Nick and his brother Alan are on the run with their mother, who was once the lover of a powerful magician. When she left him, she stole an important charm - and he will stop at nothing to reclaim it. Now Alan has been marked with the sign of death by the magician's demon, and only Nick can save him. But to do so he must face those he has fled from all his life - the magicians - and kill them. So the hunted becomes the hunter...but in saving his brother, Nick discovers something that will unravel his whole past...
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Sarah Rees Brennan is Irish and currently lives in Dublin. For a short stint, she lived in New York and became involved with a wide circle of writers who encouraged and supported her, including Holly Black and Cassandra Clare. She has developed a wide audience through her popular blog, mistful.livejournal.com, where she writes movie parodies, book reviews and some stories.
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Nick and Alan have spent most of their lives on the run from a circle of magicians led by Black Arthur who seeks a charm stolen by their mother. While fending off an attack from Black Arthur's circle they meet Mae and Jamie, a brother and sister with a problem of their own - Jamie has been visited by demons and they have marked him, a mark that will inevitably lead to his death. Alan persuades a reluctant Nick that they have to help but doing so leads Nick to uncover secrets about his own life, secrets that will make him question everything he knows, including his relationship with his own brother.
Nick is a wonderful character - morally ambiguous, the only two emotions he understands are anger and his devotion to his brother. As the secrets spill out, his confusion and sense of betrayal is very real, as is his clear attraction to Mae, a girl who he knows his brother likes but who he knows is attracted to him. Some of the best scenes are those where Nick seeks to manipulate that triangle to his advantage. Alan is more shadowy and although it may have been better to highlight some of his own moral ambiguity highlighted earlier in the plot, his devotion to both his mother and his brother is strongly conveyed as is a ruthless streak.
Mae thankfully rises above the female cliché of being only a love interest and Brennan allows her to recognise what is happening between the brothers while having her fight for her own sibling. She appears to play a bigger role in the sequel and I look forward to seeing her development. Unfortunately Jamie is the biggest weakness in the book. He isn't given a lot to do in his own right and although he is intended to be witty, his lines are self-conscious and deaden scenes instead of lifting them. A key revelation about him comes late in the novel and while setting up the scenario for the next book, stops the reader from caring about him now.
There are some nitpicks - "blueberry scones" seems to be an Americanism and concerns about a 16-year-old driving underage aren't consistent - and there's an episodic feel to some of the early chapters. However the set piece action scenes are well handled - particularly those involving the Goblin's Market and a type of asylum on the Isle of Wight. All in all it's a solid read and I look forward to reading the next in the trilogy.
Nick is a wonderful character - morally ambiguous, the only two emotions he understands are anger and his devotion to his brother. As the secrets spill out, his confusion and sense of betrayal is very real, as is his clear attraction to Mae, a girl who he knows his brother likes but who he knows is attracted to him. Some of the best scenes are those where Nick seeks to manipulate that triangle to his advantage. Alan is more shadowy and although it may have been better to highlight some of his own moral ambiguity highlighted earlier in the plot, his devotion to both his mother and his brother is strongly conveyed as is a ruthless streak.
Mae thankfully rises above the female cliché of being only a love interest and Brennan allows her to recognise what is happening between the brothers while having her fight for her own sibling. She appears to play a bigger role in the sequel and I look forward to seeing her development. Unfortunately Jamie is the biggest weakness in the book. He isn't given a lot to do in his own right and although he is intended to be witty, his lines are self-conscious and deaden scenes instead of lifting them. A key revelation about him comes late in the novel and while setting up the scenario for the next book, stops the reader from caring about him now.
There are some nitpicks - "blueberry scones" seems to be an Americanism and concerns about a 16-year-old driving underage aren't consistent - and there's an episodic feel to some of the early chapters. However the set piece action scenes are well handled - particularly those involving the Goblin's Market and a type of asylum on the Isle of Wight. All in all it's a solid read and I look forward to reading the next in the trilogy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Nick and Alan have been on the run for as long as Nick can remember. Their Dad died trying to keep them safe from the magicians who have been chasing after them and their Mum ever since their Mum stole a powerful charm. Since then it has been Alan and Nick who have had to work together to keep their Mum safe. When Jamie and his sister Mae come to them for help because Jamie has been marked by a demon Nick doesn't want to have anything to do with them - as far as he's concerned they have enough of their own problems. It is Alan who convinces him to help them although Nick is furious when Alan ends up marked too.
Nick is very loyal to Alan, who is the only person in the world he can trust, so he is devastated when he finds out Alan has been keeping secrets from him. When he sets out to uncover the truth he ends up finding a lot more than he bargained for - nothing will ever be the same for him again.
I thought this was a great debut from Sarah Rees Brennan - completely different from anything I've read before. I found it interesting that the magicians are shown as evil and that in order to use their magic they have to give human sacrifices to the demons. Nick may not be a perfect hero, he doesn't seem to have any compassion or empathy and the only real emotion we see from him is anger but he does care for his brother and it is obvious he will do anything to keep Alan safe. The other main characters are likeable but I found Nick was definitely my favorite.
The story is a little slow to start but I think this is usually to be expected at the start of a series where the author is introducing their world & the rules. Overall I really enjoyed the story and the twist at the end knocked me sideways - I really didn't see that one coming! I can't wait to see how this is going to play out over the next 2 books, I'm sure Sarah Rees Brennan has some more shock up her sleeves for us!
Nick is very loyal to Alan, who is the only person in the world he can trust, so he is devastated when he finds out Alan has been keeping secrets from him. When he sets out to uncover the truth he ends up finding a lot more than he bargained for - nothing will ever be the same for him again.
I thought this was a great debut from Sarah Rees Brennan - completely different from anything I've read before. I found it interesting that the magicians are shown as evil and that in order to use their magic they have to give human sacrifices to the demons. Nick may not be a perfect hero, he doesn't seem to have any compassion or empathy and the only real emotion we see from him is anger but he does care for his brother and it is obvious he will do anything to keep Alan safe. The other main characters are likeable but I found Nick was definitely my favorite.
The story is a little slow to start but I think this is usually to be expected at the start of a series where the author is introducing their world & the rules. Overall I really enjoyed the story and the twist at the end knocked me sideways - I really didn't see that one coming! I can't wait to see how this is going to play out over the next 2 books, I'm sure Sarah Rees Brennan has some more shock up her sleeves for us!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoyed this book. The two main charcters are complex and believable - if not always likeable. The situations they find themselves in are scary and intriguing. I did make some guesses about the ending as I read, but I was only partly right - so there are some nice twists too!
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