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A review by ladytiara
Demon Bound by Caitlin Kittredge
3.0
Demon Bound is a decent follow-up to Street Magic, although I didn't like it quite as much as the first one. In this installment of the series, Pete Caldecott has left the police force, and she and Jack are working together as sort of a supernatural detective team. Jack is struggling with his feelings for Pete, and there's trouble coming. We learn how Jack survived that fateful day in Highgate Cemetery 13 years earlier: he owes a demon his soul, and that demon has come to collect.
This premise makes for an interesting plot, and Kittredge's gritty world is developed even further. Midway through the book, the action switches from England to Thailand, and the book loses a little of its steam. Part of what I liked best about the first book was the paranormal underbelly of Jack and Pete's London. Once the characters were in Thailand, the world didn't really click for me as much.
Still, I enjoyed the book. Pete and Jack are compelling characters, and I liked that this book is from Jack's point of view so we get a look inside his head. The story is a good one, and the ending made me want to grab the next book and tear right into it.
This premise makes for an interesting plot, and Kittredge's gritty world is developed even further. Midway through the book, the action switches from England to Thailand, and the book loses a little of its steam. Part of what I liked best about the first book was the paranormal underbelly of Jack and Pete's London. Once the characters were in Thailand, the world didn't really click for me as much.
Still, I enjoyed the book. Pete and Jack are compelling characters, and I liked that this book is from Jack's point of view so we get a look inside his head. The story is a good one, and the ending made me want to grab the next book and tear right into it.