The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan

The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan

Mae Crawford’s always thought of herself as in control, but in the last few weeks her life has changed. Her younger brother, Jamie, suddenly has magical powers, and she’s even more unsettled when she realizes that Gerald, the new leader of the Obsidian Circle, is trying to persuade Jamie to join the magicians. Even worse… Jamie hasn’t told Mae a thing about any of it. Mae turns to brothers Nick and Alan to help her rescue Jamie, but they are in danger from Gerald themselves because he wants to steal Nick's powers. Will Mae be able to find a way to save everyone she cares about from the power-hungry magician's carefully laid trap?

This book shot The Demon's Lexicon out of the water. I enjoyed the first book in Brennan's trilogy, but I adored The Demon's Covenant. All the world building that happened in the first novel was expanded upon and enhanced by an additional set of character's to learn to love. Mae's POV was pitch perfect for this novel and, for me, much easier to read and more engaging than Nick's POV was in the first.

If I had a choice, I would read this entire trilogy in Mae's POV as it is becoming more and more clear that Mae is the focus of the overall plot. Mae is the one who forces the changes and is the catalyst and it is Mae who all the central characters rally around, whenever a major event is about to happen in the book.

And as Mae becomes more likable, Nick and Alan become less so and Jamie becomes more of a fourth wheel than he was before. I'm hoping this is all rectified with the last book, The Demon's Surrender, because I so badly want to love all the character's not just one or two per book.