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jetsilver 's review for:
The Demon's Covenant
by Sarah Rees Brennan
Okay, wow. I loved this book. I'm a bit knocked off my feet at how much I loved this book, because I liked the first in the series, but not any more than I like my average fun and well written urban fantasy YA novel. This one, though, is just ... wow. I don't think I know of any trilogies where the second installment is streets better than the first, but there you have it.
Maybe the way Sarah Rees Brennan has chosen to vary her POV character between books helps. Last time the narration stayed with Nick, who is awesome but not ... terribly sophisticated in his understanding of what's happening. Or vary varied in his emotional response, for that matter. Covenant has Mae as its POV character, and I love her so. I love that she is textually identified as a feminist character, and that she drives so much of the action. I love her tshirts, and her self confidence and bravery.
And I love that unlike most supernatural-fighting teen ensemble casts, the non-magical character with no special abilities and no weaponscraft is a woman, but one who is not a damsel, not ridiculously beautiful and not obsessed about that, and who insists on not being sidelined.
I'm excited for the next book, and for the narration character to be Sin. More awesome!
Maybe the way Sarah Rees Brennan has chosen to vary her POV character between books helps. Last time the narration stayed with Nick, who is awesome but not ... terribly sophisticated in his understanding of what's happening. Or vary varied in his emotional response, for that matter. Covenant has Mae as its POV character, and I love her so. I love that she is textually identified as a feminist character, and that she drives so much of the action. I love her tshirts, and her self confidence and bravery.
And I love that unlike most supernatural-fighting teen ensemble casts, the non-magical character with no special abilities and no weaponscraft is a woman, but one who is not a damsel, not ridiculously beautiful and not obsessed about that, and who insists on not being sidelined.
I'm excited for the next book, and for the narration character to be Sin. More awesome!