Dark Serpent (Celestial Battle #1)

First, let me say I loved the first few books in this world. It was different and fun. I am getting extremely tired of the demon king always knowing exactly what heaven is doing. It seems that the only reason heaven ever wins a fight is because they have most of the BA fighters… They get outsmarted every single time. That is getting old. I like my heroes to be smart enough to at least hold there own not bumble there way into victory.
That being said it is still well written, the characters are interesting and the series has been alot of fun. I just hope it gets back to the earlier books where they occasionally outsmart the demon king as well.

I absolutely loved this one. I had reread all the books before reading this. Yes, some of the story lines from the others were a bit repetitive (my friend, who got me into the series, gave up a few books ago), but she throws in new characters here and there so it kept me going and I really love the characters. This book is awesome in that she brings in the Western Shen. Totally blew my mind! What a great twist in her view of who they were, what happened at the time, and how they have come to be missing (btw – it would neatly explain the whole St. Patrick story!). This had me in tears at times (in a good way!) and laughing out loud at others. It was great to see the JE more involved in the story line though I missed Miss Kwan – totally understandable, though. I flew through the book only because I had to know what came next, not because I was skimming. I couldn’t put it down. I love all these stories about gods. I think, overall, most of the major categories of gods have been covered through a variety of books: Rick Riordan covers Greek/Roman and Egyptian and is working on Norwegian gods with a possibility of crossovers later, Colleen Houck covers Indian gods, and Kylie Chan covers the Chinese gods. I’m waiting for someone to cover Native American gods and I’m good to go! I can’t wait for Demon Child to come out (the day after my birthday!)

Ms Chan’s books get better each after the next. This series is a well thought out exploration of cultures and religions. The character development continues to astound.

It has been a while since I read the other trilogies. In the meantime, me-Emma went through.. similar things book-Emma did. So, I was able to empathize with the characters as I always have been able to, but it seems like it was a bit rushed to get there.

Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Loved the series. Couldn’t rest until I got the final book.

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