The Serpent

Sarah Fine is an author I've returned to a few times. I always seem to get sucked into her books and fall for her characters. She writes these stories whichare so original and they are written so well. This time around she once more writes an original sorry around immortal dealers. They are people who hold a special deck of cards they weird to perform magic. It sounds weird and it is but oh so good. I definitely found I wanted to know more of the magic as I definitely found myself confused by the magic system in this but I always find that with Fine's books develop and explain the story as the series goes on so I look forward to that. I admit Ernie didn't seem like a character I would like at first. She's sporty and driven (in some ways) and her biggest thing is dealing with her mother who needs mothering. I quickly learnt Ernie has the typical humour I come to expect from Fine heroines and quickly grew to like her. She was fun and made me smile. I enjoyed the rest of the characters in this book too. I did wish there was more development to the two girls who were Ernie's best friends as they were at the start and then gone. I get why it happened but I do wish they'd had a greater role than flyby appearances. I liked all the different dealers in the book. They were morally ambiguous but they were interesting. Obviously my favourite dealer was Gabe who introduced Ernie to the dealer world and he was utterly charming. I can definitely see there being more of a past to him and I want to explore it further. This was such a well written book. I powered through it in a day and I couldn't get enough.