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it, had to get it quickly after I finished the first and finished this one quickly as I just wanted to keep going Interesting and funny.
Looking forward to reading the next one and seeing how it all comes together, LOVE Tizzy. Have a feeling he's Concordenax Lepší práce editora, víc world buildingu, pořád moc zábavné.
Just like the first book in J, L. Langland's Demons of Astlan series this was a fun YA coming of age fantasy, The world is a fun one, The story is light and enjoyable and the characters are fairly easy to root for, Some are a little crazy but they are demons so what can one really expect!

The world is not particularly original as it takes ideas from everything like myths to modern TV shows but Langland makes that work as this is a ton of fun as all the crazy parts come together in an enjoyable way! It helps that this is not a story that takes itself too seriously.
It is light fun adventure with cool magic and jam packed with all sorts of supernatural creatures,

The story picked up right after the big events at the end of the first book.
Tom and his companions have fled Astlan and returned

to the Abyss taking the defeated Knight Rampant of Tiernon, Sir Talarius, as his prisoner.
The Abyss is in an uproar after word of Tom's battle with Talarius and the Rod of Tiernon has hit the infernal court.
It has the power players very nervous that a new mover and shaker has arrived to upset the status quo.
Back in Astlan the wizards, the Rod, and the forces of Oorstemoth all want to make sure a new mass demon invasion is not on the horizon.
Tom's actions have also brought him to the attention of the God Tiernon himself, A Heavenly Host is dispatched to investigate just how a demon managed to best one of their top mortal champions.
As if that is not bad enough a sightseeing trip, to get away from it all and relax, goes awry when Tom and friends stumble upon a horde of d'Orcs demon Orcs hilariously mispronounced as dorks by most!

The story was a lot of fun.
Tom remained a likeable lead character and all the other POV's we got enhanced the story, It is always fun to see how Tom's bumbling actions manage to upset things in multiple planes of existence! Only the Jen and Gastrophe story arc was a little slow as they get separated from Tom and sent on their own adventures.
The rest of the happenings were quite engaging,

This toppedhours on audio but it is a real credit to the story that it kept me engaged from start to finish.


Rating:stars. This is not the most complex book I've ever read but deserves the rating for its pure readability!

Audio Note: Stephen Bel Davies did a good job with the audio.
He got the tone of the story and did a good job with the character voices, This second book picks up straight after the end of bookin the series, I enjoyed this novel though I suspect it will annoy many readers because the style is different to the first book.
The first third of the book is told from many viewpoints and many new characters are introduced as word of Tom's actions at the end of bookspreads throughout the various players and the implications sink in among them of how momentous it was.
This section of the story is rather frustrating because of the continuous short viewpoints though it does keep the story moving along albeit with a lot of repetition of facts we already know and in this section of the book you see little of Tom and his friends.
I'm sure this section it will be the cause of a lot of three star or less reviews this book will get.


By the end of the book things have changed again in a major way for Tom and his friends, allies and enemies.
Despite my initial annoyance with this book I'll be picking up book three in this series as soon as it's available because I do enjoy a good fantasy with characters I like and that also provide a few laughs along the way.


Not as well paced as the first book but still was still enjoyable to read, After such a promising debut, I was expecting a lot from this second novel in the series, Honestly, I was hoping for the same fast paced mix of action and comedy but with a more polished writing since the author had, from what I understand from his site, a new professional editor/proofreader and had received some feedback from beta readers.
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I'm left a tad disappointed, While the first novel did have multiple points of view, they all served to emphasize the main character's story and adventure, and to great effect I might add.
This was actually one of the strong points which I really liked, Mr Langland this time though chose to use too many different POVs, most of them not very interesting, one might even say boring.


The story's pace was also much too slow to my taste, Even our main character doesn't do much for half the book, which is mostly a rehashing of the same event and its repercussions on the different factions in Astlan and beyond.
The story does pick up the pace later and it saved the novel for me but it might be too late for some readers.


The comedy didn't work so much for me this time either, While I found the first novel hilarious at times, especially the reactions to these socalled demons, the various attempts at humor in this one left me cold.


I will still check the third entry in this series when it comes out but with a lot less enthusiasm.
Loved it!It's a bit of a mess, I'm not sure what to make of it, the whole series :
Listened to the audiobook of thosebooks thrice inyears,
This is a "portalfantasy" or "transportedtoanotherworld" or "reincarnation" story,
The MC brings modern values to his new world, but he doesn't reinvent engeneering or modern medicine like most other portalfantasy.

The author uses a "soft" magic system, with a few rules, but without strict laws,
The multiverse / multiplanar worldbuilding is fascinating,
The multiple pantheons are interesting,
The characters are numerous and likeable and well developed,
The pacing is slow but constant,
The action scenes aren't too stressful,
The mysteries don't leave you ignorant of everything,
The tone is hopeful, even thru adversity,
I loved thosebooks ! thanks Mr, Langland. bye The dishonorable, cheating Forces of Good have been defeated!

