Murder in Devil's Cove
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Every book tells two stories-one written on the pages with pen and ink, and one woven into the paper, a story of the soul. The Lane women have the gift of bibliomancy. They can read them both.Beneath, book blurb: Almost everyone in the Lane family line dies young. The gift of bibliomancy tells their story before the deaths happen. But Cassie Lane doesn't see it as a gift. For her, it is a curse. As soon as she's able, she leaves Laurel Point, Oregon, running from her past and her fate, ending up in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There she meets Leo Hawthorne and lives a perfect life with him in an old Sea Captain's house. Perfect, that is, until Leo vanishes at sea.After an old copy of Moby Dick foretells Leo's death, Cassie forbids all books from the lives of her children with Leo. But when twins Pippin and Gray discover a secret room where their father hid away books that were special to him, long forgotten secrets surface, an old crime comes to light, and everything Pippin thought she knew is turned upside down.
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1 primary bookBook Magic Novels is a 1-book series first released in 2020 with contributions by Melissa Bourbon.
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I took a couple days to ruminate on this book before I reviewed it because I just so enjoyed being in Devil's Cove with Pippin and Grey. My family is now reading The Hobbit because of this book!
The relationships in this book feel real. Some new ones feel tenuous easily misunderstood. Some new ones feel like they have always been. Not only do I enjoy the characters, but also the relationships. Hattie might just be my favorite character, but I have to go back and visit them all again.
I can believe this is a little island where they all know each other. The setting feels just perfect to hold these characters. The past feels very close and so many people know it just like they do in small towns. People are interested in the work Pippin and Grey are doing. They are interested in helping Pippin and Grey know their parents. It feels like a real small town.
And there is a murder and murderer, so not everyone is so nice and helpful. I suspected someone else, but the last clue made sense to be the last clue. The reason Pippin cares so much makes sense. So the mystery part is great too. I can't wait to read the next one in the series.
