The story offers a perfect blend of the darkness found within exorcism met with the dream-like state of Inception, filled with action, violence, and more. This is later amplified when the reader is introduced to the antagonist without spoiling the mysterious feeling surrounding it. The character development and story are both well-paced, paying close attention to not rush one for the other. The story follows a path rarely traveled within the exorcist setting, with the blood ritual creating more of an emotional connection between Joe and JC. via different colored speech bubbles, enunciations, and emphasis on different words. Melanie Ujimori's lettering really set this issue off, focusing on the 3 unique individuals within JC and giving them their own character traits. Sahadewa's colors within the blood ritual were simply mesmerizing and while deep in Joe's mind painted a dark, and bleak world effortlessly. The colorist for this issue, Warnia Sahadewa, added gorgeous coloring and techniques in combination with Harding's pencils. Harding's method of transporting the reader from a normal ordinary church to a dream-like state is a visual representation of dementia and was executed brilliantly, bleeding the environment from the panel and transforming them into entire pages of full art. Having read the entire Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny, I was anxious to read the latest installment, All the Devils Are Here. a deep dive into human psychology and the eternal battle between good and evil.Lujan's ability to balance three conflicting voices along with JC's is done in a unique combination that allows for more inner dialogue to be present without confusing the reader. Nevertheless, the combined mystery-tension-stakes-people-place are drawn so well that it’s nigh impossible to put the book down. But if you’re more interested in action than cuisine, then some sections get laborious enough to inspire skimming to the next advancement. The writing is rich to the point of succulence sometimes. These, combined with the character delving, give the thriller plot a literary quality. It includes side trips into culinary and artistic magnificence, French history, Parisian ambiance.

Then the style reverts back and the story sails on.

The plot progresses in clean, expressive, even masterful writing that draws you along eagerly. The author’s evocation of character makes us care about them in spite of ourselves. Ultimately we know the main characters’ pains and dreams and needs so intimately that some of us feel the need to take a shower afterward.

She delves below the skin, then deeper into the heart, mind, and soul, through the layers from loftiest to basest humanity.

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