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A review by beckyrendon
Devastate by Pam Godwin
4.0
Incredibly talented and devastatingly diabolical...Pam Godwin is intimidating. Her mind, her world, and her characters are a dark and twisted place but it's amazing the amount of light that shines through.
Devastate is book 4 in the Deliver series and hopeful still just the beginning. These books are addictive and consuming. They are clever and so intriguing. It's not possible to be bored. You will never skim a passage, glance over a page, or skip ahead. No, you will be dragged through each sentence trying to capture the significance, haunted by thoughts of possibilities, and desperately patching together your own theories of what and where the story leads. From the catchy and very significant titles of the books and characters names to the unique landscape, everything has a purpose a reason and it's amazing- the feeling she gives to each and every thing.
Devastate is a relief. It's an insight into Tate but even more a bit of closure on his, Camila, and Mathias' back story. Answered questions of how it all came about...
My binge reading the series has been an incredible way to kick off Devastate but this book holds its own. So many things happened to get here and so many more happen in these pages. The build up is incredible. The doubt, the unease, and the guilt weighing on the reader for a hope of something more is just awe inducing. You will feel guilty for wanting more. You will feel shame, slight resentment, and disgust with yourself. It's incredible how well Ms. Godwin twists the knife of shame in the reader. How she gets your sympathy for her devils...
Devastate is a cleansing though. It's a second chance. But it's for all the wrong reasons- at first. It's a story of a growth. I know I'm gushing but damn it's a good book. If you want me to stop blabbering on, buy it. Read it. Experience it. But make sure you've read them in order...
Deliver
Vanquish
Disclaim
Devastate
and get this...
The next book (I cheated and read in the back of Devastate- where you just skimmed or even stopped reading before all those pages of stuff. You know, acknowledgements and stuff.) is called Take. Which if you noticed the naming pattern....
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
Devastate is book 4 in the Deliver series and hopeful still just the beginning. These books are addictive and consuming. They are clever and so intriguing. It's not possible to be bored. You will never skim a passage, glance over a page, or skip ahead. No, you will be dragged through each sentence trying to capture the significance, haunted by thoughts of possibilities, and desperately patching together your own theories of what and where the story leads. From the catchy and very significant titles of the books and characters names to the unique landscape, everything has a purpose a reason and it's amazing- the feeling she gives to each and every thing.
Devastate is a relief. It's an insight into Tate but even more a bit of closure on his, Camila, and Mathias' back story. Answered questions of how it all came about...
My binge reading the series has been an incredible way to kick off Devastate but this book holds its own. So many things happened to get here and so many more happen in these pages. The build up is incredible. The doubt, the unease, and the guilt weighing on the reader for a hope of something more is just awe inducing. You will feel guilty for wanting more. You will feel shame, slight resentment, and disgust with yourself. It's incredible how well Ms. Godwin twists the knife of shame in the reader. How she gets your sympathy for her devils...
Devastate is a cleansing though. It's a second chance. But it's for all the wrong reasons- at first. It's a story of a growth. I know I'm gushing but damn it's a good book. If you want me to stop blabbering on, buy it. Read it. Experience it. But make sure you've read them in order...
Deliver
Vanquish
Disclaim
Devastate
and get this...
The next book (I cheated and read in the back of Devastate- where you just skimmed or even stopped reading before all those pages of stuff. You know, acknowledgements and stuff.) is called Take. Which if you noticed the naming pattern....
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood