Reviewed by Cheryl K

TITLE: Grave Situation

AUTHOR: Louisa Masters

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 577 pages

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2025

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He’s not the hero they deserve, but he’s the hero they’ve got.

No, seriously. Talon wants to know what he did to deserve this. What would make a sentient rock decide that he of all people should be the one to save the world from zombies? That’s right. Zombies. Because apparently a higher power decided that teaching magic to teenagers wasn’t enough of a challenge.

With a ridiculously attractive healer (who may or may not hate him), his sister (who he miiiight have a forbidden telepathic link with), a sentient god-like rock (that can only communicate via yes/no vibes), a disdainful dragon, and a rude matchmaking horse by his side, he just might be able to save the world.

Or die trying.

Meet Talon Silverbright. He’ll save the world, but only because a rock said he has to.

REVIEW:

OMG, this book blew me away. This was one of the best stories I have ever read by Louisa Masters.  Imagine Lord of the Rings with Zombies.

The world building in this story is spectacular.  From the Mage Academy to the kingdoms, they visit on their travels, so vivid and impressively detailed.

I love how diverse this cast of characters is. From Talon to a sentient Rock.  I should warn you that there are some tragic scenes that caused me to just bawl my eyes out.  I had several unkind words of Ms. Masters… Oh did I mention, there are Dragons?  There are and the one is especially “charming”.  All these characters have so much depth to them and quickly become ingrained on your soul.  It’s refreshing to have such a great cast and have them all stand on their own merits, strengths and foibles included.

I think Louisa has outdone herself with the prose in this story.  She’s great all the time with the prose, but this one just seemed to step up her game to the next level. From beginning to end, th,is story just gripped me by the short hairs and sucked me into this world and wouldn’t let go.  I was so invested in this book and that can only be attributed to the spell-binding words she created.  This story is much more action/adventure than romance, but we do have a romance that brews in the background.  Which means there are some sexy times, but nothing that isn’t story driven.

If you can’t tell, I truly loved this book.  I hope there are more books to come involving this world.  I have a few characters, I think, need a book of their own.  Does Talon gain more powers along the roads travelled? Does Leicht survive the aerial battles? Do Talon and Jaimin find their happily ever after?  Does the Rock ever give a straight answer?  Guess what, I’m not telling.  You will need to read all 577 pages of this one to find out.

I highly recommend this book.  You need to run, not walk to your favorite eBook purchasing site and snatch this one up as quickly as possible.

Til next time….

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