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Margaret K. McElderry Books (2011), Hardcover, 400 pages
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Sin's world is turned upside down when she has to ally with a demon and his brother to save her beloved Goblin Market from the evil magicians.
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LibraryThing member Krissy724
I know a lot of people have been saying this, but when I first found out that Sin was going to be the narrator I thought that the book was not going to be as good as the previous two books. I am so glad I was wrong! I did not realize how much Sin’s narration was going to bring to the story. We
Sin is awesome! She had the perfect one-liners for Nick and Alan and I couldn’t help but laugh at them. She is strong, brave, independent and protective of her family. She is willing to do whatever she has to do to keep them safe. I really enjoyed learning about her and reading her story.
Alan and Nick were perfect. I love their connection and their protectiveness of each other. I love when they are joking around with each other and when they are scared for the other. Nick had it really bad in this one. It was horrible to read. Sarah Rees Brennan is the only author I know that could make you fall in love with a demon and at the same time is able to make a demon grow as a character. All I wanted to do was hug Nick and tell him everything was going to be OK, but then he probably would have stabbed me. Then there is Alan, who I have loved since the beginning! Seriously, I love him, and he was even better and more swoon worthy in this one! We got to see a whole other side to him that had me melting like butter for him!
Mae and Jamie are also in the story, though we see less of them then we did in Lexicon and Covenant. Jamie had me worried there for a while, but once he was back to his old self, I realized how much I missed him! I would love to see a companion novel full of Jamie-isms!
There are so many plot twists that I never knew where Brennan was going to take the story and the characters! I was not able to turn the pages fast enough. Seriously, this women is a genius and super talented! She is an amazing author and I can not wait to read more from her!
The Demon’s Lexicon series is one that I am so glad I read! Surrender had an ending that leaves the reader completely satisfied. I could not have asked for a better ending to a wonderful trilogy.
Just to add to the awesomeness that is The Demon’s Surrender, Alan is on the cover and I thought this cover was the best one yet!
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got to see Nick and Alan in completely different lights, we learned more about the Goblin Market and the Magicians, and we get to see a whole different side to Sin that I absolutely loved! The Demon’s Surrender is the perfect ending to a perfect trilogy! I only have praise for this story and all I want to do is read the entire series again. I totally would too if I didn’t have a list of books that I still need to read!Sin is awesome! She had the perfect one-liners for Nick and Alan and I couldn’t help but laugh at them. She is strong, brave, independent and protective of her family. She is willing to do whatever she has to do to keep them safe. I really enjoyed learning about her and reading her story.
Alan and Nick were perfect. I love their connection and their protectiveness of each other. I love when they are joking around with each other and when they are scared for the other. Nick had it really bad in this one. It was horrible to read. Sarah Rees Brennan is the only author I know that could make you fall in love with a demon and at the same time is able to make a demon grow as a character. All I wanted to do was hug Nick and tell him everything was going to be OK, but then he probably would have stabbed me. Then there is Alan, who I have loved since the beginning! Seriously, I love him, and he was even better and more swoon worthy in this one! We got to see a whole other side to him that had me melting like butter for him!
Mae and Jamie are also in the story, though we see less of them then we did in Lexicon and Covenant. Jamie had me worried there for a while, but once he was back to his old self, I realized how much I missed him! I would love to see a companion novel full of Jamie-isms!
There are so many plot twists that I never knew where Brennan was going to take the story and the characters! I was not able to turn the pages fast enough. Seriously, this women is a genius and super talented! She is an amazing author and I can not wait to read more from her!
The Demon’s Lexicon series is one that I am so glad I read! Surrender had an ending that leaves the reader completely satisfied. I could not have asked for a better ending to a wonderful trilogy.
Just to add to the awesomeness that is The Demon’s Surrender, Alan is on the cover and I thought this cover was the best one yet!
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LibraryThing member lquilter
Review for entire trilogy.
