The Demon's Lexicon (The Demon's Lexicon #1) 
Am I the only one who thinks that all the hype about Sarah Rees Brennan as a real novelist is just that - hype? Brennan got famous because she is VERY GOOD at parodying things that other writers actually created. Which is awesome and totally entertaining. But where Cassandra Clare proved that her fan fiction was hinting at immense skill, Brennan...Demon's Lexicon was just boring. Her characters are flat. Her stories are predictable. And...honestly, I just found myself wishing that I enjoyed her
The Demons Lexicon tells the story of 16-year-old half-orphan Nick who is on the run from a circle of evil magicians. He lives with his older brother Alan, who practically had to raise him all by himself due to the fact that 1) their father has been killed by said evil magicians and 2) their mothers deep dislike of Nick. She resents him and makes it perfectly clear that she has absolutely no love for him. She doesnt want to see him or talk to him and so she hides out in her room basically 24/7.

2.5 starsI was a tad disappointed in this book. I looked at my status updates and I had seriously wanted to put the book in the time out corner for a while. Luckily for the book (hard cover copy), my ereader decided to malfunction, so I was stuck finishing The Demons Lexicon instead.The Demons Lexicon is the story of two brothers who are constantly moving to get away from the magicians who seem to want something from the brothers or their mother. Herein lies my problem with this book. I was
I am plodding through this book because I spent money on it. The scenario facing the main characters is at first very, very similar to some others I know and love (namely Sam and Dean Winchester from Supernatural), only this book is set in England and there are occasionally swords.I figured, hey, cool, let's see how she does with making her book stand apart.First, let me say that there are some interesting aspects to the book. The dialogue is primarily good and I enjoy the interactions between
Although I spent most of the time cursing the male lead Nick for being a fxxking jerkass while I read this book, still the awesome ending is enough to make up for it. Plus the older brother Alan, he really rocks!But still, ******PLOT SPOILER WARNING******(view spoiler)[ I can't believe in the middle of the book, the author had dropped SO MANY hints to point out Nick is a demon---or at least a demon who possesses a human body. (hide spoiler)]**********END OF SPOILER****** I can see it coming
I waited for this book to come out for at least a year, and when I finally got it (tonight!) I started reading it and didn't stop until it was done. It is insanely enthralling. This is the first paragraph: "The pipe under the sink was leaking again. It wouldn't have been so bad, except that Nick kept his favorite sword under the sink." This is our introduction to Nick Ryves, a sixteen year old who has been on the run from magicians his entire life. He and his older brother Alan (with a crippled
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Title | : | The Demon's Lexicon (The Demon's Lexicon #1) |
Author | : | Sarah Rees Brennan |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
Published | : | June 2nd 2009 by Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Demons. Magic |
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Sixteen-year-old Nick and his brother, Alan, are always ready to run. Their father is dead, and their mother is crazy—she screams if Nick gets near her. She’s no help in protecting any of them from the deadly magicians who use demons to work their magic. The magicians want a charm that Nick’s mother stole—and they want it badly enough to kill. Alan is Nick’s partner in demon slaying and the only person he trusts in the world. So things get very scary and very complicated when Nick begins to suspect that everything Alan has told him about their father, their mother, their past, and what they are doing is a complete lie. . . .Be Specific About Books Conducive To The Demon's Lexicon (The Demon's Lexicon #1)
Original Title: | The Demon's Lexicon |
ISBN: | 1416963790 (ISBN13: 9781416963790) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | The Demon's Lexicon #1 |
Characters: | Nick Ryves, Alan Ryves, Mae Crawford, Jamie Crawford |
Literary Awards: | Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2009), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2010) |
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Have you ever been doing something and had a sudden realization that you might just be evil?And not the wimpy, I-want-to-be-sexy-and-kind-of-emo-looking-evil. Like this...I mean REAL evil like this:Or this:[image error]No! No! Oh the humanity!!!!!Well, The Demon's Lexicon made me feel like I possibly had no soul.Which was suprisingly refeshing.Now there's some discussion in the thread below regarding this author's crossover from Fanfiction to publishing. Despite appearances, I don't actuallyAm I the only one who thinks that all the hype about Sarah Rees Brennan as a real novelist is just that - hype? Brennan got famous because she is VERY GOOD at parodying things that other writers actually created. Which is awesome and totally entertaining. But where Cassandra Clare proved that her fan fiction was hinting at immense skill, Brennan...Demon's Lexicon was just boring. Her characters are flat. Her stories are predictable. And...honestly, I just found myself wishing that I enjoyed her
The Demons Lexicon tells the story of 16-year-old half-orphan Nick who is on the run from a circle of evil magicians. He lives with his older brother Alan, who practically had to raise him all by himself due to the fact that 1) their father has been killed by said evil magicians and 2) their mothers deep dislike of Nick. She resents him and makes it perfectly clear that she has absolutely no love for him. She doesnt want to see him or talk to him and so she hides out in her room basically 24/7.

2.5 starsI was a tad disappointed in this book. I looked at my status updates and I had seriously wanted to put the book in the time out corner for a while. Luckily for the book (hard cover copy), my ereader decided to malfunction, so I was stuck finishing The Demons Lexicon instead.The Demons Lexicon is the story of two brothers who are constantly moving to get away from the magicians who seem to want something from the brothers or their mother. Herein lies my problem with this book. I was
I am plodding through this book because I spent money on it. The scenario facing the main characters is at first very, very similar to some others I know and love (namely Sam and Dean Winchester from Supernatural), only this book is set in England and there are occasionally swords.I figured, hey, cool, let's see how she does with making her book stand apart.First, let me say that there are some interesting aspects to the book. The dialogue is primarily good and I enjoy the interactions between
Although I spent most of the time cursing the male lead Nick for being a fxxking jerkass while I read this book, still the awesome ending is enough to make up for it. Plus the older brother Alan, he really rocks!But still, ******PLOT SPOILER WARNING******(view spoiler)[ I can't believe in the middle of the book, the author had dropped SO MANY hints to point out Nick is a demon---or at least a demon who possesses a human body. (hide spoiler)]**********END OF SPOILER****** I can see it coming
I waited for this book to come out for at least a year, and when I finally got it (tonight!) I started reading it and didn't stop until it was done. It is insanely enthralling. This is the first paragraph: "The pipe under the sink was leaking again. It wouldn't have been so bad, except that Nick kept his favorite sword under the sink." This is our introduction to Nick Ryves, a sixteen year old who has been on the run from magicians his entire life. He and his older brother Alan (with a crippled
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