One of the most compelling reads I’ve picked up in a long time! First of all, it’s set in Hollywood, but even though it’s modern day, it seems to evoke the Golden Age Hollywood glamour. Second, it takes the fabled idea of people making a deal with the devil in exchange for fame quite literally… but the main character has to unravel the mystery of what this actually looks like, and potentially how it might have gotten her parents killed. There’s magic, murder, ghosts, a “McGuffin” (the Alchemical Heart) that keeps the plot moving forward, and a rotating cast of characters whose motives are never entirely clear until the very end…
And it’s a series! I hadn’t even noticed that when I picked it up at first. But it doesn’t end on a cliffhanger. Even so, I look forward to the next installment!
My rating: *****
Language: I think some? But not much
Sexual content: I don’t really remember it so must not have been much, if any
Violence: nothing dramatic that isn’t required by the story
Political content: none that I recall
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