This trilogy occupies the same emotional niche of "Supernatural" and Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series : Brothers against the supernatural / demonic world, and one of the brothers has some kind of tie to the supernatural, which sets up shifting loyalties, possibilities of
"Supernatural" is TV horror, mostly, with some comedy, and the Thurman series and Brennan's trilogy mine the same vein of dark fantasy/horror, with a lot of sarcastic quippy dialog. Brennan takes her books into a more YA direction, and while I liked it in the first book, I wasn't as happy in the second and third books. There is a perspective shift -- the first book is primarily told from the perspective of the younger of the two brothers, 16 year old Nick, and the big reveal about his identity is the overarching mystery of the book and sets up the larger question explored by the trilogy.
The second two books switch voices, each focusing on a different young woman who has potential romantic ties to the brothers, and her own crises to deal with. Unfortunately, Brennan's central crisis for the male characters was fundamental -- family, identity -- while her central crisis for the female character in the second book primarily centered around romantic dithering. That's annoying. There was a lot of plot that the second book could have focused on, yet an inordinate amount of the emotional weight was focused on which boy to kiss. I might have been more invested in that book if there had been less teenage romantic angsting. Book 3 was not as annoying, but it was a little too convenient -- a character is suddenly in love with a character for whom she had previously felt mostly contempt. So, not happy about the YA romancification of the girls' stories, but that's probably my only major complaint.
Good points: The world is interesting, and involves serious questions of ethics -- exploitation, choice and moral agency, violence. The dialog and writing are generally good. The characterization is also pretty good. And the overall arc of the characters was, I thought, satisfying.
Overall, the trilogy is definitely worth reading.
This trilogy occupies the same emotional niche of "Supernatural" and Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series : Brothers against the supernatural / demonic world, and one of the brothers has some kind of tie to the supernatural, which sets up shifting loyalties, possibilities of
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betrayal, and lots of angst and man-pain. "Supernatural" is TV horror, mostly, with some comedy, and the Thurman series and Brennan's trilogy mine the same vein of dark fantasy/horror, with a lot of sarcastic quippy dialog. Brennan takes her books into a more YA direction, and while I liked it in the first book, I wasn't as happy in the second and third books. There is a perspective shift -- the first book is primarily told from the perspective of the younger of the two brothers, 16 year old Nick, and the big reveal about his identity is the overarching mystery of the book and sets up the larger question explored by the trilogy.
The second two books switch voices, each focusing on a different young woman who has potential romantic ties to the brothers, and her own crises to deal with. Unfortunately, Brennan's central crisis for the male characters was fundamental -- family, identity -- while her central crisis for the female character in the second book primarily centered around romantic dithering. That's annoying. There was a lot of plot that the second book could have focused on, yet an inordinate amount of the emotional weight was focused on which boy to kiss. I might have been more invested in that book if there had been less teenage romantic angsting. Book 3 was not as annoying, but it was a little too convenient -- a character is suddenly in love with a character for whom she had previously felt mostly contempt. So, not happy about the YA romancification of the girls' stories, but that's probably my only major complaint.
Good points: The world is interesting, and involves serious questions of ethics -- exploitation, choice and moral agency, violence. The dialog and writing are generally good. The characterization is also pretty good. And the overall arc of the characters was, I thought, satisfying.
Overall, the trilogy is definitely worth reading.
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LibraryThing member Black_samvara
Young adult fantasy. Book 3. The Ryves brothers are deep in crisis, the Market is at war with the Aventurine circle and the leadership of the Market is yet to be determined.
I have so much love for this series. The point of view for the final book is Sin (Cynthia) and it's a joy to ride along with
There is such a lovely balance of whimsical humour and emotional depths that I found myself giggling one moment and holding my breath the next.
