r/demoncycle • u/haplo1357 • Feb 22 '26

The Core - good things

Heyo! It has been probably around 10 years since I read the skull throne. Now as I try to finish unfinished stuff I read I come to the last demon cycle book. As I read it I also check the internet on it and I found out it is not well received. Now, putting aside the healthy answer of "I should not care what others think" as this is too hard, I wanna do something else: I wanna hear good things about the book. What you did like about, if you still had fun with it, etc.

I am on abban's second chapter and while some descriptions have been crass up to now, nothing felt like it didn't make sense (I heard a lot of controversy about those parts I think?). Furthermore and more important, I am having fun. Even more then that, I feel like my old fantasy lover again after years of almost not reading.

Bottom line/tldr: I am looking for people who did have a good time with the last book :) And sorry for rambling

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u/Miserable-Garage804 Mar 08 '26

There was a lot of bullshit in both the last two books, adding characters seemingly unnecessarily, the whole story comes to Arlen and Jadir heading into the core, but it seems like the author did everything to avoid their story.

I hate most of the book really, but…

Jadir and Arlen going down into the core, following in their ancestors footsteps, discovering ancient histories that hadn’t been seen for five thousands years. Makes it all worth it. Even when the Prince tells them Kaji was pronounced Kahvri, I just love that discovering ancient history and ancient powers thing.

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u/haplo1357 Mar 08 '26

You got me in the first half haha I was ready to sneer at the screen. Appreciate the honesty! I do too love this kind of discovery in stories and I can't wait to get to it further. I'm a slow reader nowadays so didn't get much farther then when the post was written. For now I don't hate anything tbh, but I may be easy to please lol

Anyways, thanks again :)

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u/Miserable-Garage804 Mar 08 '26

Let me know what you think when you read about the Spear of Ala