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The Demon King
by Cinda Williams Chima
Here's the thing.
I see the potential.
However, right now, this story isn't that great. It serves as a mediocre introduction to hopefully something better.
There are two main stories.
"There was Han Alister, son and big brother, breadwinner, deal-maker, and small-time conniver. There was Hunts Alone, who'd been adopted by Marisa Pines and wished he could melt into the clan for good. And finally, Cuffs, petty criminal and street fighter, onetime streetlord of the Ragger gang and enemy of the Southies." <- this is all one dude btw. I don't understand how he got all these names and history while being a teenager who is also the sole breadwinner of his family.
Then there's the "Princess Raisa ana'Marianna, heir to the Gray Wolf throne of the Fells." Her father is the Demonai Lord? Her mother is the queen.
The story seems to be trying to mirror a past story that occurred one thousand years ago when Queen Hanalea *allegedly* was kidnapped and stolen away by a demon king and there was a big war and stuff happened.
However, I didn't figure that out until very far into the book. I read through two thirds of this book before I had any idea what direction this story was supposed to take. The first few chapters could have been summed up in a much shorter time. The two MCs didn't even meet until 150 pages in, only briefly, and then are separated for the rest of the book. Which is fine, but I couldn't help edging the story along in my head. Get to it already! There are also some dangerous tropes appearing that I'm not the biggest fan of.
And Princess Raisa annoys me to no end. She is currently shown as a haugthy, overly confident, and she thinks she can do whatever at the expense of others chasing behind her dumb self.
For example, in one scene with Hans, she commands him (he doesn't know who she is) to take her back into danger and when he refuses she threatens to go herself and just assumes he'll follow. This is not the first time she does this to someone.
"It was somehow thrilling to know he was back there, in pursuit of her, like in the story of Hanalea and the highwayman." Yes, let us be amused by Hans trying to stop you from doing something dumb. Which she ends up doing anyways.
"She thought of it as an adventure, like something Hanalea would do. She'd thought she understood the stakes she'd been playing for, and she'd been wrong." No shit, Sherlock. Your lack of logic blows me away. GAAAH
Anyways, I tried this book because the series was highly recommended and because of that I'm going to keep forcing myself to read through the next few in the hopes that it will improve. But damn if this book was the best of the lot.
Also this part confuses me, "When she slammed both feet into Mac Gillen's kneecaps,"
I don't think our princess is a kickass ninja. And I don't even think ninjas do that. I just don't think it's physically possible really.
I see the potential.
However, right now, this story isn't that great. It serves as a mediocre introduction to hopefully something better.
There are two main stories.
"There was Han Alister, son and big brother, breadwinner, deal-maker, and small-time conniver. There was Hunts Alone, who'd been adopted by Marisa Pines and wished he could melt into the clan for good. And finally, Cuffs, petty criminal and street fighter, onetime streetlord of the Ragger gang and enemy of the Southies." <- this is all one dude btw. I don't understand how he got all these names and history while being a teenager who is also the sole breadwinner of his family.
Then there's the "Princess Raisa ana'Marianna, heir to the Gray Wolf throne of the Fells." Her father is the Demonai Lord? Her mother is the queen.
The story seems to be trying to mirror a past story that occurred one thousand years ago when Queen Hanalea *allegedly* was kidnapped and stolen away by a demon king and there was a big war and stuff happened.
However, I didn't figure that out until very far into the book. I read through two thirds of this book before I had any idea what direction this story was supposed to take. The first few chapters could have been summed up in a much shorter time. The two MCs didn't even meet until 150 pages in, only briefly, and then are separated for the rest of the book. Which is fine, but I couldn't help edging the story along in my head. Get to it already! There are also some dangerous tropes appearing that I'm not the biggest fan of.
And Princess Raisa annoys me to no end. She is currently shown as a haugthy, overly confident, and she thinks she can do whatever at the expense of others chasing behind her dumb self.
For example, in one scene with Hans, she commands him (he doesn't know who she is) to take her back into danger and when he refuses she threatens to go herself and just assumes he'll follow. This is not the first time she does this to someone.
"It was somehow thrilling to know he was back there, in pursuit of her, like in the story of Hanalea and the highwayman." Yes, let us be amused by Hans trying to stop you from doing something dumb. Which she ends up doing anyways.
"She thought of it as an adventure, like something Hanalea would do. She'd thought she understood the stakes she'd been playing for, and she'd been wrong." No shit, Sherlock. Your lack of logic blows me away. GAAAH
Anyways, I tried this book because the series was highly recommended and because of that I'm going to keep forcing myself to read through the next few in the hopes that it will improve. But damn if this book was the best of the lot.
Also this part confuses me, "When she slammed both feet into Mac Gillen's kneecaps,"
I don't think our princess is a kickass ninja. And I don't even think ninjas do that. I just don't think it's physically possible really.