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Celestial Battle #2
Demon Child
Australian bestseller Kylie Chan returns with a new, fast-paced adventure of magic, martial arts, and romance
This trilogy follows the story of John Chen and Emma Donohoe. They have just found out that Emma has Demon blood and they have suffered the miscarriage of their first child. The Sidhe—or Shining folk, who defeated the Western Shen a thousand years ago—are prepared to do battle against the Western Shen to retain their dominance. Emma’s allegiance is torn: to fight for her kind, the Western demons she is descended from, or to stand alongside her beloved Xuan Wu.
This trilogy follows the story of John Chen and Emma Donohoe. They have just found out that Emma has Demon blood and they have suffered the miscarriage of their first child. The Sidhe—or Shining folk, who defeated the Western Shen a thousand years ago—are prepared to do battle against the Western Shen to retain their dominance. Emma’s allegiance is torn: to fight for her kind, the Western demons she is descended from, or to stand alongside her beloved Xuan Wu.
480 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 2014
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Kylie Chan
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Kylie Chan married a Hong Kong national in a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in Eastern China, lived in Australia for ten years, then moved to Hong Kong for ten years and during that time learnt a great deal about Chinese culture and came to appreciate the customs and way of life.
In 2003 she closed down her successful IT consultancy company in Hong Kong and moved back to Australia. She decided to use her knowledge of Chinese mythology, culture, and martial arts to weave a story that would appeal to a wide audience.
Since returning to Australia, Kylie has studied Kung Fu (Wing Chun and Southern Chow Clan styles) as well as Tai Chi and is now a senior belt in both forms. She has also made an intensive study of Buddhist and Taoist philosophy and has brought all of these together into her storytelling.
Kylie is a mother of two who lives in Queensland's Gold Coast. She is the best-selling author of the Dark Heavens and Journey to Wudang trilogies, which tell the story of Emma, an ordinary Australian woman thrown into the world of Chinese Gods, martial arts, and magic. Emma must deal with a bewildering variety of Chinese mythological creatures from dragons to the Monkey King as she learns martial arts from her employer John Chen, who is really the God of Martial Arts, Xuan Wu.
Kylie Chan married a Hong Kong national in a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in Eastern China, lived in Australia for ten years, then moved to Hong Kong for ten years and during that time learnt a great deal about Chinese culture and came to appreciate the customs and way of life.
In 2003 she closed down her successful IT consultancy company in Hong Kong and moved back to Australia. She decided to use her knowledge of Chinese mythology, culture, and martial arts to weave a story that would appeal to a wide audience.
Since returning to Australia, Kylie has studied Kung Fu (Wing Chun and Southern Chow Clan styles) as well as Tai Chi and is now a senior belt in both forms. She has also made an intensive study of Buddhist and Taoist philosophy and has brought all of these together into her storytelling.
Kylie is a mother of two who lives in Queensland's Gold Coast. She is the best-selling author of the Dark Heavens and Journey to Wudang trilogies, which tell the story of Emma, an ordinary Australian woman thrown into the world of Chinese Gods, martial arts, and magic. Emma must deal with a bewildering variety of Chinese mythological creatures from dragons to the Monkey King as she learns martial arts from her employer John Chen, who is really the God of Martial Arts, Xuan Wu.
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May 16, 2015
Demon Child is the eighth novel by Australian author, Kylie Chan, and the second book in the Celestial Battle series. Continuing on from events in Dark Serpent, this instalment finds John and Emma preparing for the imminent battle for Hell. The Demon Kings, Eastern and Western, are using a variety of weapons including Russian tanks, insect and wood elementals, virtually indestructible giant armoured cockroaches and armoured demons, as well as incapacitating John using remote techniques. Meanwhile, the Earthly plane is being overrun by stealth, via mostly economic means. The Heavens are defended with large tennis racquets, Celestial blood, Celestial laser guns, a recycled shipping container, sentient stones, and even the Jade Emperor gets off his throne to assist.
There are weddings, adoptions and raisings; Emma is shown a novel way of replenishing energy, looking and feeling younger. Interestingly, communication is via a mix of modern technology and celestial means. Although Emma’s kidnapping happens much too easily to be credible, and the mechanics of Simone’s rescue mission are glossed over, faithful readers will persist with the arbitrary rules of this fantasy series to see the final outcome.
