What I'm Reading: Wayward Gods (Devon Monk)

Well, this was a lovely Christmas surprise!  Devon Monk has three connected series--Ordinary Magic, Mystic Crossroads and Souls of the Road. The characters move between the series in a way that I just love so much. 

Wayward Gods is the 5th book in the Souls of the Road series, and it made me so happy when Cardamom (from Mystic Crossroads) turned up! 

As I read this book, I was mostly convinced it would be the last book in the series--Monk has a way of making you think she's wrapping things up. I should know this by now--but I was happy to find out that I was wrong, and that there is one more book to go. AS WELL AS two more Mystic Crossroads book to come AND a short series of mysteries set in Ordinary, OR. 

Also, I love these covers. 

Wayward Gods (Souls of the Road Book 5)
Devon Monk

https://www.devonmonk.com/souls-of-the-road/

It’s ancient, it’s dangerous, and it’s the only weapon they have…

Lula and Brogan Gauge made a deal with the god Cupid to find the spell book of the gods—but finding it put a target on their backs. 

Now they’re on the run across New Mexico with powerful gods on their heels. One who wants to kill them. One who wants to enslave them. One who wants to use them to destroy the world.

With nowhere left to go, they turn to a family of monster hunters and a rogue wizard for help. But only they can make the deadliest decision of their lives: flee to Oregon to hide the book, or wield the book’s magic to kill the monster they’ve been hunting for a hundred years.

They can’t trust the gods, they shouldn’t trust the magic, but can they trust each other enough to cast a spell no mortal can survive…