The daemon wasn’t perfectly crafted, but I just loved his dramatics and the reader really gets to see just how daemonic and twisted he is. The daemon in Ladies has a very fascinating familial interest while the one in Addie is more romantic, in a weird, twisted way.īut I really have to go with Ladies on this one.
The demons have a personal interest in their chosen lady, but in different ways. He’s really just one of many in the wider world the story is situated in, unlike the demon in Addie who is basically Satan.
They’re both suitably demonic, but the one in Ladies just had so much more flair. They’re so demonic.įirst of all, the demon in Ladies insists on the “a” for daemonic. Can we take one at a time? Maybe the demon. Being focused on Addie and Henry just felt a little boring when I’m used to following several characters within 300-500 or more pages. Or maybe I just prefer a larger cast of characters. Not that Addie is bad, but I think I was a little mentally bored. I mean, each one is really well done in both books, but I just feel like it clicked better in my mind while reading Ladies. The demon, the art and the inability to have one’s image captured, the leaps back and forth in time. What kind of parallels? The France thing seems pretty obvious, so what others are there? Jazz Age and Paris are just two things I really enjoy in life. For one, there were a lot more characters to focus on and I really loved exploring Jazz Age Paris. Then again, I’ve started a new series called Books That Remind Me of Other Books, so it kind of feels like a reflex now.Īnyways, there are actually a lot of parallels between the two! Only, I feel Ladies was a lot more interesting than Addie. I wasn’t a big fan of Addie LaRue (actually still need to get my review up, but I’m starting to think over-hyped books simply aren’t my thing), so I was really surprised when I kept thinking of it while reading Ladies.
So, Self, why these two books? Why pair them together? Warning: Spoilers for The Ladies of the Secret Circus and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue are directly ahead. I hope you enjoy this, er, likely circular and all over the place conversation with myself. Sooo…maybe something a little odd, but I had an interesting conversation with myself while reading The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers and, since this is my space to talk about books as I like, I’m going to, in a way, transcribe it here.
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