A review by tired_cicada
The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Listen, did it take me over a year to finish this book? Yes! (Because it was the book I read on my break at work and I wouldn't let myself bring it home to finish it I had to read it at work) that said it is absolutely phenomenal what the author has done to create this world! The two main characters are coming from vastly different worlds and so they view the world around them through vastly different lenses. So often characters from different worlds we'll just understand each other immediately but in this one there is genuine conflict and a difference of opinion that goes on.

If you were looking for a slow burn romance this series is for you. 

I'm talking, the main couple doesn't even meet until 2/3 through the book, and only interacts for maybe 20 pages. And then after that they both think that the other is dead

 

So I accidentally read half of the first book of the sequel series on accident because I didn't know that it was a sequel series. In doing so I know a lot of things that are going to happen in this series... I for the life of me cannot think of how they are going to make those things happen. It will be interesting to see how these things go and I can't wait to see how it happens!