The Demon's Lexicon Book

This book is excellent - that is all!

I know, I know you've come here for a review and you want details, but right now all that's going through my head is "This book is excellent" and I finished reading The Demons Lexicon over a week ago!

Okay details....

Nick and his brother Alan live in a world where magicians and demons are real (real and dangerous) but so are school and broken sinks and swords and the Goblin Market. For as long as he can remember, Nick has been running and fighting against the magicians who are want a powerful charm taken by his mother

The Demons Lexicon is a dark book, Nick is not a people person. The only person he likes let alone trusts is Alan. Everyone else (including his mother who can't bring herself to look at him) is only tolerated to keep Alan happy So when brother and sister Mae and Jamie show up asking for the brothers help Nick is not pleased to see them, especially when they put his brother's life at risk. Jamie has been marked by a demon. A fact that will lead to possession and eventually death.

I know it doesn't sound like it but this a funny book. Jamie has some great one-liners and so does Nick (although I don't think he always realises that what he says is funny). The jokes are needed, sometimes, to spark a little light into the book. They are also useful as clues to the characters of the main players. Jamie uses his humour as a sort of shield to hide behind while with Nick and Alan it shows the warmth and (I know this isn't a word but it should be) "brotherliness" between them.

I have to say that the main twist in the book blew me away. Earlier in the story, the idea sprinted randomly across my mind but was quickly chased off by the realisation that it would be impossible to pull off. Sarah Reese Brennan proved me completely wrong and does a spectacular job too. It fits seamlessly into the plot and, together with other twists and turns, had me flicking back through the book for missed clues.

I'm an avid reader of Sarah's blog so I had been looking forward to this book for ages. It does not disappoint. Okay, Nick is a very dark and angry boy and the book could almost drown beneath the weight of his personality alone. However, the lighter aspects of the other characters and bright flashes of humour keeps it from becoming overpowering and by the end of the book you can fully understand Nick's point of view.

I finished reading this, as I said, over a week ago but, even though I'm reading another book now, I still miss it. I miss Nick and Alan and Mae and Jamie and I want to know what happens next. Like the demons Nick's fighting, this book has possessed me. In the world of The Demons Lexicon, only the blood of a magician can break a possession.

Does anyone have Paul Daniels address?

The Demon's Lexicon : Paperback : Simon & Schuster Ltd : 9781847382894 : 1847382894 : 01 Jun 2009 : A new gothic YA fantasy trilogy, set in England, about magicians and demons.