I am utterly convinced that anything S.T Gibson has a magical touch with anything she writes because there hasn’t been a single book I have read by them that hasn’t left me in a book hangover so much so that I swore I had written this review only to find that I had begun it with the words… ‘omg omg omg,,, wow; and then I think I’d started the actual review and stopped to recover.

This of course sums up the book perfectly for me of omg wow and needing a moment to recover. I sat and devoured the book in a day and spent several days afterwards wishing I could re-read it anew so I could be lost to the world that Gibson breathes life and magic into, 

I always enjoy seeing how Gibson’s knowledge of the occult, magic and interest in astrology shines through their writing and Evocation definitely gives us this and so much more. The writing feels as though it wraps around you like the finest velvet and silk against your skin and as with all the books I have read by this amazing and talented author? I found the story captivating, the characters intriguing and had moments where I simply didn’t know how to feel as each of our three main character's own journey unfolds and weaves together to give us a polyamorous relationship that feels like fate sprinkled their own little bit of sparkle into the mix. In as much as at first you're wondering if this actually makes sense and what the cost will be for each of them especially Rhys and Moira - his wife and part of his soul but not all that he needs to make him whole…

I loved how there is the love story of David and Rhys, the lovers to not quite enemies to lovers which is one that feels as though they walking  on splintering ice because choices have already been made long before but there is also a love story of David and Moira which was one that I think is so beautifully done. The delicate and intricate way the two have to navigate their love for Rhys and the realisation that  not only does Rhys need and love  them both but also that they need one another too. It’s written in such a way that you are often catching your breath when the two are together because we can see what they can’t initially and I have to praise S.T Gibson for the care that is taken to not rush their story and to treat it with the care and love it deserves. 

There is of course so much more to Evocation than the love story of three members of the occult community and that is the story of how you should always be aware of the consequences of your actions - even if the consequences don’t initially affect those who come afterwards. David isn’t initially the nicest of people, and he’s very much one who has an arrogance that needs knocking down but I felt for him as I turned each page and saw through his facade. Gibson has given us a magical story that I was on the edge of my seat reading, wondering just how David with Rhys and Moira at his side would escape and survive the mess he is and you will want to reach through the pages and sometimes scream at him to see what’s happening, and how his own choices are making things harder because he’s beyond obstinate at times and I couldn’t help but understand just why Rhys is indifferent to him at first and then beyond frustrated as he accepts that he loves and doesn’t want to lose David. 

This is a series I will own. Will love and will wish never ends and also gives me everything I crave all at once.

As long as it’s not a demonic visit or something as terrifying…