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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is book 3 in the Kara Gillian series following Mark of the Demon book 1 & Blood of the Demon (Kara Gillian, Book 2), both excellent & both I enjoyed thoroughly.
First off I love Diana Rowlands premise for the book, a world where magic & demons are unacknowledged, those gifted with the 'Arcane' can summon demons, who in turn have to follow a very strict code of honour but that does mean they cannot manipulate the summoner for their own plans but once a deal is made both sides have to forfill the contracts. I got a full feel for of Kara's character now, her role with her aunt has now totally reversed, Zack & Ryan are hiding huge secrets and not forgetting one very edible demon who has an agenda of his own may have painted a very large target on Kara's back.
Throughout the book she is chasing her tail, trying to solve a series of murders that leave a muddy & puzzling trail.
There are also demon politic machinisations stewing in the backround that continue to harangue & worry Kara & more questions spring up than answered.
Because the author has done a very good job on her sub-plots & characterisations I found I did not care at all whether the murders where solved or not, I found I was more interested with the mini dramas that went on around her.... I think Miss Rowland has eeked the suspense out & stretched the main plot, so personally even though it is written well, I did not enjoy it as much as the previous two books. Left me howling in frustration....
Will I buy the next book, yes of course, she's a talented writer. I'm just seeing this book as a filler in & platform for book 4, because with all the questions left unanswered & the multitude of ways it can go, she has enough material for another 3 books at least !
3.5 STARS because I wanted more main plot expansion as well as character expansion (which she does deliver on.)must admit though for all my grumbles you won't want to miss the ending - it's pretty masterful...
First off I love Diana Rowlands premise for the book, a world where magic & demons are unacknowledged, those gifted with the 'Arcane' can summon demons, who in turn have to follow a very strict code of honour but that does mean they cannot manipulate the summoner for their own plans but once a deal is made both sides have to forfill the contracts. I got a full feel for of Kara's character now, her role with her aunt has now totally reversed, Zack & Ryan are hiding huge secrets and not forgetting one very edible demon who has an agenda of his own may have painted a very large target on Kara's back.
Throughout the book she is chasing her tail, trying to solve a series of murders that leave a muddy & puzzling trail.
There are also demon politic machinisations stewing in the backround that continue to harangue & worry Kara & more questions spring up than answered.
Because the author has done a very good job on her sub-plots & characterisations I found I did not care at all whether the murders where solved or not, I found I was more interested with the mini dramas that went on around her.... I think Miss Rowland has eeked the suspense out & stretched the main plot, so personally even though it is written well, I did not enjoy it as much as the previous two books. Left me howling in frustration....
Will I buy the next book, yes of course, she's a talented writer. I'm just seeing this book as a filler in & platform for book 4, because with all the questions left unanswered & the multitude of ways it can go, she has enough material for another 3 books at least !
3.5 STARS because I wanted more main plot expansion as well as character expansion (which she does deliver on.)must admit though for all my grumbles you won't want to miss the ending - it's pretty masterful...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I love it when I find a series like this!
This book is definately the best in the series so far for me, it had the perfect amound if everything, mystery, thriller, suspense and flirting/love in that order!
I tend to prefer storyline with love stuff thrown in here and there, rather than the other way around, I'm a huge fan of Ilhona Andrews and the Mercy Thompson series so if you like those you must give this a try!
This book is definately the best in the series so far for me, it had the perfect amound if everything, mystery, thriller, suspense and flirting/love in that order!
I tend to prefer storyline with love stuff thrown in here and there, rather than the other way around, I'm a huge fan of Ilhona Andrews and the Mercy Thompson series so if you like those you must give this a try!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Being a huge fan of Briggs and Andrews I'm finding it hard to find other authors that can stand up to their quality of storytelling and character building. I think that diana Rowland is up there with the best, her characters are interesting and unpredictable abd you learn a little more about them with each book. The development of the characters and their actions are often unpredictable and I am genuinely unsure of what will happen in the next book. The storyline of each boook focuses on a set of murders and I rarely figure out who it is until the end - if your a fan of murder mystery books (which im not) these are probably not for you as the books dont go into great depth on this and focus far more on the characters than the murders. I recommend trying Rowland if your a fan of urban fantsasy (especially authors like briggs) and are fed up of reading mediocare authors with dull characters and predictable storylines.
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Where's the next book already!?
I love love loved the last 2 books. Mainly because the protagonist wasn't weak like in most that I've read and because Ryhzkahl(sp?) is such an enigmatic hottie. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sylvanna
Slightly too heavy on the police procedural in this installment...
....Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book and thoroughly recommend it, but I found myself a little disappointed that we did not see more of the demons, most especially my... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Amber_Bamber
Great fun
Love the story - good suspense. Definitely love the characters. Entertaining read. Great murder/whodunnit and quite a few surprise twists along the way. Highly recommended
Published 16 months ago by Beetle
Awesome! Best of the series yet.
I loved the first two books of this Kara Gillian series so of course I was super excited for Secrets of the Demon to be out. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Claire Mill
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