Masters of Death is one of the funnest books I’ve read lately.
It’s better than The Atlas Six, in my opinion, because it’s more entertaining and it goes faster. The Atlas Six may have had more character development, but this book definitely has a more entertaining and fast-paced plot. It will make you laugh and cry and love a lot. The premise and vibes remind me of V E Schwab, but it’s not written as well, in my opinion.
It’s one of those stories that do not take themselves seriously. The general tone is light and funny. Don’t expect some kind of heavy or realistic story, okay? That’s its charm. It reminds me of Alice Winters books, where you just laugh and smirk the whole time.
I loved reading this book. The author has this way of writing that you can’t put it down. You have to keep reading and see what happens. If you combine V E Schwab’s overall vibe with Middlegame’s overall strangeness and Alice Winters’ humor, you’ll get this book.
The only gripe I have is the lack of character development, but since there are so many characters, I feel like it would have taken forever to know them all, and I think the focus was supposed to be the story and the world, not necessarily the characters. Well, okay, the other gripe I have was the fact that the characters all sound very immature, even though they’re supposed to be immortals. I feel like this book should have been young adult, not adult, but oh well.
Highly recommend if you like fast-paced, humorous, supernatural stories about death and the people who try to master it. If you liked The Atlas Six, this is by the same author. I would have given this book 5 stars if the writing was better, so it’ll have to do with 4 stars. (Curiously, many readers absolutely love the writing, but it’s not for me.)
PS My favorite part, of course, was the queer couple. Those boys rocked my world!
-Reviewed by Violeta Nedkova
