This book lays a good foundation for the rest of the series, but it definitely drags at times and the story doesn't really get started until the end. I love the protagonists. They have a ton of room for growth. My biggest complaint was the abundance of love interests, but at least it wasn't the main theme of the story. Just a pet peeve of mine. I plan to continue with the series and I'm excited to see where it goes.

Re-read 2016I'm bumping this one up a star! LOVED IT!But I'm seeing a lot of mixed (bad and/or DNF) reviews from friends, and it suddenly strikes me...Hmmm. Well, I will admit that this is a pretty slow book in the beginning. In fact, it takes quite a few chapters to get to anything that I would personally consider even remotely interesting. I'm thinking that, perhaps, the reason I enjoyed this so much more the second time around was because I knew where everything was headed.And make NO mistake...

YAS. Thank goodness- another legit series to get into!!Wahoo... Okay. Initial thoughts....This is going to be a quick review because really I just want to read book #2 after all the raving reviews from friends... (though I'll probably come back and update this review later. Whatever.)So here we go.The world is MY kind of world. Quarreling kingdoms, forbidden magic, clans... street gangs... yeah baby. Love it. The pace was a little slow to start but I didn't mind too much. I think most of this bo...

DNF - No rating. I am just in the mood for something more robust. After 25% nothing had really grabbed me yet.

Hanalea's blood and bones, I just found a new obsession!!Wow. It's been a while since the last time I read YA fantasy, and I'd almost forgotten why I love this genre so much! The Demon King certainly had its flaws, but it was so riveting and bewitching that I lost the X-Factor final last night in order to finish it and I suspect I'm going to spend the following days lost in this series, with coffee and ice-cream as my sole companions! Burn you social life!And by fun, I mean books. “Han al...

THE DEMON KING was a perfect maelstrom of practically everything I love in a book. Court intrigue, captivating characters, intricate plotting, enticing romances, and brilliant world building coalesce to deliver the best high fantasy story EVER. The characters in Chima's story are extremely well developed; each had their own unique personality that distinguished him or her as an individual entity, subsequently allowing me to easily love or hate them. In the case of Han Alister- LOVE. Han is a ref...

Even better the second time around. How’s it possible that I still want to go back and start all over again?

► Here went my night. Yes, you read correctly. Despite my reading slump that drove me to DNF more books that I'm comfortable with yesterday, despite today being my last day of vacations and as usual busy as hell, despite the objective flaws of The Demon King, I couldn't stop reading for the life of me, and closed my reader at 6am pretty exhausted.Worst is, I'm fighting the urge to start The Exiled Queen right now, and I can count on the finger of one hand the number of times it happened with a

I didn’t like this one as much as I’d hoped BUT I have a feeling the second one will be better! Still enjoyed this one for the most part thoughGood things: I lovedddd Raisa, once the story got going I read most of it in one day, though the plot/plot twists were predictable I still enjoyed the story overall!Not-so-good things: the pace was VERY slow in the beginning and took me a long time to get into, some of the description I was not a fan of (specifically when it came to Han’s POV), & there di...

I love this book specifically for its POVs: We have the village idiot and the spoiled princess. Except thats just the surface-- there much more to these characters and I absolutely adored how their stereotypes were ripped to shreds The village idiot with mysterious cuffs on his arm with weird symbols no one understands “Maybe if you knew how to use them, you could— I don’t know—shoot flames from the palms of your hands.'Han was thinking he was just as likely to shoot flames from his rear...

Probably even more like 4.5/5 starsI was not expecting to like this book as much as I did - I just got it on a whim and thought this will be fun! And it was fun, and hecka addicting. I loved the world building and the story, but mostly I just loved getting lost in a fantasy book without a lot of complicated magic systems and things to keep track of. It was so fun to just lose myself in it.It took a bit for me to get into at first but once I was in I WAS IN TOO DEEP.Definitely loved this and will...

Three words; fa, reaking, awesome!Now I remember why I love fantasy so much! Especially a kick-butt high fantasy like this one.Chima has masterfully created an intriguing world, with a cast full of memorable characters.The chapters somewhat alternate between Han and Raisa. Divulging the depth of each character and the world around them, presented in their own P.O.V. I love when authors do this. I like that connection you get when the story is presented in this format. I am emotionally invested i...

1.5 StarsBuddy read with Cait, who liked it way more than I did. If you want to check out her positive review, here it is.I DID IT. I FINISHED IT. MY SUFFERING IS OVER. I should've just DNFed this. I'll be honest, I did consider doing it a few times, but noooooo, I had to give it a chance. I kept on hoping it'd get better. But nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Obviously, I'm an unpopular opinion here since this has a 4.20 average rating. But oh. It wasn't my cup of tea.I'm just SO SAD AND ANGRY AND DISAPPOINT...

Uhh... WELL. I don't really know what went wrong with me and this book.I was supposed to enjoy it.I was supposed to really enjoy it. I was totally expecting to really enjoy it. But sadly, I didn't.I have heard so much praise for author Cinda Williams Chima, but for now I'm left wishing I could see what so many others have seen in her books.I actually had a weird experience where I was under the impression that this series was a completely different story than it turned out to be. I'm sure that...

www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comI loved this book! I'm very excited about this series. It's off to an awesome start! I love most of the characters in the book. The two main stories revolve around Han and Raisa. Han is a poor boy that lives in the towns outside of the kingdom. He has some kind of cuffs that are around his wrists and I wonder what these could be there for?... He does his best to take care of his mom and sister. At one time he was the leader of a gang, but he saw the error of h...

Wow! I'm really surprised to say that this book blew me away. I only decided to pick this series up because I have the Flamecaster on my shelf and I didn't know that it was actually a follow up to the Seven Realms series. I wasn't sure what to expect from The Demon King but my expectations were pretty high considering how I went into this book comparing it to the Falling Kingdoms series. Although this book did have similarities to Falling Kingdoms, it's definitely its own separate story.One of t...

Re-Read with my crew at Buddies Books & Baubles starting Feb 22, 2016One of the best things about this book for me is that in YA usually the MCs meet and instantly it is all about them being together. Raisa is 15 almost 16 so I really like that the author has her meeting different boys (she has quite a few suitors) and playing the field a little. She doesn't just fall in love with the first of second man/boy to show an interest in her. The same goes for Han....he gets a little kissing time too w...

Guys, I'm literally screaming, THAT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING READ???? I feel so satisfied akdjskdj RTC!!!!

WOW. Definitely adding this to my favorites list. I'm mad at myself for waiting so long to read this... If you love fantasy... READ THIS.Full Book Discussion on YouTube: https://youtu.be/H8PNsCSn3Zk

The Demon KingBy Cinda Williams ChimaA Review by Eric AllenBefore I begin, I must say that I was not able to finish this book. I only got four chapters in before I couldn't take it anymore. This book fails on every level possible and imaginable. Let me count the ways. No Hook. No plot. No tension. No conflict. No compelling characters or events. No protagonist. No antagonist. No emotion. No color. No life. No story. No desire to read ANY further. No refunds? ...DAMMIT!!! My dislike for the book