Action lovers will enjoy the battles between the demons and the forces of good, the description of which is, thankfully, not so wordy as to become boring. Also, thankfully, none occur in Hong Kong multi-storey car parks as that really was getting a bit tired. The novel is a straight narrative, mostly told in the first person by Emma, although occasionally in the third person from John’s point of view for events where Emma is not present. Chan states that it can be read as a stand-alone, but advises readers to start with the first book of the series and read them in order, and this is good advice, as there is virtually no recap on past events: a reader starting with this book would be at a distinct disadvantage. There are a few twists in the plot, and a cliff-hanger ending to lead into the (hopefully) final book of the series, Black Jade. Still a good read.
There are weddings, adoptions and raisings; Emma is shown a novel way of replenishing energy, looking and feeling younger. Interestingly, communication is via a mix of modern technology and celestial means. Although Emma’s kidnapping happens much too easily to be credible, and the mechanics of Simone’s rescue mission are glossed over, faithful readers will persist with the arbitrary rules of this fantasy series to see the final outcome.
Action lovers will enjoy the battles between the demons and the forces of good, the description of which is, thankfully, not so wordy as to become boring. Also, thankfully, none occur in Hong Kong multi-storey car parks as that really was getting a bit tired. The novel is a straight narrative, mostly told in the first person by Emma, although occasionally in the third person from John’s point of view for events where Emma is not present. Chan states that it can be read as a stand-alone, but advises readers to start with the first book of the series and read them in order, and this is good advice, as there is virtually no recap on past events: a reader starting with this book would be at a distinct disadvantage. There are a few twists in the plot, and a cliff-hanger ending to lead into the (hopefully) final book of the series, Black Jade. Still a good read.
September 30, 2016
2015 Book Awards: Best Fantasy Runner-Up
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Reading challenge 2015: A book with nonhuman characters
OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! I CAN'T EVEN... OH MY GOD!
So many things happened in this book that I have anticipated since way back and jeeeezzzz the intensity! And the end! THE END! Kylie Chan and your cliffhangers! How am I supposed to survive until the next (and final) book is out?!
Excuse me while I try to re-organize my thoughts so that I don't sound like a complete idiot for the next couple of days...
June 26, 2020
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2.7 Stars
This was better than Dark Serpent but that's not saying much. There are more story inconsistencies and awkward plot hijinks.
2.7 Stars
This was better than Dark Serpent but that's not saying much. There are more story inconsistencies and awkward plot hijinks.
June 3, 2014
I may have nagged Craig a lot for this, possibly on a weekly basis when I heard this book was coming out. After the events in Dark Serpent, I HAD to know what would happen next. Since this is book eight in the trilogy series following John (Xuan Wu/Zhenwu) and Emma it’s inevitable that there will be some spoilers (honestly there’s no ways to avoid them) so if you haven’t read the previous books, please check out White Tiger, #1 in the Dark Heavens Trilogy where the story begins. For people waiting to check out the new book, I will admit you won’t be disappointed. There are heaps of reveals in this one, with such a great flow in the story I was so upset when it ended. It’s going to be so hard to wait till the last novel!
When we left off in Dark Serpent Emma had just been recovered from the Western Demon King and our Heroes were facing the brink of war with the demons. Demon Child picks up the storyline right away, only 3 months since her escape from the West, with war meetings and a discussion of defences. I was honestly wishing I’d though to reread Dark Serpent, to refresh my memory, but I was too impatient to put Demon Child down. The first thing I noted was that we were once again starting from John’s perspective, which I did enjoy, though it made me instantly suspicious as to whether John & Emma would be separated during the story again. The struggle in this novel aside from the War between Heaven and Hell is the connection between John and the imprisoned Serpent. As everyone knows, John is the Heavens big gun and since he and the Serpent are the same creature, what the demons do to one the other experiences. This theme is exploited heavily in the plot with some rather horrible consequences. In addition to this, the similar natures of our heroes is putting Emma at risk of being absorbed by John and destroyed. This provides quite a bit of tension in the story as Emma has to make some difficult decisions about how much she chooses to accept about John and his nature.
