers to old fuddy duddies and I barely knew them any more. They also spent the entire book overreacting to every event and rushing off to various other countries for no real reason.
In fact this book is a bit of a mess. Not a lot really happens and what does goes nowhere in explaining things like The Book Of Life. At the end I still do not really know what it contained, why it ends up where it does and what that means for the future. And the description of Diana's appearance (trying for no spoilers here) is kind of weird. In fact it is really weird.
This probably sounds as though I did not like the book. In truth I was just disappointed in it because I had hoped for so much more. I loved the first book of the trilogy and now I wish the author had made it a stand alone book. The story really did not hold up through three volumes.