Thank you Sarah Rees Brennan, I look forward to following your writing career in the future :)
I have so much love for this series. The point of view for the final book is Sin (Cynthia) and it's a joy to ride along with
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her as events unfold. I really value the personhood found in the characters, especially the ladies and I value how central their stories are.There is such a lovely balance of whimsical humour and emotional depths that I found myself giggling one moment and holding my breath the next.
Thank you Sarah Rees Brennan, I look forward to following your writing career in the future :)
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LibraryThing member SR510
A disappointing end to the series. Without venturing far into the spoilers, Alan in this book is not the same Alan as in the earlier books. Also, Mae and Sin's quest for the MacGuffin gets inflated beyond the point where it makes much sense. It's not bad, but... compared to the first two volumes,
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LibraryThing member RamonaWray
I found it a bit hard to adjust the Sin's POV. I wasn't expecting it. Anxiously awaiting "Whisper".
LibraryThing member g33kgrrl
The final book in Rees Brennan's trilogy, I very much enjoyed this book. Loose ends are wrapped up, the story is completed. I really liked the switch to Sin's POV, because this is really her story. There were so many times in the early part of the book that I wanted to pull her close, give her a
Please don't get the impression that the story wasn't good - it was! The war between the Market and the magician's, Jamie's defection to the magician's, and Mae and Sin's push-pull relationship - these are all covered and more. But I'm a character person, so of course that's what I focused on.
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hug, and tell her she didn't have to be so hard all the time - but it's a journey she had to go through on her own, and she has quite a time of it. She's great, and I'm glad we got to spend this time with her. But don't worry, Rees Brennan manages to keep us filled in on what was going on with, say, Nick and Mae, even with Sin's POV (quite cleverly, I thought).Please don't get the impression that the story wasn't good - it was! The war between the Market and the magician's, Jamie's defection to the magician's, and Mae and Sin's push-pull relationship - these are all covered and more. But I'm a character person, so of course that's what I focused on.
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LibraryThing member rivkat
This book is from a new POV, that of Sin (Cynthia), the former presumptive leader of the Goblin Market now forced to compete with Mae for that position, much to her dismay, while also taking care of her two young siblings (including hiding a dangerous secret about one of them) and being subjected
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to the varied attractions of Nick and Alan Ryves. It’s effective in many ways, not least because we know a bit more than Sin about certain emotional dynamics and thus can enjoy our superior knowledge, but it also helps Brennan hide some key plot points from Sin and from us—very effective authorial manipulation. I’m not sure I’m happy with the final outcome, both in its neatness and its treatment of Sin, whose ultimate reactions are not impossibly out of character but needed a firmer grounding beforehand. Also you have to ignore that they are all way too young to know this much really hard in a way that wasn’t quite as apparent to me in the earlier books, but I think I can do that. Show Less
LibraryThing member danijohns
I was super excited to read the final installment in the Demon’s Lexicon series. I couldn’t have been more satisfied with the ending of the series.
Initially, I was very worried about this book. Like the previous two books in the series, this book is told from the point of view of another
I have to say, most of my fears about Sin as the narrator stemmed from the fact that I really wanted Nick and Mae together. I worried that because Sin was the narrator we would get none of the private scenes between those Nick and Mae, but Sarah Rees Brennan handled it well. We still got many private scenes between other characters as well.
The plot picked up from where we left after the Demon’s Covenant. I was really happy with were Sarah Rees Brennan took the story. I think the twist in this book could really rival the twist from the first book, and that was a huge twist. I knew things were going too well for it too remain so happy, and boy did she deliver a shocking twist. Sarah Rees Brennan was probably the evilest in this book to her characters, but it made the story so great and was done to the benefit of the story, so I can forgive her for her evilness.
I was very happy with how all the characters story lines were settled. I really enjoyed seeing whom everyone kind of ended up with and seeing the amazing growth of nearly every character in this book. The characters were put through very difficult times in this books, I really liked watching them growing and becoming stronger because of these difficulties. And I have to say, I was very happy with who ended up with who in the end. It was perfect.
