I loved Alan and Nick as main characters, as friends, and as brothers. I loved how this book portrayed them, how it showed Alan's strength of will while showing us how physically weak he was. I loved how Nick was emotionless, cold yet he wasn't. At times he could almost trick you into believing that he cared about Alan, and in so doing I believe he tricked himself. The one reason I did not fully enjoy this book was Mae. I really did not enjoy her being thrown into the mix. I would have liked to see Nick and Alan on a mission by themselves, see them work together before a girl got between them. Apart from that though I loved the twist at the end, I liked the story, and the ending.

I really loved this book. It pulled me in, messed me up, made me think. It wasn't even the plot or the tone or the style it was written in or anything. Nick's character really got to me, though. He isn't the sort of character that you can see and instantly think, "Wow, I can really relate to that," but he represents a lot of things that are about people and life and the world. He represents darkness and ignorance and repentance (sort of) and even deeper and darker stuff like psychopathy and conflict and identity. I don't know if Brennan really intended Nick to be like that. His character is so ridiculously complex, though from the surface it looks simple enough. His secrets are hidden even from himself and the things he thinks and says and does really fascinated me. On the topic of the book as a whole, I enjoyed it. The pace was good, the plot was excellent, and the cast was interesting. However, although Nick's character was immensely fascinating, the others didn't really grab my attention as much. Which might or might not have to do with the fact that the story is told from Nick's point of view, but I have to say it. The book as a whole, though, I loved. I've said that already. The rest of the series I can't say as much for. I read the others, expecting them to be as good, if not better, and I was disappointed. The second was okay, and the third one just got worse and worse. Just saying. Other than that, I really liked this book as an individual. I think that a reader could read The Demon's Lexicon as a single, without the others, and it would be fine. Do yourself a favor, anyone, and pick this one up.

This book (and this series) is just amazing. Alan and Nick have a fantastic brotherly relationship (it gets even better in books 2 & 3) and trust me, the twist ending you won't see coming at ALL. Totally recommended.

i ♥ this book!! it has an awesome ending. i wouldn't have guessed it.

Sixteen-year-old Nick and his older brother, Alan, have have a fierce loyalty to each other. They are on their own, since their father is dead and their mother, who was once a powerful magician, is insane. Now all of the magicians in England are hunting for them with the help of demons, seeking a stolen talisman. The brothers are both quick with weapons and always on the move. Nick has always looked up to Alan, in spite of his soft-hearted ways, but when a young man shows up with his sister, seeking help against demons of their own, Nick begins to suspect that Alan has been lying to him. Irish author Sarah Brennan has combined suspense, magic, family secrets, brotherly love and twisty action in her first novel. Highly recommended for fans of urban fantasy along the lines of Holly Black's White Cat. Grade 8 - up.

Pretty average at the start... But the last few chapters are fabulous! Really exciting and a total twist, which makes it worth the read in the end.