Everything's A Game If You Play It Right

I recently finished reading Masters of Death by Olivie Blake. This was OwlCrate's August adult book.

This exclusive edition features a completely redesigned cover designed by artist Tim Beeren, with a reversible dust jacket by Littler Chmura, a hardcover case designed by Gretchen Cobaugh, and end pages by Avendell Art and Gretchen Cobaugh. The book is also signed by author Olivie Blake on a lovely tip-in page designed by Teres Chen, and features black-sprayed edges.

*POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT* Rating: 3.75/5 stars

"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."

Masters of Death is a story that makes you think, whilst also entertaining/intriguing you. Not a quick read by any means, I wanted to stop to take notes a lot. The philosophical elements of the story were much appreciated by me.

It had a lot of the elements to be a 5-star read to me, but I have awarded it 3.75 stars because the plot did feel somewhat convoluted at times and it is very dialogue-heavy. This meant it was quickly swapping back and forth between the cast of characters. The interactions between Fox and Brandt are great, however.

Vampires. Ghosts. Angels. Demons. Even Death himself, are all found within the pages of Masters of Death.

Viola Marek has a problem - she is a struggling real estate agent who wants to sell a house. The only problem is, it’s haunted. And this ghost is pretty stubborn and refuses to move on unless they find out the mystery behind who murdered them. Oh yeah, she is also a vampire.

Fox D’Mora is a fraud psychic medium, but also the godson of Death. Viola tracks him down to ask for his help regarding the whole haunted house situation. As their situation escalates, they begin to realize there is somehow not much difference between a long-lost love and an annoying dead body.

The dead are just as lively as the living within these pages.

Check out Masters of Death, and take on the challenge of mastering death.

Happy Reading :)