A review by knewton7
Daemons Are Forever by Simon R. Green
3.0
I'm really starting to believe these books should be subtitled "Mission Improbable"! Yes, yes, I know, they're fantasy. I'm already suspending disbelief that inter-dimensional time travel is possible, that werewolves, vampires, and faeries exist, and that the Druids became a mystical family named Drood. I can go with all that. I don't even mind it; it's fun!
And honestly, the books are just FUN. Quick, enjoyable, bubble gum colored fantasy with humor, sarcasm, interesting characters and side characters. Books where people actually die, even the good guys (but not the REALLY good guys--can't have our hero biting the dust!). It just seems that the further you go into each book the more improbable the solutions for the current disaster of the day become. Eddie always has some toy or gizmo to do just exactly what he needs at exactly the right moment. Though at least this is all weapons or gadgets! No new superpowers for our hero.
That's really my only complaint. I've enjoyed the two books in the series that I've read enough that I've got book 3 on the back burner (just as soon as my best friend finishes it) and book 4 winding its way to me from my library. I've even went so far as grab other books by the author when I've seen them on the shelf at the library. So clearly Green is doing something right!
I just wish I didn't wonder what weapon-of-the-week will turn up in the next installment and how it will magically save the day this time!
And honestly, the books are just FUN. Quick, enjoyable, bubble gum colored fantasy with humor, sarcasm, interesting characters and side characters. Books where people actually die, even the good guys (but not the REALLY good guys--can't have our hero biting the dust!). It just seems that the further you go into each book the more improbable the solutions for the current disaster of the day become. Eddie always has some toy or gizmo to do just exactly what he needs at exactly the right moment. Though at least this is all weapons or gadgets! No new superpowers for our hero.
That's really my only complaint. I've enjoyed the two books in the series that I've read enough that I've got book 3 on the back burner (just as soon as my best friend finishes it) and book 4 winding its way to me from my library. I've even went so far as grab other books by the author when I've seen them on the shelf at the library. So clearly Green is doing something right!
I just wish I didn't wonder what weapon-of-the-week will turn up in the next installment and how it will magically save the day this time!