This is the sequel to THE DREADFUL TALE OF PROSPER REDDING and if you don't want any of that spoiled, just don't read this review. Two thumbs up or something.
...an amazon summary! "Three hundred years ago, fate bound Prosper Redding and Prince Alastor of the Third Realm together. Now the human boy and fiend heir to the demon kingdom must put aside a centuries-old blood feud to save everything they love.
Alastor will guide Prosper through the demon realm-under one huge condition: Prosper must enter into a contract with the malefactor residing in him, promising eternal servitude in the afterlife. With Prosper's sister in the clutches of the evil queen Pyra, Prosper has no choice but to agree.
But when they arrive in Alastor's deliciously demonic home, the realm is almost as alien to Alastor as it is to Prosper-the lowest fiends have dethroned the ruling malefactors, while an unfathomable force called the Void is swiftly consuming the realm. The desperate fiends cling to the one person who says she can stop it: Pyra.
As Prosper embarks on a perilous rescue mission to the Tower of No Return, he can't help but feel for the demons losing their home-even Alastor, who lives by a set of rules that have vanished in a new world.
With the fates of humans and demons at odds, the battle lines are drawn. Long ago, Prosper's ancestor Honor Redding proved that humans and demons could never be friends. But is Prosper like his ancestor? And is Alastor the same demon who was betrayed by the one human he cared for?" AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
The end of the last book was prettttttttttty intense, but then this book picks up literally where the last one left off, so off into the fiend realm first, hilarious thing. They enter through Alastor's hidden mirror...which is in a toilet. Anyways, they've teamed up through a contract to go rescue Prosper's sister. However, as they enter the fiend realm, it turns out it's not quite how Alastor remembers.
There's the Void after all.
The Void is consuming the fiend realm, and not only are they racing against Alastor's sister to save Prosper's sister, they're racing against the actual Void consuming the fiend realm. It's a tough bit.
Also, Nell manages to get into the fiend realm, but she came a bit better prepared than Alastor was, so she actually has like food and water with her. You know, reasonable things to survive with. So, without Nell, Alastor was going to be a little stuck.
But, that's enough summary.
I liked this book, but I wanted more from Alastor. This felt a lot more of just Prosper's voice in this book, and I loved the back and forth between Alastor and Prosper was one of my favorite aspects about the last book.
However, seeing more of Alastor's history was marvelous. I loved learning more about the original pact that Alastor had with Prosper's ancestor and how all of it came to be.
I did also love the story behind how the realms came to be, and how much we did get to see of the fiend realm.... but I wanted to see more of the realm. There was kind of this subplot that they got caught up in, and I understand why it happened, but I wanted to stick with the main story.
I really liked how the book ended, but I'm also confused if there's going to be more in the series. It could stop right there and it would, literally be fine. I would be content. If there's a sequel in the works, then I would hesitate about what content it would be about. I don't want to say any more because no spoilers.
Curious thoughts for a hopeful book ending.
Happy reading!
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