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I hate the Grubbs just becomes this feral asshole. And this book has really jumped the shark with the series. They were like oh we’re in Atlantis, now we’re in space, now we’re in the center of the universe.

mcfade28's review against another edition

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3.0

I've decided to read a few horror books in honour of Halloween. First on my list was the 9th book in the Demonata seris by Darren Shan. I read the majority of the series when I was still in school and mostly liked them.

This novel is from Kernal's perspective. We last heard from him in Demon Theif, which is my favourite novel in the series by far, so I had high hopes going in. This is the penultimate book in the series and suffers a little for that. It seems to exist solely to set up the finalie.

The novel has two main flaws. Firstly, nothing seems to happen for large stretches of the book, and indeed it starts by recapping events we've already seen in other novels.

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Secondly, the main development- introducing aliens and attempting to tie in the origin of the universe into this series felt forced and stupid. Just let the series be about demons, there's no need to try to explain away the big bang theory as well!

titanic's review against another edition

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4.0

I actually enjoyed this book. It was rather interesting and it builds up a lot of tension for Hell's Heroes so I'm actually looking forward to the last book.

Although I did find some bits boring, I really did want to know how this book would go. It was interesting to know more about the Kah-Gash and the history of the Old Creatures and the Demonatas. I feel like this book was more of a filler and a boost for the last book, it answered a few questions but overall it's been the best I've read in this series for a while.

adamdj's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

kosar3479's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

rmdavies92's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

eoghannnivall's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense

4.0

kevinweitzel44's review against another edition

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5.0

WOW, I just finished and man am I PUMPED FOR THE SEQUEL. Can I say that I just LOVE Kernels character? He's so awesome and has an amazing personality... I loved how awesome the universe is described, like a chess board. The old creatures were amazing and gave such awesome shockers to the series. I also thought the ending was great, the huge battle in which Meera died. I was soooooo sad she died but so insanely happy that it killed off Juni! I am so siked for Hell's Heroes and the end part where Grubbs rips out Kernel's eyes was just...SHOCKING. I mean, he seemed so much like an enemy and forecful. A friend said by the end I'd probably dislike Grubbs and I simply said "That's impossible, he's an awesome character" In Blood Beast he was absolutely amazing (I LOVE THAT BOOK TO DEATH) but by the end, what he did to Kernel was wrong. His werewolf development changed his personality so much and i HATE IT. My friend was right, I completely dislike Grubbs now. I feel so bad for Kernel and i'm anxious to see what happens to Bec. Will the Kah-Gash be destroyed? Will one of the members die? SO MANY QUESTIONS.

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