A.N.G. Reynolds’s Reviews > Demon in White > Status Update

This book feels like its heading for a TPK.

This is how you write a "cinematic" novel.

I would dearly love to be inside the minds of some of these side characters when Hadrian Half-Mortal keeps doing weird Half-Mortal stuff and blowing his Weird Tragic Prisoner of Fate reputation out to cosmic proportions.

Is there like, a soldier among his troops going "Gosh dangit. How long did he disappear from this time? Any weird markings? Did he say he died and came back to life? Again?? Gah, this guy."

This series oscillates from "oh, that's a cool adventure" to "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" in a fluid and almost seamless transition.

An only 1% update because I had to announce the fact that I, alllllllllllll the way in Book 3, finally understand the title of Book 1.

Yes. Yes. Yes. And yes.

Although I do feel Prince Alexander is an entirely unter utilized character. He and Hadrian have so much potential as supremely obnoxious frenemies to each other.

"She spoke sense, and yet I didn't want to listen."

This is the one time in Hadrian and Valka's difficult relationship that I wholeheartedly agree with her and his assessment of the situation.

- I believe it's been a while since we got one of Hadrian's infamous "it wasn't my intention"s. Maybe he is actually growing up.
- I've been buying hardcopy paperback versions of the books for my shelf and forgot they have *glossaries*.
- Hadrian was tall in my head until Princess Cynthia's "he's shorter than I expected" comment and now he's short again.

There is a chance Lorien will be able to fill the hole in my heart from The Character I Miss. Excellent, blunt, and un-dramatic personality counterpoint to Hadrian.