There is a lot of fighting in this book, unsurprising since it’s focusing on a war, but what is different is that Emma is not directly involved in the fighting this time due to her still weakened state. Most of the fighting is done by John, though we don’t spend much time in his perspective. That said, Emma still gets her hands dirty and those scenes had me enthralled in apprehension. This book, like Dark Serpent is not as clean cut. The good guys don’t somehow save the day everytime and there are losses which made the war seem more realistic especially since they are heavily outnumbered. That tension of not knowing how bad the story could get just made the book so much better, I mean there is still another book to come so Kylie has some working room to create a fair bit of mayhem AND resolve the story by the end of book 9. The book was quite a whirlwind of emotion for me, there were highs and lows, some parts that made me want to cry, others had me laughing my head off and then there were the scenes that made my blood run cold and my heart race. I distinctly remember getting extremely frustrated by being stopped 6 chapters away from the end in the middle of a battle scene to go have dinner; understandably I had slight thoughts of murder about being interrupted, the characters were in a life or death situation! I would have gladly gone without if I could have just seen what happened!! There were so many scenes in this story where I could just not put the book down.
I loved the introduction of some child characters into the story, it brings back the sweeter element that has been missing since the beginning of the Journey to Wudang Trilogy where Simone has grown up. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy those books and the entire world as a whole but I did miss the open acceptance and innocence that Kylie shows in her young characters that brings a lighter tone to her family scenes and makes us love them all the more. For me the title of the book made one of the surprises/reveals in the story a little predictable (possibly only cause I’d had my suspicions confirmed by Kylie last year) BUT how and when the reveal occurs was a complete chock to me which gives me hope for not only that particular character but the good guys as well. After the events in Dark Serpent, I was actually quite saddened and worried about the fight waiting for our heroes and the choices they would have to make with the war. As it stands those choices are still just as hard but I can see some hope now too. All in all (if it wasn’t obvious), I loved Demon Child and I cannot WAIT to see how Kylie is going to end this series.
When we left off in Dark Serpent Emma had just been recovered from the Western Demon King and our Heroes were facing the brink of war with the demons. Demon Child picks up the storyline right away, only 3 months since her escape from the West, with war meetings and a discussion of defences. I was honestly wishing I’d though to reread Dark Serpent, to refresh my memory, but I was too impatient to put Demon Child down. The first thing I noted was that we were once again starting from John’s perspective, which I did enjoy, though it made me instantly suspicious as to whether John & Emma would be separated during the story again. The struggle in this novel aside from the War between Heaven and Hell is the connection between John and the imprisoned Serpent. As everyone knows, John is the Heavens big gun and since he and the Serpent are the same creature, what the demons do to one the other experiences. This theme is exploited heavily in the plot with some rather horrible consequences. In addition to this, the similar natures of our heroes is putting Emma at risk of being absorbed by John and destroyed. This provides quite a bit of tension in the story as Emma has to make some difficult decisions about how much she chooses to accept about John and his nature.
There is a lot of fighting in this book, unsurprising since it’s focusing on a war, but what is different is that Emma is not directly involved in the fighting this time due to her still weakened state. Most of the fighting is done by John, though we don’t spend much time in his perspective. That said, Emma still gets her hands dirty and those scenes had me enthralled in apprehension. This book, like Dark Serpent is not as clean cut. The good guys don’t somehow save the day everytime and there are losses which made the war seem more realistic especially since they are heavily outnumbered. That tension of not knowing how bad the story could get just made the book so much better, I mean there is still another book to come so Kylie has some working room to create a fair bit of mayhem AND resolve the story by the end of book 9. The book was quite a whirlwind of emotion for me, there were highs and lows, some parts that made me want to cry, others had me laughing my head off and then there were the scenes that made my blood run cold and my heart race. I distinctly remember getting extremely frustrated by being stopped 6 chapters away from the end in the middle of a battle scene to go have dinner; understandably I had slight thoughts of murder about being interrupted, the characters were in a life or death situation! I would have gladly gone without if I could have just seen what happened!! There were so many scenes in this story where I could just not put the book down.
I loved the introduction of some child characters into the story, it brings back the sweeter element that has been missing since the beginning of the Journey to Wudang Trilogy where Simone has grown up. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy those books and the entire world as a whole but I did miss the open acceptance and innocence that Kylie shows in her young characters that brings a lighter tone to her family scenes and makes us love them all the more. For me the title of the book made one of the surprises/reveals in the story a little predictable (possibly only cause I’d had my suspicions confirmed by Kylie last year) BUT how and when the reveal occurs was a complete chock to me which gives me hope for not only that particular character but the good guys as well. After the events in Dark Serpent, I was actually quite saddened and worried about the fight waiting for our heroes and the choices they would have to make with the war. As it stands those choices are still just as hard but I can see some hope now too. All in all (if it wasn’t obvious), I loved Demon Child and I cannot WAIT to see how Kylie is going to end this series.