The emotions were running high in this final installment of the Demon’s Lexicon series. It was another emotional roller coaster. I was happy, I was angry, and I was sad. At parts I was crying. And then there were those scenes that just made me so giddy and happy. They were perfect and I could not have wanted anything else. And my favorite scene was one of the most emotional for me. That scene that Sin overhears between Nick and Mae. My favorite, even if it was very emotional. Trust me you will understand when you read it.
I was really happy with how this series concluded. The ending wrapped up the main story line, but did not leave everything wrapped in a perfect package. Instead, things in the ending were still a bit shaking with the characters. The characters and their world still had always to go before everything to be settled perfectly and the ending demonstrates that. I was really happy with where the characters were all heading in the future, even though we do not know if everything they plan for will occur. The ending was very bittersweet for me because it was the last time I’d hear these characters stories. I really liked that the ending did wrap up every little detail and solve every problem, because that is not real. The ending felt real and I loved that.
It’s really hard to say goodbye to this series because it really is one of my favorites. I will never forget reading the ending of Demon’s Lexicon and my awe at the twist at the end. I will never forget all the incredible twists and turns that Sarah Rees Brennan has taken me on. I love this series and I want everyone to read. I am deeply sadden that this GREAT series has ended and that I will never read more about Nick, Mae, Jamie, Alan, Sin and everyone else, but thankfully I can always reread this series and there are always more books to come from Sarah Rees Brennan.
If you have never read this series, I highly suggest that you read it. It is one of the best series I have ever read and I DO force it onto people. It is a must read for everyone!
Initially, I was very worried about this book. Like the previous two books in the series, this book is told from the point of view of another
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character. The first book was told by Nick’s point of view and the second from Mae’s point of view. The final book is told from Sin’s point of view, and this worried me a bit. Sin was more of a secondary character in the first two books so I was a bit worried about how the narration of the central story line would play out. However, I ended up really liking Sin as a narrator and the story played out perfectly. I really liked learning more about Sin and I loved her personality. She was probably one of the best people to tell the conclusion of this story and I really loved learning her back story.I have to say, most of my fears about Sin as the narrator stemmed from the fact that I really wanted Nick and Mae together. I worried that because Sin was the narrator we would get none of the private scenes between those Nick and Mae, but Sarah Rees Brennan handled it well. We still got many private scenes between other characters as well.
The plot picked up from where we left after the Demon’s Covenant. I was really happy with were Sarah Rees Brennan took the story. I think the twist in this book could really rival the twist from the first book, and that was a huge twist. I knew things were going too well for it too remain so happy, and boy did she deliver a shocking twist. Sarah Rees Brennan was probably the evilest in this book to her characters, but it made the story so great and was done to the benefit of the story, so I can forgive her for her evilness.
I was very happy with how all the characters story lines were settled. I really enjoyed seeing whom everyone kind of ended up with and seeing the amazing growth of nearly every character in this book. The characters were put through very difficult times in this books, I really liked watching them growing and becoming stronger because of these difficulties. And I have to say, I was very happy with who ended up with who in the end. It was perfect.
The emotions were running high in this final installment of the Demon’s Lexicon series. It was another emotional roller coaster. I was happy, I was angry, and I was sad. At parts I was crying. And then there were those scenes that just made me so giddy and happy. They were perfect and I could not have wanted anything else. And my favorite scene was one of the most emotional for me. That scene that Sin overhears between Nick and Mae. My favorite, even if it was very emotional. Trust me you will understand when you read it.
I was really happy with how this series concluded. The ending wrapped up the main story line, but did not leave everything wrapped in a perfect package. Instead, things in the ending were still a bit shaking with the characters. The characters and their world still had always to go before everything to be settled perfectly and the ending demonstrates that. I was really happy with where the characters were all heading in the future, even though we do not know if everything they plan for will occur. The ending was very bittersweet for me because it was the last time I’d hear these characters stories. I really liked that the ending did wrap up every little detail and solve every problem, because that is not real. The ending felt real and I loved that.
