I think he has come so far from the angry, vengeful person he was at the start of The Smoke Thieves and I wanted him to have some happiness as well but he ruined it for himself. Throughout the book I was inwardly screaming, ‘Tell Edyon the truth, March! Tell him!’. Just when I thought he was going to have some happiness, it was promptly ruined. He was his usual exaggerated and comic self and he spent most of the book complaining and complimenting March. However, the cliffhanger at the end was terrifying and I really hope Tash is alright!Įdyon didn’t have such a great time in this book (I felt quite bad for him) and he carried on his journey with March to Calidor to find his father. Through her we get to discover more about the demons and the demon world and I found it fascinating. She was as stubborn and headstrong (but also adorable) as usual but her persistence allowed her to discover an important secret. Tash‘s story was super interesting as she went from hunting demons to trying to understand them. To be honest he annoyed me because I thought he treated Catherine unfairly and didn’t understand the motivations behind her actions but at the same time she could have been more sensitive to his feelings. People labelled her as ambitious and greedy for wanting to rule and lead the army because apparently those were jobs only for a man but she didn’t let that stop her from proving them wrong.Īmbrose was still struggling with all of the events from the previous book and all he wanted to do was to keep Catherine safe. She took charge and led with confidence despite all the people around her who doubted her capabilities. I loved how Catherine‘s character grew and developed even more in this book as her power grew.

Nevertheless, it did feel like not as much happened in this book as in The Smoke Thieves and I got the sense that the characters were moving into position for whatever was going to happen in the next novel in the series. I felt like each character got sufficient time in their perspective to tell their story. I think that the character perspectives were better allotted and spread out between the characters than the first book but that is probably because we didn’t need to be individually introduced to them all like before. Tszayn also got one point of view chapter and it was really interesting to get into his head for once.

Just like The Smoke Thieves, this book had five main point of view characters: Catherine, Ambrose, Tash, Edyon and March. In some ways it was better then the first book, in some ways it was not, but overall I enjoyed it very much. The Demon World was the gripping sequel to The Smoke Thieves, bursting with political intrigue, love and divided loyalty. That said, Green is a skilled storyteller, and maintains the suspense and pace throughout, building the well-structured plot steadily towards the power-play that represents the main threat.Click here for my review of book one, The Smoke Thieves!

The strands weave together faster, but it still delays the empathy you feel for each, having to leave them for long periods to follow the next one. This story, clearly intended as the first of a series, is aimed very firmly at Game of Thrones fans, and is even structured the same way as the books, with the chapters switching between different characters’ points of view. Tash is that demon hunter’s apprentice, her wits as quick as her feet, and committed to getting that smoke back. Edyon, the kleptomaniac son of a rich trader, is in over his head, having stolen a bottle of demon smoke from a demon hunter. March, a survivor of genocide, is planning to find his master’s illegitimate heir and hand him to his master’s enemy. Her former bodyguard, Ambrose, who has won her heart, has been declared a criminal and has fled.

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