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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Elise died in the last book. But she’s not going to let that stop her - she’s back and she’s a demon. Much to James’s concern But the most powerful witch in the world doesn’t have time to adapt to this. Nor can he focus on his newly found, magically powerful son (and budding Elise sidekick) or reconnecting with his ex-fiance. Because he’s been kidnapped and taken to hell to stand trial for breaking the Treaty of Dis Elise is not going to stand for this. I expect a lot from the Descent Series I expect lots of awesome action scenes. I expect lots and lots and lots of epic. I expect an awesome, conflicted, struggling characters dealing with their own dark issues while handling I expect major stakes, the world in the balance and all kinds of epic, dangerous figures appearing to assail Elise and her band I expect an amazing, complex, connected world with extreme originality. And I got all of that - and so much more because this is a vast turning point for Elise and the world. What, surprisingly, I found rather interesting about this book is what a dramatic difference it makes to Elise. Not that she’s actually that different a person but that she’s… optimistic? Maybe optimistic is a strong word but after 2+ books of Elise moping in a corner, slowly spiralling into self-destruction. And I have to repeat what I’ve said before - said self-destruction isn’t BAD. Elise is deeply traumatised and handling some major, heavy issues in utter despair. It was a GOOD portrayal but it was a hard one to enjoy. Similarly her relationship with Anthony was just… awful. Again, not badly written awful, but awful because they’re in an awful relationship with two characters awfully out of their depth and hurting and lashing out. The whole thing was a great portrayal but not a fun read - which isn’t a bad thing. But it is nice to move away from it at times because the bleakness can build Elise has transformed a lot this book - not just dying and coming back to life but gathering a whole new set of powers and even species. But the main change I think is looking at who and what she is - no longer feeling the need to defend Reno, not having the ties she had in Reno, the duty weighing on her, no more concerns about the Union and, even, to a degree not being a kopis any more seems to have freed Elise to set her own agenda to a degree. While she’ll never be a light hearted or sunny character she certainly feels much less worn down and spiralling as she focuses more on James. It feels like she’s going for the priorities she actually has rather than those she thinks she should have. This change of direction doesn’t just move the character but also the world. We’ve had book after book of my chuntering away “I love this world but more world building!” well, this greatly changes the focus: after last book with the mother and father of all demons we definitely opened up a lot of the mythos. This book takes Elise into that mythos - and in more detail and more understandable detail than I could follow before. Ethereal cities and portals confused me a lot in the past but here we have Elise, in hell, much more examination of the Treaty of Dis and why it matters, and what is at stake, the various dimensions, who James is - what James is - and why that matters. Not only does this expand the book but also more of Elise’s purpose as the Godkiller and her parentage - even seeing more of Isaac and Ariane, Elise’s parents. While with James we see more of his history, his coven, his power and what that added to the world. It made all this vast world building (with some really original and fascinating elements with angels and demons and the nature of Hell (and the really fascinating different demons and the original elements of the hell dimension which is really well done like so much of the world building here) Read More aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Elise Kavanagh died while killing the mother of all demons, and her fight should be over. But nothing is ever that easy where the Godslayer is concerned. Elise has been resurrected--and she came back as a demon. Now the most powerful witch in the world--the man that Elise has loved for over ten years--has been dragged to Hell and accused of violating an ancient treaty. Elise is the only one who can save James from eternal Hellfire. It means following him into Hell to face inhuman urges, the secrets in her past, and the horror in her future, but Elise will do anything to save James. Anything. The Godslayer's fight isn't over yet. It's only just beginning... Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Okay, this ending has got me tearing my hair out. I was happy they finally get together and this happens, and I'm not even sure what "this" is. After fighting all manner or demons, seeing the evil that is her parents, getting used to being a demon and learning James has a son Elise finds herself where she has been fighting never to be again.
Oh, this book was a roller coaster ride. I finished it in less than 24 hours because I couldn't wait to see what would happen next, now I wish I had drawn it out. Just when I started to think kindly of James. You know he had something to do with it. Between his whole wondering what he would do if he knew it would be the last time he would see her, knowing how much he cares about her to when he said "Finally". From that first kiss he laid on her to get them home he was putting "this" in motion.
And what is this going to do to Elise. She always thought she was alone except for him. She trusted him and loves him. If he truly has done her wrong will this be what finally breaks her?
Nathaniel, what will become of him? Will his parents give him his happily ever after?
Good thing I have the next book in the series so I can take a break so that I might find out....WTH just happened. See you on the other side of the next book.