Sunday, September 19, 2010

Demon's Covenant, by Sarah Rees Brennan

The follow-up to Sarah Rees Brennan's Demon's Lexicon is just as dark and broody a read.  In this sequel, the rough and abrupt Nick takes a back seat to Mae who struggles to protect her brother Jamie while following her own heart.  Nick is still compellingly dark and sarcastic while aloof and a little inhuman.

This book has just the right balance of intrigue, romance, and the unknown to entrance its readers.  Unusually, I find myself a little irritated by the cover, which is unrepresentative of the characters within.  Mae is a pink-haired high school goth girl who is neither so tall nor slender as the image on the cover of the book.  Her personal strength is a major part of her charm, and I wish that the book's publisher's represented her more consistently.

2 comments:

  1. There's a reason why the girl on the cover looks nothing like Mae - it's actually Sin. :)

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  2. I imagine you're right, but she doesn't look much like Sin to me either. Since Sin's dad was from the Caribbean I imagined her looking a little less European. I was also hoping the publisher wasn't intending it to be Sin when she's a fairly minor character whose image isn't representative of the novel.

    (I realize I'm a bit of an idealist).

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