June 6, 2016
Unfortunately, this book did not meet my expectations. It even appears that Ms. Chan is getting tired of her own story (3 trilogies seems to be harder to write than if it were 9 separate stories). I was really hoping for the best but Ms. Chan has fallen into the trap that she had when she first began writing. She has one line that keeps appearing through the book to the point of insanity ("You sound just like him"). In the same line of repeating, her story appears to be repetitive - Emma is the fantastic person with zero weaknesses and she puts all of the gods in the Chinese pantheon in their place. I would love to see Xuan Wu demonstrate the skill that he is rumored to have. Another issue is the love scenes just got taken to a whole other level of freaky. It bears noting that just because an author goes out on a limb to produce intimate scenes that are *ahem* unique (in this case, with a turtle), doesn't mean that the book will be good. My final complaint is that Ms. Chan does not remind the audience what happened in previous novels. She has many different characters who are significant in some way to the story. It can be difficult to keep track of them as well as the plot outline despite the fact that the plot is repetitive. I have read this series from the beginning (White Tiger) and fully intend to finish it. It is my hope that Ms. Chan can reach down deep and give the audience a memorable ending.
May 9, 2016
While I give this book 3 stars, I admit to being disappointed. There were at least two points in the book where the author used plot devices that made no sense to keep the story going. Also, as a parent, I have serious trouble with believing some of the behavior of our main protagonist. I will read the next book, largely because after reading eight out of the nine books in the series, I would be disappointed in myself if I did not see this to the end. And maybe I was wrong about the two plot points: maybe Kylie Chan will be able to explain why those work in the next/last book...
May 16, 2016
oh.. my.. wow wow wow!!! what a wild ride Celestial Battle 2 was.. from beginning to end of this book I was on the edge of my seat!!! you think so much happened in Celestial Battle 1 only to find that even more happens in Celestial Battle 2 leaving you hanging for the 3rd and final instalment: Black Jade... extremely well written, you could have a break between book 1 and 2 and still immerse yourself into this one and know exactly where every character is and follow the storyline clearly.. 10/10 what an action packed, drama filled, suspenseful read!!!
June 28, 2014
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May 25, 2014
Great read. Was slow to start but it didnt take too long to speed up. Questions are answered, but there is still more to the story. Looking forward to Kylie's next book.
July 29, 2015
Turtle banged a chick from behind. Five stars.
April 4, 2022
Cannot wait to find out how this story ends!!
November 17, 2020
I'm going to be honest, I didn't read the other books in the series and didn't really know what was going on. That being said, I felt like this was a bad book disguised as a good one. The writing was done well and the setting and topic were interesting. However, I found Emma and John to be really annoying. Emma was all over the place with her personality traits, seemingly gliding from one to the next and John was just an idiot that would literally sacrifice all of his people for Emma.
I also felt like this book was trying too hard to be too many things. It's scifi and it's a romance and those two can be blended together. However, it felt like shoving a square block into a round hole; the genres just didn't fit together. Because of this, it downplays the 2 storylines (war and love), which is pretty disappointing. IDK, maybe I needed the other books to understand better, but this book alone didn't do it for me.
I gave this 3 stars because even though I clearly didn't like it, I understand that I am missing background information. I also like the writing style, which is important to me.
I also felt like this book was trying too hard to be too many things. It's scifi and it's a romance and those two can be blended together. However, it felt like shoving a square block into a round hole; the genres just didn't fit together. Because of this, it downplays the 2 storylines (war and love), which is pretty disappointing. IDK, maybe I needed the other books to understand better, but this book alone didn't do it for me.
I gave this 3 stars because even though I clearly didn't like it, I understand that I am missing background information. I also like the writing style, which is important to me.
July 8, 2017
I am already sad that there is only one more book in this series (which is NINE). Every single book brings new events and characters that continue to flesh out the world of Xuan Wu and Emma. They have been through trials and tribulations to spare, and yet emerge stronger and better. This book is no different. The other half of Xuan Wu (whose nature is turtle/serpent combined) and a serpent, has been captured and tortured by the King of Hell (this sounds weird but it is a terrific story) Everything done to the serpent is felt by his other half. Yet they continue on. Emma also suffers and I don't want to spoil the rest.
