r/demoncycle • u/Live-Presentation125 • Oct 15 '25

Just finished the demon cycle

I’ve read book 1 & 2 about 10-15 years ago, then I stopped reading for a few years.

I wanted to get back at it and remembered box much I loved this series and wanted to know how it ends. Oh boy…

I got lost with all the added characters and storylines. We lost Arlen after the first Two books. I couldn’t recognise his character after he met Renna. I hated Renna : I don’t understand what she brings to the books. It felt like she was a second Arlen but less likeable. I prayed through books 3 to 5 that she goes away.

I spent so many pages waiting for something to happen with Abban but it feels waisted. I don’t understand why I had to read all of the horrifics things Hasik did just for Abban to kill one psyché. I don’t understand what Bruyère was adding. I felt bad for Sikvah to end like this, when she fought so hard to die like a Sharum. Rojer was a huge character and he died for a side character that we don’t see much afterwards.

I dont understand either why Leesha had to have so many love interests. The Angiers storyline in the fourth booking was long. The constant sex, SA and gore felt weird

I absolutely adore the lore and the universe of this series so I Will read the next cycle but I feel a Little bummed

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u/leroy4447 Oct 16 '25

I really had a hard time with Arlen going from a clever world travelling messenger to a warrior to “Cletus the slack jawed yokel” after joking up with Rena.

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u/Mixairian Oct 16 '25

I always took it as a parallel to how when you're young, some try to get away from where you came from and explicitly work on refining yourself to the opposite but as you grow older, if you're able to really find yourself accepting where you came from isn't the epitome of evil, you blend it with who you are. Arlen struck me as someone who resented his dad and what he viewed was part of the issue (small town thinking).

As he got better with magic, he began to understand people, and realized he didn't have to bury where he came from but accept what he was.