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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
i loved the first installment of this trilogy, and the second had me unable to stop reading until i was done-- i'm talking staying up too late, late for work, cannot put it down. mae is an awesome heroine and a great narrator-- relatable in all the good ways, surprising and changing and feeling really real throughout. i loved all the surprises this book had, both inherent to the overarching plot of the trilogy, and the interpersonal ones revealed bit by bit along the way. i cannot wait for the third book to come out so i can (hopefully!) buy all three in a set, because these are definitely books i need to own.
This may sound like an odd review comment but I know I love a series when I can imagine fanfic written for it and [a:sarah rees brennan|836009|Sarah Rees Brennan|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1254149255p2/836009.jpg]'s trilogy has me hooked, line and sinker! I laughed, I cried... I cried some more... I yelled at characters for doing stupid things... I laughed again and just when I thought I couldn't cry any more... yep... Niagara falls Frankie Angel!
What I liked about this book: I love that in the second installment of this amazing trilogy, the author decides to change the POV. The first book was written from Nick's POV and I just loved it! Was actually concerned that having the POV change to Mae in this one would pull me out of the series (or at least keep me less interested) but I had nothing to worry about. Brennan came through again!
This series reads very much like an M. Night Shyamalan movie script but... ten times better! I don't want to give too much away with this review because you really need to read it! Really! Can't wait to read the final installment and I wonder who the protag will be. I'm hoping it's Alan, to be honest but I wouldn't mind if it were Jamie's POV either.
Did I mention that I totally fell in love with this series? Yeah... now to wait for the final installment to be released.
Summary: The Demon's Covenant is the sequel to The Demon's Lexicon. Mae was always in control, but suddenly everyone she trusted is lying--and in danger.
What I liked about this book: I love that in the second installment of this amazing trilogy, the author decides to change the POV. The first book was written from Nick's POV and I just loved it! Was actually concerned that having the POV change to Mae in this one would pull me out of the series (or at least keep me less interested) but I had nothing to worry about. Brennan came through again!
This series reads very much like an M. Night Shyamalan movie script but... ten times better! I don't want to give too much away with this review because you really need to read it! Really! Can't wait to read the final installment and I wonder who the protag will be. I'm hoping it's Alan, to be honest but I wouldn't mind if it were Jamie's POV either.
Did I mention that I totally fell in love with this series? Yeah... now to wait for the final installment to be released.
So close to a 4, sitting on 3.5.
The POV for the 2nd book switches to Mae, which was a bit of a problem for me because I had almost no memory of her character from the first book. I love the male characters in this universe, but the females come off a little whiny and judgmental (oh the irony of a girl writing this in a review).
Mae's decisions and especially her choices about boys felt like I should have whiplash she kept going from one extreme to another so often.
Nick I still love for his bad-assery. I only wish there was more of Alan, rather than the few glimpses of him just being nice I want to see more into his actual character.
The POV for the 2nd book switches to Mae, which was a bit of a problem for me because I had almost no memory of her character from the first book. I love the male characters in this universe, but the females come off a little whiny and judgmental (oh the irony of a girl writing this in a review).
Mae's decisions and especially her choices about boys felt like I should have whiplash she kept going from one extreme to another so often.
Nick I still love for his bad-assery. I only wish there was more of Alan, rather than the few glimpses of him just being nice I want to see more into his actual character.
3.5
Ok, I have a lot of issues with this series. It's overly wordy, but also strangely under-explained - several scenes had me wondering 'wait, wtf just happened?' and I'm still not 100% clear that I can explain the premise, although that could be because I've forgotten a lot of what happened in the first book. Instead of talking naturally, three of the main characters just drop sarcastic one-liner after sarcastic one-liner, which gets really tiresome, really fast.
But even as I was rolling my eyes at the lamer parts, I still kept reading, because I wanted to know what was going to happen. I liked this book better than the first one, probably because the narrator wasn't an unfeeling sociopath, which made it a lot easier to empathize with. I liked the emphasis on familial love and friendship. As much as I complain about the dialogue, the humor did make me laugh on occasion (for example I loved the use of the word "enterpainment." It's high time English speakers got our own version of schadenfreude.)
I'll be very interested to see where the final book goes.
Ok, I have a lot of issues with this series. It's overly wordy, but also strangely under-explained - several scenes had me wondering 'wait, wtf just happened?' and I'm still not 100% clear that I can explain the premise, although that could be because I've forgotten a lot of what happened in the first book. Instead of talking naturally, three of the main characters just drop sarcastic one-liner after sarcastic one-liner, which gets really tiresome, really fast.
But even as I was rolling my eyes at the lamer parts, I still kept reading, because I wanted to know what was going to happen. I liked this book better than the first one, probably because the narrator wasn't an unfeeling sociopath, which made it a lot easier to empathize with. I liked the emphasis on familial love and friendship. As much as I complain about the dialogue, the humor did make me laugh on occasion (for example I loved the use of the word "enterpainment." It's high time English speakers got our own version of schadenfreude.)
I'll be very interested to see where the final book goes.
I'm sorry, I can't write a review right now, I'm too busy melting into a big, sad pile of FEELS.
I love everything and everyone and I'm just DYING. Nick and Alan, and they way they act and the way they are and just GSDJKFHGSKGHK. PRECIOUS BB I CAN'T EVEN.
And Jaime! sdahgkjl. BOOKS.
I love everything and everyone and I'm just DYING. Nick and Alan, and they way they act and the way they are and just GSDJKFHGSKGHK. PRECIOUS BB I CAN'T EVEN.
And Jaime! sdahgkjl. BOOKS.
Excellent book! So many things happened, both good and bad, and every character had to make a very difficult choice.
I don't read YA fiction often, but this series its quickly becoming a favorite. it's a good successor to the Demon's lexicon, and it feels more action packed.
A relaxing, enjoyable read.
A relaxing, enjoyable read.
I love this book! It's amazing. The first book was was really good but this one, being the second in the series, was so much better. This one had more feeling as Mae could feel, whereas Nick, the narrator, couldn't feel any emotions. I liked how I could feel what Mae felt and that this book had romance and normal human complications as well as magicians trying to kill them and trying to gain more power. It is well written and I just hope the last in the series is as good as this book was. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read the first one and enjoyed it because they will enjoy this one so much more.
Amy x
Amy x
Really enjoyed this; can't wait for the sequel. Would have enjoyed it more if it had a few less metaphores...
Okay, I loved this book. I mean LOVED. Let me say first that Brennan's writing is neat and easy to read, her pacing excellent, her character development fantastic, the story compelling -- but none of that makes this book. What makes this book is the sheer depth of emotion that Brennan somehow managed to insert into every page. I really enjoyed every page, which is a rarity for me.