The Demons Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan
The Demons Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan
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The Demon's Lexicon

Author: Sarah Rees Brennan

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/02/2009


Synopsis

When his brother’s life is put in danger, a teen whose family has been on the run as long as he can remember must infiltrate London’s magical underworld in this gripping first book in the Demon’s Lexicon urban fantasy trilogy.

Nick has spent his life fleeing from magicians with his older brother Alan, haunted by a mother who recoils from his touch and the memory of a murdered father. When Alan is branded with a deadly demon mark, the only hope for survival is to kill a magician—a task that plunges them into a deadly game of cat and mouse through the city’s supernatural underworld.

As Nick and Alan navigate the treacherous world of the Goblin Market and confront the sinister Obsidian Circle, Nick begins to suspect his brother has been hiding the truth about their past. Loyalties are tested and betrayal looms, forcing Nick to choose between protecting the only family he has left and facing the possibility that everything he’s believed is a lie.

About Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan is the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Unspoken and The Demon’s Lexicon trilogy. Her book In Other Lands was a Hugo Award finalist. She lives in Ireland. Visit her at SarahReesBrennan.com.

About James Langton

James Langton trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and later as a musician at the Guildhall School in London. He has worked in radio, film and television, also appearing in theater in England and on Broadway. James was born in York, England and now lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat Kennedy on November 20, 2010

Have you ever been doing something and had a sudden realization that you might just be evil? And not the wimpy, I-want-to-be-sexy-and-kind-of-emo-looking-evil. Like this... I mean REAL evil like this: Or this: [image error] No! No! Oh the humanity!!!!! Well, The Demon's Lexicon made me feel like I possibl......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on May 03, 2011

2.5 stars The first chapter in Demon's Lexicon is extremely misleading. The riveting opening scene starts off with two boys bantering in a kitchen until they're suddenly interrupted by an attack. Someone has sent a magical flock of ravens to destroy their home, and Nick and his brother Alan manage t......more

Goodreads review by Mizuki on July 21, 2017

Although I spent most of the time cursing the male lead Nick for being a fxxking jerkass while I read this book, still the awesome ending is enough to make up for it. Plus the older brother Alan, he really rocks! But still, ******PLOT SPOILER WARNING****** (view spoiler)[ I can't believe in the middle of the book, t (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Wealhtheow on October 01, 2019

I waited for this book to come out for at least a year, and when I finally got it (tonight!) I started reading it and didn't stop until it was done. It is insanely enthralling. This is the first paragraph: "The pipe under the sink was leaking again. It wouldn't have been so bad, except that Nick kep......more

Goodreads review by Merrin on July 14, 2009

Oh this book. I wanted to like it a lot more than I did. First, the writing was so godawfully bad in parts it made the whole thing a struggle to get through. The main characters were fine, but all other secondary and tertiary characters were so badly drawn as to be characitures of themselves, place......more


Quotes

"The Demon's Lexicon is full of shimmery marvels and bountiful thunder." -- Scott Westerfeld