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A review by kirstysbookshelf
The Stone Demon by Karen Mahoney
3.0
I thought this book was better than the first two in the trilogy although it still wasn't amazing. This book starts where the last one left off, Donna has been sent to London as part of her punishment for releasing the demons. Donna is invited to a ball by the Demon King and he wants her to recreate the Philosopher's Stone which will involve collecting 5 ingredients. This leads Donna on a quest in order to get the ingredients and save the world from being destroyed.
I thought that this book moved a lot faster than the other two books, however, I still felt it contained a lot of the YA cliches although it didn't feel quite so formulaic as the other books. At the start of this series it appeared as if it was going to be more of a romance story however this book didn't contain that much in it and we saw very little of Xan which I was relieved about as I didn't particularly like his character.
Although I did enjoy this book more than the other two books in the series I don't feel that this is a must read series. I feel there are much better YA fantasy series that focus on Fae such as the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa. Overall I felt that this series was very cliched and typical of the YA genre.
I thought that this book moved a lot faster than the other two books, however, I still felt it contained a lot of the YA cliches although it didn't feel quite so formulaic as the other books. At the start of this series it appeared as if it was going to be more of a romance story however this book didn't contain that much in it and we saw very little of Xan which I was relieved about as I didn't particularly like his character.
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I liked Navin though and I couldn't believe it when I thought he had died but, luckily he was brought back to live by NewtonAlthough I did enjoy this book more than the other two books in the series I don't feel that this is a must read series. I feel there are much better YA fantasy series that focus on Fae such as the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa. Overall I felt that this series was very cliched and typical of the YA genre.