Reviews

Demon Moon by Meljean Brook

heyt's review against another edition

2.0

Second in the Guardians series, this book didn't live up to its predecessor. I was ready to go back to the world of guardians and demons but this book was a chore to read. I think in large part it stems from the fact that I really couldn't become invested in Savi and Colin. The book sets them up as a sort of Romeo and Juliet and yet the conflicts between them seemed almost trivial at times.

kelly04's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 stars

Dense, interesting worldbuilding but perhaps a touch overlong. There were a couple blatant put offs in the middle that affected the pacing. Not convinced it needed to be 500 pages, but the end was satisfying.

schomj's review against another edition

4.0

Interesting, intelligent characters; even when they did stupid things, it made sense. Complex world building -- less overwhelming than in Demon Angel, but covers enough that I think newcomers to the series would be able to start here. The storyline was engaging, although I agree with other reviewers that there were a few too many redundancies and it seemed a bit overly-long (although at nearly 500 pages, I think my attention span would find almost anything overly-long). The romance was hot and angsty, but there was enough humor to balance the angst. Even though you know there's going to be an HEA, the "how" remains a mystery until the last few pages.

I feel like I'm complaining a lot, but I did really enjoy this book. It's moving to my keeper shelf and I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series.

laurla's review against another edition

"...and the girl came across a cobra curled up against the freezing night air. the cobra begged her to stop and carry him in her pocket until the sun rose in the morning, but she refused. "you will bite me," she said. but the cobra promised not to. "i will die here; if you save me, i will treat you as a friend." the girl was too soft-hearted to let him freeze, and so she picked him up and put him in her pocket. she'd taken not two steps before she felt his fangs against her breast. "why?" she cried, her voice weak from the poison. "you said you would not!" "it is my nature," the cobra replied, "and you knew what i was."

"i either think too much or not at all, and often do both at the same time."

"i try not to think of it. and despite knowing how lucky i am that i went - and that i have this memory to take me back whenever i want - i wish it could fade. it's a blessing and a curse at once."

qace90's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

I love the magic and romance of this book. The characters are so interesting and the world keeps me intrigued. A nice blend of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, I love Savi especially though Colin is intriguing too. I love these characters and looking forward to reading more of this world/series.

mcummings's review

4.0

This is book 2 in the Guardian Series. Based on a recommendation from the author, I started reading the Guardian Series with book 3, and read and really enjoyed the series. So I decided to go back, and pick up the back story with book 1 (which is not available on kindle!!!) and book 2. Book 1 was rather long and convoluted, but Demon Moon was very much like the rest of the series, and I really loved it. While you could probably skip book 1 completely, there was actually alot in there that I thought directly fed into this story.

This was a beautiful story, but one of the things that I really loved about it was the non-standard characters. The heroine is half Indian, and the hero is vain and selfish. Meljean Brook has a habit of populating her books with interesting characters from all places and times, and it makes for a refreshing read.

coffeeandink's review

3.0

POC heroine (half-white, half-(East) Indian). Prose good sentence by sentence but needs line-editing for repetition on the paragraph level; author needs to be less heavy-handed on interpreting character for readers, better at conveying background, past, relationships. Indian background not entirely convincing, but then neither was the heroine as survivor of traumatic murders of family, nor her adoptive sibling relationship with another character. Sexually experienced heroine, no apologies, good; decent banter. Exceptionally detailed fantasy world-building for romance.

Promising, flawed.