Tom Perkinje, the reluctant Greater Demon and recent transplant from Harding NJ to the Abyss has defeated and captured the notsovaliant Sir Talarius, Knight Rampant of Tiernon and has humiliated and demoralized the army known as the Rod of Tiernon, that helped Talarius cheat in battle with Tom.


Unfortunately, to do so, he had had to hack the mana streams between the god Tiernon and his High Priests, and now his buddies are telling him that Tiernon is going to send a Host to investigate this unprecedented event.


Oh, and the fact that he reversed a Holy Artifact of Tiernon has not gone unnoticed either.
The folks upstairs are not pleased,

His actions have completely disrupted the plans of not only the Rod of Tiernon, but also the Sky Fleet of Oorstemoth who had thought to bring Tom to justice for illegally destroying the ship trying to obliterate Tom and his friends.
The two armies are now looking to unite and rescue Talarius and arrest permanently Tom,

Of course, there are also the three Arch Demons trying to steal a book that Lenamare, Toms Accursed Master, stole from Oorstemoth and whose demon horde had been infesting the wizard city of Freehold.


So Tom has managed to anger both the Forces of Good and the Forces of Evil.
However, that pales before his current problem, what exactly does one do with a hostage For those whom are worried that the second novel in the series will not be as exciting as the first, you may put your fears down to rest.
The Heavenly Host is just as engaging and perhaps twice as "wild" as Into the Abyss .




Tom continues to grow his prowess in this installment of the series until he reaches new heights of his power not witnessed even in the satisfying "fightscene" that concluded Into the Abyss and rises in his "rank" from a mere greater demon to a demon prince .
Readers should also be vastly relieved to learn that Tom's young "adopted" son does not discover that Tom is not really his father nor does it become an issue anywhere in the novel .

The fries on the plate but not the burger

I bought this one the minute I completed book one, I had hoped for a continuation of the fast paced adventure with a bit more polish.


Sadly this one does not deliver, The MC is all but absent in the first half of the book and the point of view shifts to that of the side characters.
. . who aredimensional and refuse to change throughout the adventure making this little more then a tedious filler.


The pacing is slower in this one and frankly boring since you don't really care much for those side characters.
Disappointed by this one.


On my third read through, this is still a good book, It could have been trimmed a great deal, but that's subjective,

The subtext of relative morality and preconceptions is still there, from the first book, as well as more subtle elements.
I like the way some immortal demons are portrayed with a whimsical humour, It is far removed from the descriptions of cynical, brooding immortals that you find in other stories, very enjoyable I prefer when a story centers on one main character and would have liked hearing more about Tom or reading a book about most any of the many other characters Langland thinks up.
This made me hesitant in the beginning of the book and at times throughout I felt stuffed to bursting with all the old characters and then tens and tens of new people.
Add to that new species, countries, planets, planes of existence, cultures, magic systems, tech, . . You'll have to scrape my brain from the ceiling because my head exploded halfway through, After that I just went a long with it and stopped trying to remember who everyone was and where they came from.


I'm still giving this book five, because despite all the above I found myself chuckling out loud and not wanting it to end.
When a book that follows a format I don't like still manages to make me love most of its characters and many, many a tiny detail, well I think that's pretty amazing.
An outstanding continuation to the series and unlike many series in the past this set gets better with each book.


This is the continuation of the Demon Tomnce ayear old boy who traveled to the astral plane due to a good hit of weed.
In the astral plane he was captured and turned into a demon, In bookTom traveled through Aslan meeting many interesting people and beginning a historic event with gods demons and Tom.
In bookwe begin to see how Tom's destiny with shape the multiverse,

This is a fun series with lots of intellectual humor, It doesn't grip you or lose you fully, For some reason I'm getting a more "PC" vibe from this book, The girl is more unreasonable than usual.
She then tells the guy it's his job to agree with her, and tell her she is right.


What Is this magical divine brainwashing How did the kids start spilling everything to the saint Everything that was supposed to be kept secret.
I hope it is explained further in because this is pure bull,

Prediction Time They are just discussing Lilith for the first time in the cave.
The demon father is the one that always smokes a pipe, That would explain how the boy wizard got a link attached to him, and how that demon always knows when a new arrival enters his domain.


This series is just one big assumption built upon another, Everyone assuming the worst of the other guy, and their actions end up making their assumptions become a reality.


This was more fun than the blurb gives, what cracks me up the most is the warrior lawyers talking like old comic book heroes with the limericksis that correct everywhere.


The first The Heavenly Host's blurb turned me away from this series many times, but someone vouched and I tried it.
I'm glad I listened.

./Stars.