A review by ed_moore
The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

“Tis better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all” 

As hoped for and expected after concluding ‘A Conference of Birds’, the final book of the series was a huge improvement and had the same intensity and charm of ‘Library of Souls’. Everything culminated to an epic final battle and none of the core characters were written out for sub-quests (even if part of me wishes Claire just stayed written out). I am also so glad part of this book was set in a WW1 loop, it was a brilliant setting to add to the mix of historical locations we have seen and the time spent in no-man’s land was a highlight of the series. Though the concluding ‘epic battle’ was expecting I will mention the cruise ship full of monsters element seemed to be pulled straight form ‘Percy Jackson’ and yes this series was a YA but I felt the core cast of children had a little too much plot armour. They experienced near death far too many times than is realistic and

some part of me just wanted one of them not to make it for the dramatic effect. (No preference on who because realistically Riggs was never going to kill off Claire).

That being said these conveniences need to be accepted in a fun and quirky YA and that it was, issue is I have very quickly used up the binge book series and still have over a week of assessment period to go!