This series gets better and better. This continues with thrills twists & turns and dollops of humour! I don't want to give anything away, but readers of the first 2 books will not be disappointed!

I loved the first book in the Demon Road series. It was one of my surprise reading hits of 2015 and I loved how quick, fun and witty it was. Then book two came along which was still good, but had a little second book syndrome, though my hopes were still high for the finale. And I was so disappointed.

In book two, I really didn’t like the way Amber’s non-demon appearance was constantly ridiculed and sneered at and though that was almost compensated for in a change in attitude in American Monsters, I still didn’t like the forceful ay Derek Landy wrote the female characters. It was so forceful, as if he was writing them to be ‘feminist’ because he knew he should - it didn’t align with anything else. I also didn’t think that the book was well written. The prose jarred and the speech felt insincere; I can’t help but think that this book was rushed out so he could refocus on Skulduggery Pleasant, his real money-maker, to the detriment of this series which could have been really, really good.

Final book in the series, I felt like it was a solid enough ending to the story. The story is very plot driven, I wish there had been more character development to be honest. But as I've stated in previous reviews, I feel like this is something I would have enjoyed more as a teenager as it's great fun and fast paced

American Monsters was brilliant and a fantastic end to the Demon Road trilogy! The books got better and better as they went on, with the first being a 4 star read for me, the second a 4.5 star and the final a 5 star read. These books have been amazing!

Amber was so kick arse in this final book but we see she's slowly losing herself as her demon self overpowers her. It was really scary how evil some of her actions became over a few months, especially when it came to dishing out the punishments by request from the Shinning Demon. Despite that, she was still a goofy mess in front of Kelly. I loved the diversity of relationships Landy explored further in this books... That club scene... Woah! Oh, and I was glad at least one confrontation didn't end in a bloody battle! It was nice to see the softer side of Amber again; soft yes, but not weak. I've got to say though, I have no idea how she found the time to make her witty speeches before a fight! Some of the time I was just thinking "fight already!".

The humour was hilarious and again felt more adult than some of Landy's other books, but I really enjoyed that. There were a lot of times where I was literally laughing out loud and gasping from humour and shock!

There was a bit of talk during Brewers' scene concerning body shaming. I will say it was powerful but it was so totally out of the blue and confusing at the same time. It was scary how much the character in question invested in fictional characters and how far she went to try and keep them pure to only her. It makes some fandoms seem so crazy though! I hope that wasn't the intention, haha!

I got my heart broken way too many times in this book and that was mostly due to the plenty of deaths we bore witness to, but what shocked me more was that it was the deaths of newer characters that got me all sad too! I started dreading the arrival of new characters after one particular sudden, intense and brutal scene.

In terms of structure, I found this one to be a bit weird. Some of the sentences I felt should have been split into a second sentence or phrased in a way that made it read better. I wouldn't have minded that type of structure every now and then but it was constantly. Chapter 42 had a unique layout though. It tended to have a page of a short passage, followed by a page with a short sentence. I think it added haste to what was happening and gave the situation a type of urgency, but at the same time it unfortunately made what was happening look too easy! Aside from that, I did like it.

Those Bogles at the beginning were nuts! They were definitely like the Gremlins, but they added some great entertainment! I just wished they were in it a bit longer.

I have one big problem... How had I never before noticed the way Fool was described? A paraphrased example of one of the descriptions was "a thing without gender". I know Fool is literally a monster but when talking about gender, those words in that sentence surrounded by the context it was in, just sounded terrible.

Aside from that minor poor choice in words I found this to be an awesome final installment in the Demon Road trilogy. I devoured it in 2 days- it was amazing!

A fitting conclusion to the Demon Road trilogy! American Monsters didn't seem as gruesome as the first two, although it's quite possible that by now I've just become immune!
Hitting the ground running with a fantastic opening scene, American Monsters shows the same dark humour and entertaining dialogue that I've come to expect from this author. Bouncing from one challenge to the next with barely time to breathe, it's been really interesting to see Amber's character develop from the timid young girl at the start of Demon Road into something quite different at the end of the trilogy.

Derek Landy does it again. Love this series and love these charcaters. Especially Milo!

Sad to have to let them go. A series full of sass, adventure and adrenaline.

(Full review in my blog archive)