Demon's Surrender by Sarah Rees Brennan

Demon's Surrender (The Demon's Lexicon Trilogy, #3)

by Sarah Rees Brennan

The Goblin Market has always been the centre of Sin's world. She's a dancer and a performer, secure in her place. But now the Market is at war with the magicians, and Sin's place is in danger. Keeping secrets from the market she loves, struggling with a friend who has become a rival, Sin is thrown together with the Ryves brothers, Nick and Alan - whom she's always despised. But Alan has been marked by a magician, to be tortured as the magician pleases, and as Sin watches Alan struggle to protect the demon brother he loves, she begins to see both brothers in a new light. But how far will brother go to save brother - and what will it cost them all?

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Exciting, lovely, betrayal, friendship, love, competition, fights, evil... This had it all! And I loved it. Nick had some of the best lines, as usual, I was laughing especially hard at this one : 'What?' Nick said at last. 'Do I have something on my face besides good-looking?' And thought to myself at the same time, that he sure DOES have good-looking on his face.

I was a little unsure about having this whole book from Sin's perspective, but I really, really loved it. It was actually great to see everybody else from her perspective, and to see her insecurities and strengths as well.

I loved how Alan and Sin finally realized that their love-story wasn't part of the playing and the lying, and they opened up to each other. Bambi and Clive (like Bonnie and Clyde?) made me laugh so hard, but they were both very good at pretending, and it was good. However, I was heart-broken when I realized that Gerald had made Anzu possess Alan... although I guess it was necessary for Nick's growth, it was terrible to read about - I felt so bad for all of them!

It was always difficult to know who to trust, and when, which made the excitement last up until the very end, and I thought Sin's love story was very sweet, even if she started it by doing it the wrong way. In the end, she realized what it was that is really important, and that love is truly the one important thing in life (apart from dancing, of course).

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