YA Book Tour- New York

Libba Bray's The Diviners is representing the New York for the next stop on the United States of YA tour.  I am going to go ahead and put it out there, that I adore Ms. Bray's writing style, setting, and characters.

Evie O'Neill is too big for her hometown of Zenith, Ohio, and after a party gone wrong her parents ship her off to to her Uncle Will in New York City.  This is the place she was made for with its glamour and glitz, after all Evie is a modern flapper.  She is a live in the moment kind of girl with a secret talent.  She just happens to be able to read people's secrets from their personal items, which sometimes brings her big trouble.

As the story progresses, Evie becomes caught up in some crazy occult murders with her Uncle and his assitant Jericho.  There are, also, some subplots going on with other characters.

Memphis Campbell is a numbers runner in Harlem with dreams of being a poet like Langston Hughes.  He has a reoccurring dream of crossroads with a storm coming and an eye symbol.

There is Theta, a Ziegfield's girl with a haunted past.  Her best friend Henry with secrets of his own.

And then there is one of my personal favorites, Sam Llyod, who is quite the scoundrel, but lovable in his own way.

Ms. Bray has quite a way with imagery in the book.  You really feel as though you're transport to New York in 1926.  In the first chapter when she describes the wind traveling through the city and through time, it is written so beautifully that it is one of my favorite parts of the book.

She keeps you so interested in the book that just can't wait to see what happens next.  And the end leaves you wanting so much more, unfortunately the next book is not due out until next spring.  The end definitely hints at bigger things to come, and a possible love triangle between Evie, Sam, and Jericho.

On another note, if you are keeping up with the order, why yes I did skip the Virginia book.  I have it on hold at booklending.com, and will read it as soon as it is a available.  I will also be skipping Vermont's book, because it is not available on Kindle.  I will just have to wait until I get back to the states in August to read it.

Currently Reading:
Devilish
by Maureen Johnson