Review: None too evil demons,weak romance
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
The demon world has been separated from our world for centuries. Humans are a myth.When one of the demon lord is assassinated, his son, Balthazar, inherits the throne. But in order to keep it, he has to develop his powers and the help of one human is required.I found little to like about the story. Alexandra, the heroine, does nothing. She has no will power, follows Balthazar rather blindly and interferes in dangerous situations. She starts to whole adventure by following a old guy in the forest without thinking : gee, maybe it's not a good idea to follow a complete stranger away from the camping site and my friends, in the dark. If it were an horror flick, she'd be gone, baby gone.The demon world is, for some reasons, reminiscent of arab culture. Tents, clothing (the famous bra and loose skirt for the ladies), concubines, dances, zenana, the submissive attitudes of women, the war lords etc. No explanations of why, on all our cultures, this one was the prevalent one in the Demon's world. Maybe it's the author idea of absolute hell ? I found it peculiar.The romance part was weak. Balthazar was clearly more preoccupied by war, politics and his powers than Alexandra. Apart from his looks,Alexandra has really no reason to fall for Balthazar since he spends most of his time either ignoring her wishes or telling her to stay put and shut up. I guess the lust factor is strong. They almost have sex. Almost being the operative word. Call me conventional but I expect my demons to be more sexually active.I'm sorry but he whole thing was,to me, boring. The heroes have no spark, no energy. The demons were not evil. They sounded like ordinary people with some magical powers. I admit my enjoyment was lessened by my north american cultural expectations of what a demon and a demonic world is supposed to be. For this reason, I gave it two stars. Maybe another reader would not react the same way as I did.