It’s really hard to say goodbye to this series because it really is one of my favorites. I will never forget reading the ending of Demon’s Lexicon and my awe at the twist at the end. I will never forget all the incredible twists and turns that Sarah Rees Brennan has taken me on. I love this series and I want everyone to read. I am deeply sadden that this GREAT series has ended and that I will never read more about Nick, Mae, Jamie, Alan, Sin and everyone else, but thankfully I can always reread this series and there are always more books to come from Sarah Rees Brennan.
If you have never read this series, I highly suggest that you read it. It is one of the best series I have ever read and I DO force it onto people. It is a must read for everyone!
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LibraryThing member pacey1927
I have not made my adoration of this series a secret. The first two books were solid five star ratings from me. Don't be put off by the fact that the final bookd "Demon's Surrender" clocks in at four stars. It maybe would have made 4 1/2 if Amazon allowed half star ratings. This book was still epic
Nick takes a bit of a back seat to Alan in this last story. Which is okay because Nick has been more prominent the rest of this series and he still has ample page time in "Demon's Surrender". When we last visited this world, Mae's beloved brother Jaimie had joined the magicians. A tentative sort of relationship was established between Nick and Mae, although Nick was still thinking his brother would be a great match with Mae. Things have reached a head between the war between the magicians and the Goblin's Market. The head of the market has been, shall we say 'demon compromised' and now the leadership of the beloved market is up in the air. Will the new leader be Sin, the beautifully exquisite dancer who was raised in the market and feels it is her rightful place? Or Mae, a market newcomer who has a knack for leadership and making good decisions?
The first book "Demon's Lexicon" was told by Nick and I can't imagine a more perfect YA book than it was. The next book was narrated by Mae and I wasn't crazy about that idea. I wanted Alan to narrate. But "Demon's Covenant" was amazing as well. Rees-Brennan apparently can't write a book that won't make me cry. The final book, "Demon's Surrender" is told by Sin. I was very disappointed to hear this. Sin has really been a minor character all along. This book should rightfully be Alan's. And yet, through Sin, it really is. Sin ended up being a phenomenal character. I related to her more than I did even to Mae. She is the only person in this series who could really relate to Alan and be able to call him out of his bull. Every last aspect of the chracters and their relationships was five star. I don't just mean the romantic relationship, but those amoung friends, and most especially that between two very different brothers. It brings to mind the quote "A friend is family that you choose". What really defines family? Is it blood? Or is a name for a true and strong bond that develops between two people for any reason?
Now then why was this book rated four stars? Several little things. I found the story convulted at times. There was too much action being TOLD to the readers and not shown. This includes the play between the demons, magician, etc. It also includes the test and trials set to Mae and Sin to determine leadership of the Market. Because there is no real relationship or connection between Sin and Nick, we had to settle for seeing the resolution to their story via Sin 'overhearing' them speaking or from her watching them from around a corner. That just didnt' feel realistic at all. Who is put in those situations that many times? I think they way to overcome this would have been to have this final book told from multiple points of view. That way we could have seen the Nick and Mae story from their points of view. We could have finally seen Alan narrate a little bit. And yes, we could have still had Sin's point of view and the benefit of seeing her characters full potential without losing what we lost by seeing these more intimate aspects of the story from Sin being voyeuristic.
Everyone and everything ends up as it should be. I was more than happy about the resolution of this trilogy. However it would have been nice to have gotten there in a little bit of a different way. Anyone who loves YA or fantasy novels should pick this trilogy up. It is truly one of the best written, more so for character development than for action but its not light on that either.
