Title: The Demon's LexiconAuthor: Sarah Rees Brennan
Summary: Nick and his brother Alan are always on the run, along with their crazy mother, from the magicians and their demons that killed his father. Before they leave their latest home a girl and boy come to him with a problem. The girls brother has been marked by a demon and will be possessed without their help. Alan then gets marked also, so they set out to hunt down the magician responsible for unleashing the demon. Through this Nick begins to suspect his past isn't as everyone says.
Thoughts: I loved The Demon's Lexicon. The characters are brilliant. I liked Nick's narration, and his insistence that Alan was the good one, and how important Alan was to him. I also liked Alan who is the nice, bookish, older brother with quite a lot of secrets. Their relationship was so important to Nick that the revelations shocked him, even an obvious one, as he had just accepted Alan's word. This book was unusual in the magicians being cruel, and evil rather than the wonderful, and strange qualities usually associated with them. The book is quite twisty, there is one obvious revelation (about their mother), and a series that really surprised me. The pieces fit together perfectly and I can't wait for the next book in the series!
Cover: The cover is lovely, I would really have liked to see perhaps a figure of Alan in the background.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
PS: This is going to be a series, yay!
I've been hesitant to read this for a while -- thank you for giving me the extra push! Great review!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds good! Great review and nice pic!
ReplyDeleteI've been reading a lot of books about demons lately. No harm in checking this one out, too.
ReplyDeletePriya: I hope you enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteChristina: ^_^
Bookworm: I find the creatures in book to be really trendy. But this one combined wizards into it well too!
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