Inferno

Our wandering hero confronts her first demon in Inferno, and Cooper does not disappoint. From beginning to end, this story moves, and is populated by interesting characters. Nemesis, Book 1, was a kind of promise to the reader to deliver seven sequels of harrowing tales of good vs. evil. This is the first delivery, and Cooper nails it.

I absolutely love this book it has a lot of emotions. As I read the book I felt emotionally involved. I think that the book was well written because the author able to make me feel like I was one of the characters in the book. There was a time when I felt cheated because Quinas acted as if he was really hurt by what Indigo and Jasker's elementals had done to him. The telepathic she-wolf really did care for her friend yet, Indigo didn't see that. Nemesis, Indigo's enemy that will dog her in her footsteps, had such a hold on her that she couldn't see that.

An original plot. Louise really has so many elements in her novels, despite the fact they aren't terribly long. It is easy to over look them. Her look at the pressure to conform in society, fear of man and the unknown, the effects of religious fanatacism, and how subjectivity can obscure reality. In Inferno, Indigo finds a religious group falling apart, literally, from the effects of their new found deity, Charchad. This is perhaps the most physical demon Indigo faces. The story's resolution is on par for Louise Cooper, where this book gets outstanding is the powerful, and nearly overwhelming imagery she creates. As one reviewer noted you can almost feel the heat, the nacreous glow of decay that the Charchad emminates you can so easily envision. You can feel the community decaying as you read. A strong first challenge for Indigo and it really grabs a hold of you. Plus even though you can feel the evil of the Demon Cooper doesn't create a derivative demon at all. It isn't growly and melodramatic, it feels alien and perhaps even insane, but evil nonetheless. Enjoy.

I was given the first three books by a friend, and have since scoured the bookstores and whatnot to find the rest of the series, these books are wonderful. Louise Cooper writes an engrosing yarn in a unique world, with wonderful characters...I highly reccomend this series

I haven't read the first book of the series because it's out of print, but I was tremendously curious about the series so I started with the second book(I hope the first, third and fourth books will be available again soon, because I really hate not to read the books by their order). I haven't regreted my choice because the book is very good. In this book Indigo is trying to hunt the first of the demons she has foolishly released from the tower of regrets(I don't know how because I haven't read the first book), the demon really is all a demon should be and we really go through some moments of suspense along the book. Indigo's she-wolf companion(she talks!) is very likeable and important in some of the books crucial moments(Nemesis plays her tricks), and they also have the help of a poweful priest of Ranaya who deals a lot with some spectacular fire spells. The name of the book is very adequate and present through all the the story, sometimes you think you can feel the heat!