Review: Buffy meets Butcher in Twin Demon Hunting Fun!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2013
This was a highly entertaining, fun, exciting book to read. This is a great follow up to Blood Bound, which ended so un-expectantly for me that I had to go racing into Demon Divided to find out what happened next, and that's a sign of a really good author, telling a compelling story. When I reviewed Blood Bound there was a nagging familiarity to the way Sharon Stevenson was telling the story that was frustrating me because I recognized it, but I couldn't put my finger on it, I originally said it was like Jim Butchers Dresden Novels, which it is to a certain extent, but halfway through Demon Divided it hit me...Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Now I mean that as a high compliment, because I think the TV show written and directed by Joss Whedon was one of the most brilliant and fun TV programs ever. And at the core of the TV program, just like in these two books by Sharon Stevenson, was the relationships between the characters in-between all of the battles and adventures. There was always a wise crack, always a relationship issue, always something that made the characters that much more real in your eyes, even while they're dealing with such supernatural problems. The interplay between Shaun, Sarah, Ray, Ben, Dev, and Elle is full of wise cracks, uncomfortable moments, and personal issues that combine to draw you in and make you care about the characters, especially when they get into the tense life threatening situations. I read a lot of books and very few of them hit that perfect pitch between getting you to care about the characters and putting them in wild situations you want to see them survive, but Sharon Stevens has done it, in both of her books. I'd highly recommend both books, and I'm looking forward to the third book Fate Fallen, which I hope is coming out soon.