Reviews

Demon Child by Kylie Chan

pillywiggin's review

3.0

This series keeps getting better with each book. The author's prose has improved so much over the first book in the series it is almost as if a different person is writing. One caveat--I personally do not like books with a lot of sex scenes in them, and this one has a bunch of them. I am interested enough in the characters and plot line to read the final book in the series. Many of the characters are now old friends, and I want to know how it all ends.

kokonatsu's review

4.0

The second book of the Celestial Battle is a build up novel, no where near as much of a page turner as Dark Serpent. There are some decent plot twists and conversations to keep the story going. A lot of dialogue circles around a weird bedroom problem...dilemma? Anyway, still a great part of an awesome series.

lady_custulance's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

araleith's review

3.0

It was good, but it wandered in places, there was that weird turtle sex thing, and too many long battle scenes.

lildoanne's review

3.0

While I really love Kylie's books, they haven't fully lived up to the first triology. That still won't stop me from wanting the next book when it is out! Demon Child is probably not so different to the last book in that the story starts of fairly slowly, with a lot happening towards latter half of the book.

kays_pallet's review

3.0

I'm going to be honest, I didn't read the other books in the series and didn't really know what was going on. That being said, I felt like this was a bad book disguised as a good one. The writing was done well and the setting and topic were interesting. However, I found Emma and John to be really annoying. Emma was all over the place with her personality traits, seemingly gliding from one to the next and John was just an idiot that would literally sacrifice all of his people for Emma.

I also felt like this book was trying too hard to be too many things. It's scifi and it's a romance and those two can be blended together. However, it felt like shoving a square block into a round hole; the genres just didn't fit together. Because of this, it downplays the 2 storylines (war and love), which is pretty disappointing. IDK, maybe I needed the other books to understand better, but this book alone didn't do it for me.

I gave this 3 stars because even though I clearly didn't like it, I understand that I am missing background information. I also like the writing style, which is important to me.

vailynst's review

3.0

Notes:

2.7 Stars

This was better than Dark Serpent but that's not saying much. There are more story inconsistencies and awkward plot hijinks.

thiefofcamorr's review

Katharine is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This entry is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.

To be safe, I won't be recording my thoughts (if I choose to) here until after the AA are over.

brocc's review

4.0

Bethwyn is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This review is the personal opinion of Bethwyn herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.

Review is up on my blog.

ashybear02's review

3.0

3.5 stars. I've really been enjoying this series, and I liked how this book progressed. I also enjoyed the ending to this one, because it really sets up the third and final one.

There were a few things in the middle I didn't particularly enjoy, but over all another good read. I look forward to the third!