The Demon's Lexicon: Squee post the First

[altogetherisi]

Believe me, there will be many.

This is the incoherent, and thus spoiler free one. I imagine there will be at least one that is more coherent without spoilers and at least one with muchly spoilers, when we are allowed to do such things. Fellow fish, is there actually a date people agreed that we are allowed? Have I imagined that we aren't meant to? Whatever, that isn't this post. This post is the one where I say

OH.

MY.

GOD.



IT'S FREAKING AMAZING.

Literally. I am amazed. I am stunned. I am dazzled. I am enchanted. I am addicted.

When I say all I've done since Monday is read it, and then read it again, and then read it some more, I am not kidding. You guys, just

EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!

Words are, quite literally, failing me. But, Sarah so so so did not fail. At alll. In any sense.

It is VERY HIGH QUALITY WIN. Brilliant, marvelous, gorgeous.

I've said for a while now that I wanted to marry the Finnish cover of this book, and I do, but now I can say that, not judging the book by its cover guys, I really love this book frantically, desperately, deeply. I don't think there was one single thing I didn't like. I read ever single word in the correct order, and I adored each and every one and the simply superb whole they formed. Genuinely, I can't think of anything, any character, any plot point, that I didn't like. Seriously good.

Fish, our fandom is gonna to rock so so much.

And, just for the record, I would like to say that I did see the big twist everyone has talked about coming. I don't think it reduced its sheer emotional impact any, though I suppose technically I couldn't know that. It was like knowing it was coming, I could feel it coming, and I kept wanting not to be right, but I was and just oh. The pain and the beauty.

God, I love Sarah so much.

I carry it around the house with me. I sleep with it next to me. I CAN'T STOP READING IT.

I keep saying I'm meant to be revising, but seriously, since I bought this book on Monday, I've done maybe two hours of revision. Which is ridiculous, and foolish; I'm going to fail all my exams and never make anything of myself and I'm going to spend the rest of my life (and any benefits money) on books, Sarah's books, this book in particular, and I DON'T CARE, its a totally valid lifestyle choice you guys, ok?!

Ack, I'm meant to be going to see Star Trek again later, but I have no idea which squeefest will hold my attention. I just.

So, so good.

Comments

[elaraesque.livejournal.com]

wait. what is this book? is it like the next hp/twilight/huge series that i should jump on the bandwagon before everyone else does kind of book?

[altogetherisi.livejournal.com]

It should be. It deserves to be.

I'm hardly what you'd call a big twilight fan, but I am a big HP fan, and it is better than HP IMO. Definitely.

I did a post the other day, before I'd read it, but I'll repeat myself, because it deserves to be read by many (even if I feel irrationally possessive of it every now and then). It's called The Demon's Lexicon. It's the debut novel of Sarah Rees Brennan, who already has a devoted following including myself due to her having written HP fanfic and a hilarious blog (so the bandwagon is hardly empty). It is FREAKING AMAZING.

"Set in modern day England, it is about sixteen year old Nick and his brother Alan, who with their mother have been on the run from magicians and the demons they summon their whole lives. While in Exeter they meet siblings Mae and Jamie, and Alan becomes marked by a demon. To save Alan's life, they have to stop running and fight the magicians. But while they try to do this, Nick's whole life begins to unravel..." is what the blurb would say if I paraphrased it.

It's meant to be out June 2nd, but I got an early copy. But YES, YOU SHOULD READ THIS.