false 1829655 1416963790 9781416963790 543 194 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255915059m/1829655.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1829655.The_Demon_s_Lexicon 836009 Sarah Rees Brennan 817 252 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 00:34:52 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 02:50:42 -0700 2009 The Demon's Lexicon, but I didn't fall head over heels for Brennan's world.

Nick and Alan are brothers who are constantly beset by attacks from magicians. Magicians, in this world, get their power from entrapping demons. Nick and Alan have a difficult relationship - Alan protective of Nick, Nick not really understanding Alan - and when Alan insists on helping two siblings protect themselves against the magicians, to the extent of endangering himself to help them, Nick is frustrated and angry.

The story moves fast, the world of the magicians and the Goblin's Market coming to life. There were elements I didn't like - Jamie's one-liners are a bit out of place, at times. I have only ever met this type of character who makes jokes in whatever situation they're in in books and movies, and I have a feeling I would find them incredibly irritating in real life. So that kind of grated on me. I liked the - well, it's not really a twist, but the additional information that's revealed towards the end, and it's well done. But I think it's hard to make such a character likeable and sympathetic, and I don't know that Brennan succeeds.

Enjoyable overall and some great aspects - the blurb of the sequel sounds a bit too much like more of the same, but I'll probably pick it up anyway when it comes out.]]>