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for me and I was very happy with the conclusion my two book boyfriends Nick and Alan received. I have never had book boyfriends before....but maybe I have never read two characters written so vividly before. These are not just physically beautiful men, in fact Alan has quite a few physical imperfections. Yet they are so real, witty, emotional, and yet very different from each other. Nick takes a bit of a back seat to Alan in this last story. Which is okay because Nick has been more prominent the rest of this series and he still has ample page time in "Demon's Surrender". When we last visited this world, Mae's beloved brother Jaimie had joined the magicians. A tentative sort of relationship was established between Nick and Mae, although Nick was still thinking his brother would be a great match with Mae. Things have reached a head between the war between the magicians and the Goblin's Market. The head of the market has been, shall we say 'demon compromised' and now the leadership of the beloved market is up in the air. Will the new leader be Sin, the beautifully exquisite dancer who was raised in the market and feels it is her rightful place? Or Mae, a market newcomer who has a knack for leadership and making good decisions?
The first book "Demon's Lexicon" was told by Nick and I can't imagine a more perfect YA book than it was. The next book was narrated by Mae and I wasn't crazy about that idea. I wanted Alan to narrate. But "Demon's Covenant" was amazing as well. Rees-Brennan apparently can't write a book that won't make me cry. The final book, "Demon's Surrender" is told by Sin. I was very disappointed to hear this. Sin has really been a minor character all along. This book should rightfully be Alan's. And yet, through Sin, it really is. Sin ended up being a phenomenal character. I related to her more than I did even to Mae. She is the only person in this series who could really relate to Alan and be able to call him out of his bull. Every last aspect of the chracters and their relationships was five star. I don't just mean the romantic relationship, but those amoung friends, and most especially that between two very different brothers. It brings to mind the quote "A friend is family that you choose". What really defines family? Is it blood? Or is a name for a true and strong bond that develops between two people for any reason?
Now then why was this book rated four stars? Several little things. I found the story convulted at times. There was too much action being TOLD to the readers and not shown. This includes the play between the demons, magician, etc. It also includes the test and trials set to Mae and Sin to determine leadership of the Market. Because there is no real relationship or connection between Sin and Nick, we had to settle for seeing the resolution to their story via Sin 'overhearing' them speaking or from her watching them from around a corner. That just didnt' feel realistic at all. Who is put in those situations that many times? I think they way to overcome this would have been to have this final book told from multiple points of view. That way we could have seen the Nick and Mae story from their points of view. We could have finally seen Alan narrate a little bit. And yes, we could have still had Sin's point of view and the benefit of seeing her characters full potential without losing what we lost by seeing these more intimate aspects of the story from Sin being voyeuristic.
Everyone and everything ends up as it should be. I was more than happy about the resolution of this trilogy. However it would have been nice to have gotten there in a little bit of a different way. Anyone who loves YA or fantasy novels should pick this trilogy up. It is truly one of the best written, more so for character development than for action but its not light on that either.
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LibraryThing member midnightbex
Sarah Rees Brennan has a true talent for writing absorbing characters and this book is no exception. Once of the unique things about the series is that each of the three books is told from a different point of view. This book is told from the perspective of Sin, the heir to the Goblin Market in the
This was a wonderful and absorbing conclusion to the Demon's Lexicon series.
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series. Sin was a character I never much sympathized with but throughout this book I came to truly care for her.This was a wonderful and absorbing conclusion to the Demon's Lexicon series.
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LibraryThing member K...
There were a lot of AWESOME lines in this book and by AWESOME, I mean downright hilarious. I also particularly sympathized with Sin.
LibraryThing member Kimberlynwm
Liked the character development. Not totally convinced that everything necessary to make the ending work developed logically, but all in all, this was a great ending to a wonderfully intimate, yet grandly epic story.
LibraryThing member elenaj
Excellent conclusion to a really good trilogy - suspenseful, twisty, and smart. I especially like the attention to and exploration of consent. Just one of the reasons I would consider this a feminist series.
Original publication date
2011
Physical description
400 p.; 8.3 inches
ISBN
1416963839 / 9781416963837