First of all SPOILERS!

OK,
Derek Landy, how could you do this to me?
It was amazing, then you made me hate it so much!

I think the only thing I didnt like in the book was the reflection, i dont like its involvement in the story and the fact that it is an essential character. It tried to kill Val and then took her place among her family and it has the sceptre.

I love Darquesse. Just putting it out there... She is fantastic, her whole character and involvement its comedy and suspense in the same. Comedic because of what she says and in that sense she is like Val, but suspense because she will eventually kill the world because she's a psycho. :D

Ravel. That's all I'm going to say. I didnt see that one coming and I cried over what he did. (YES I SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF A BOOK, DEREK HAS FORCED ME TO THIS) I know Ghastly was more centred to the plot, but I dont think that enough emotion was subjected to Shudders death. Shudder was starting to really come out of his shell and we could see he was meaning something to Val (much like Ghastly) but his death was glossed over. That hurt for me.

Plus am i the only person that noticed the amount of what i personally thought to be sexual tension?
Val and Fletcher
Val and Dexter (DEXTER SOUNDS YUMMY IN THE BOOK)

Most importantly...
VAL AND SKULDUGGERY

I'm sorry if you dont ship them, but i do. I felt there was alot more friction between these two and i thought it was a little of sexual tension. Just from before Val went Darquesse and killed all the witches, and the beginning of the book, i could see something happening between them. There was alot going on and Skulduggery was subtly giving Valkyrie flirtatious behaviour, and she was doing it back? Like the gifts he gave her? and going ape shit because the reflection wasnt her? you could notice that not having Val with him was really taking its toll on Skulduggery by the end of the book.

I found this book a challenge because the chemistry between Val and Skulduggery was there, then the reflection ruined it. Another thing that worried me was that when Val turned Darquesse I thought she would have been so much more involved in the ending of the book by causing havoc and killing people. I found it strange that she didnt turn up at the reeeally big show down... Because Darquesse is supposed to love drama? I guess we didnt know that much about her, so I'm guessing shes planning something.

But wow. Derek you might have out done yourself.

Guys, let me know what you thought about this and what you thought about lsodm!

Annnd check out my story that doesn't really have a time setting but I'd guess before lsodm!
It's called Valduggery: could it happen? Thank you!
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