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Book Rec: The Demon's Covenant
Jul. 2nd, 2010 03:19 pmBook Rec: The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan
This is the second book in the series, after The Demon's Lexicon, and I enjoyed this one more than the first. While Lexicon was told from Nick's perspective, Covenant is told from Mae's, and on the whole, she makes a much more interesting narrator, more perceptive and detailed in her descriptions. Perhaps it's because Nick himself is so fascinating that we really need an outside perspective. Perhaps it's because Mae has wonderful relationships with each of the major characters: Nick, Alan, Sin, Seb, and (of course) Jamie, whereas Nick is much more limited. Jamie is my favorite character here, and I think I enjoyed this book more because he really comes into his own here with regard to magic and Gerald and Seb (who is wonderful, really). Jamie's a kind of nervous gay "everyman" who by the end of the book has to make some really difficult decisions, and does so with admirable bravery. I also enjoyed Sin's character, especially the face-off at the end. Some of Mae's lovely descriptions dragged a little, it must be noted, Alan kind of dropped off as a character here, and I definitely wanted more of Gerald, but I'll forgive that because we have more of Jamie and Seb and Sin instead, which is a fair trade. I can't wait for the battles in the next one, and I really, really hope that something comes of Jamie and Seb's burgeoning friendship.
This is the second book in the series, after The Demon's Lexicon, and I enjoyed this one more than the first. While Lexicon was told from Nick's perspective, Covenant is told from Mae's, and on the whole, she makes a much more interesting narrator, more perceptive and detailed in her descriptions. Perhaps it's because Nick himself is so fascinating that we really need an outside perspective. Perhaps it's because Mae has wonderful relationships with each of the major characters: Nick, Alan, Sin, Seb, and (of course) Jamie, whereas Nick is much more limited. Jamie is my favorite character here, and I think I enjoyed this book more because he really comes into his own here with regard to magic and Gerald and Seb (who is wonderful, really). Jamie's a kind of nervous gay "everyman" who by the end of the book has to make some really difficult decisions, and does so with admirable bravery. I also enjoyed Sin's character, especially the face-off at the end. Some of Mae's lovely descriptions dragged a little, it must be noted, Alan kind of dropped off as a character here, and I definitely wanted more of Gerald, but I'll forgive that because we have more of Jamie and Seb and Sin instead, which is a fair trade. I can't wait for the battles in the next one, and I really, really hope that something comes of Jamie and Seb's burgeoning friendship.