October 1, 2017
Where do I begin? This series has been a rollercoaster ride! My heart has soared and has been broken and funnily enough I'm not done yet! One more book and then the sorrow of the story ending will commence. I've felt for the Demon King but sometimes I just wanted to reach in between the lines and smack him silly! Really great read... the entire series!!!!!!
April 14, 2018
FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY!!!!!!
So many good things have finally come to pass! But with the good comes the bad, and there’s an awful lot of bad too.
That’s all I can really say without giving any spoilers away.
Now, on to Black Jade and the end of this remarkable series (do I owe Kylie a gold coin? Lol)
So many good things have finally come to pass! But with the good comes the bad, and there’s an awful lot of bad too.
That’s all I can really say without giving any spoilers away.
Now, on to Black Jade and the end of this remarkable series (do I owe Kylie a gold coin? Lol)
September 18, 2018
The second book of the Celestial Battle is a build up novel, no where near as much of a page turner as Dark Serpent. There are some decent plot twists and conversations to keep the story going. A lot of dialogue circles around a weird bedroom problem...dilemma? Anyway, still a great part of an awesome series.
December 28, 2019
I absolutely LOVED this series. I read and re-read all nine books: for me, this is the most accurate way to know how much do I like a book: do I feel like reading it again? How soon?
All nine of these books were definitely the most I re-read - and thoroughly enjoyed each time anew - during the past year.
And that places them at the top, for me.
All nine of these books were definitely the most I re-read - and thoroughly enjoyed each time anew - during the past year.
And that places them at the top, for me.
July 9, 2023
I read this book a while back, along with the rest of the series. I actually really enjoyed the way the characters seemingly progressed as they went. There was a little bit of confusion every once a while, and definitely jumped around, but all in all it was written well. It kept me wanting to continue reading. Let’s just say there were a couple of late nights.
August 6, 2025
Demon Child by Kylie Chan. I loved how the author brought together Eastern and Western celestial mythology into this book. Honestly George was one of my favourite characters but after this book he needs to be dry f!cked with a cactus with no lube. Lol. sorry not sorry.
January 21, 2018
Family is everything
This one was definitely paced better. And there was so much going on, I was glad for it, otherwise I would have gotten lost. I’m excited for the next one!
This one was definitely paced better. And there was so much going on, I was glad for it, otherwise I would have gotten lost. I’m excited for the next one!
February 2, 2019
Fantastic. The battle escalates. The stakes are high. The losses are devastating. Must know what happens next and how it all ends!
March 31, 2019
Exciting, great story as usual. I wasn’t disappointed.
December 29, 2022
Excellent. Felt so sad for the boy.
March 12, 2017
This series keeps getting better with each book. The author's prose has improved so much over the first book in the series it is almost as if a different person is writing. One caveat--I personally do not like books with a lot of sex scenes in them, and this one has a bunch of them. I am interested enough in the characters and plot line to read the final book in the series. Many of the characters are now old friends, and I want to know how it all ends.
February 18, 2017
I have to be honest, this series has become slightly exhausting. It's still really well written and there's action on every page, but I'm starting to find it a little repetitive, even with the shocks and surprise twists. It's Emma and co. vs the demons in big battles now, with Emma & John constantly exhausted and the demons growing stronger and more twisted. A lot happened in this novel, and I was never bored reading it, but the objectives just seem a bit vague and it's hard to keep track of what's going on. Who's who is also difficult to follow, with everyone having a few names that usually also sound similar, and there's often things that are intentionally not explained, which can be quite frustrating if you're not assuming what the author expects you to assume. I think the love was a little too full on in this one, also, and I feel like there's a lot of effort to force the reader to be accepting. I'm actually pretty open-minded, but the effort put into making me open-minded was almost offensive.
I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it, either. The first series was so brilliant but by now there's not many tricks left so it seems to be the same plot recycled repeatedly. I love the characters but the Tiger has always been my favourite so with his regular absence from the story I'm less interested in it. As much as I hate to admit it, I think I'm ready for it to be over.
It's a decent enough continuation of the series with plenty of action and advance to the story, so most fans should be pleased. Personally, though, I was disappointed.
I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it, either. The first series was so brilliant but by now there's not many tricks left so it seems to be the same plot recycled repeatedly. I love the characters but the Tiger has always been my favourite so with his regular absence from the story I'm less interested in it. As much as I hate to admit it, I think I'm ready for it to be over.
It's a decent enough continuation of the series with plenty of action and advance to the story, so most fans should be pleased. Personally, though, I was disappointed.
April 17, 2024
Not just the Eastern celestial in this book. Emma still struggling with being attacked. More links are explained from previous books.
September 28, 2019
As well read as any of the previous ones on this series. I am eager to read the next.
May 14, 2015
Another fun read in the ongoing saga. I find the writing style to be plain, simple, and direct – more that of the Icelandic sagas (“Fought more Picts; Olaf's head cleft in twain”), than the romantic poets with all their evocative literary devices. This means that individual combats and grand battle scenes are described so that it's up to the reader to fill in the details.
Certainly the characters are put through some gruelling situations – though this time, it's mainly John (Xuan Wu) who's put through the wringer, not Emma. The demon kings continue to be evil, scheming, and genuine threats. The characters all come across to me as very real, and very human in nature and still fallible, despite whatever exalted rank they may hold. I also like the grandness of the plot, too: Hell attacking Heaven to take control of everything. Hell's strategic plan to achieve all this also seems sound, to me, which makes the stakes plausible: gain control of the Courts in Hell (thus preventing the return of any slain Immortal), subvert humans by fomenting hatred in areas of political unrest, use wealth to gain Earthly power and influence, and develop an army capable of defeating the Celestial forces in Heaven. Partly they do this through their ingenuity and willingness to adopt and develop new technologies (no matter how much suffering or inhuman torture it entails), and partly through using the good guys' nobility against them. There are some nicely drawn-out (but not too drawn out) dramatic tensions – like, will John's Turtle and Serpent halves ever rejoin, will Emma be able to overcome a sexual squeamishness which over 99% of people would deeply share, and others – and of course there's the whole big drama of Hell making war on Heaven to drive everything along.
A continued strength of the series is the realism of the depiction of Hong Kong and the novelty of the setting provided by the Chinese mythology. Again, there are some good surprises, and some awful positions into which the evil characters delight in putting the good guys, and the book ends with a nice hook for the next in the sequence. Definitely a fun read.
September 2, 2014
I have to admit to skipping most of the battle sequences... they were just overwhelming.
So much attention is given to the battles but when they win, it is spoken of in the third person.. disproportionate and distracting.
We do actually move forward in this book ..
What is waiting for Emma in the Red Centre with the Mother of all Stones?
What is going to happen to deal made to get Emma out of hell?
Hope everything is resolved in book 9
So much attention is given to the battles but when they win, it is spoken of in the third person.. disproportionate and distracting.
We do actually move forward in this book ..
What is waiting for Emma in the Red Centre with the Mother of all Stones?
What is going to happen to deal made to get Emma out of hell?
Hope everything is resolved in book 9
July 18, 2015
Kylie Chan is one of those authors that has burrowed right into my brain by writing books that I simply can’t get enough of.
Demon Child is book 2 in the Celestial Battle trilogy, which is the 3rd trilogy to continue the story of these characters. And it is just as brilliant as the 7 books preceeding it.
It’s very much a “middle series” book, everything is starting to ramp up, many plot lines are smack in the middle of their span, and not much is unexpected as far as the overall story goes. That doesn’t make it boring or predictable, however - the writing style and pacing keep everything nice and fresh.
There are a lot of battle scenes in this one, but that’s the nature of the story. There are plenty of things going on around the fighting, including the introduction of a new and precocious character - I don’t want to spoil anything, but she’s adorable. On top of that, I love any time the Tiger comes out to play.
If you haven’t read any of the previous books, I strongly recommend going back to the beginning and picking up White Tiger, although I take no responsibility for any addictions that may follow.
Demon Child is book 2 in the Celestial Battle trilogy, which is the 3rd trilogy to continue the story of these characters. And it is just as brilliant as the 7 books preceeding it.
It’s very much a “middle series” book, everything is starting to ramp up, many plot lines are smack in the middle of their span, and not much is unexpected as far as the overall story goes. That doesn’t make it boring or predictable, however - the writing style and pacing keep everything nice and fresh.
There are a lot of battle scenes in this one, but that’s the nature of the story. There are plenty of things going on around the fighting, including the introduction of a new and precocious character - I don’t want to spoil anything, but she’s adorable. On top of that, I love any time the Tiger comes out to play.
If you haven’t read any of the previous books, I strongly recommend going back to the beginning and picking up White Tiger, although I take no responsibility for any addictions that may follow.
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