Demon Chick
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ARC copy.
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Product Description
Jessica may not have the warmest relationship with her mother, aspiring presidential candidate Margaret Hunsucker, but it still comes as a shock when she discovers that her mother has sold her to the devil. Will she have to spend eternity in hell with one of Satan’s minions, a demon named Brad? Brad takes pains to explain that they live in one of hell’s better neighborhoods, and he seems like a nice enough guy—but still! And things only get worse when Jessica learns the full extent of her mother’s evil plans. Can she and Brad come up with a plan to save the world?
These and other pressing questions are all answered in Marilyn Kaye’s delightfully satirical Demon Chick.
ARC copy.
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Product Description
Jessica may not have the warmest relationship with her mother, aspiring presidential candidate Margaret Hunsucker, but it still comes as a shock when she discovers that her mother has sold her to the devil. Will she have to spend eternity in hell with one of Satan’s minions, a demon named Brad? Brad takes pains to explain that they live in one of hell’s better neighborhoods, and he seems like a nice enough guy—but still! And things only get worse when Jessica learns the full extent of her mother’s evil plans. Can she and Brad come up with a plan to save the world?
These and other pressing questions are all answered in Marilyn Kaye’s delightfully satirical Demon Chick.
Read last Friday.
Demon Chick takes an interesting idea and just runs with it. We all know that the wicked are damned to hell for fiery torment, right? But what happens to the innocents who end up down below?
Take, for example, Miss Jessica Hunsucker. She may not have been a paragon of virtue, but the teen was hardly bad. She did, however, have an ambitious mother, who agreed to trade her first-born daughter for power and influence. When Jessica turns sixteen, a demon comes to collect her and carry her off to the depths of Hell, which isn't quite as horrible - or as warm - as she's been led to believe. It's just...boring. An eternity of tedium stretches before her in her new role as the consort of Demon Brad.
This is light. It's entertaining. I breezed through it in a few hours and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's a fun premise, and although the execution is a bit fluffy it's no worse than anything else I read when I was actually a teen. I suspect this will be the start of a series - the author certainly seemed to leave the end open for such a possibility - but I wuold read the next book.
Take, for example, Miss Jessica Hunsucker. She may not have been a paragon of virtue, but the teen was hardly bad. She did, however, have an ambitious mother, who agreed to trade her first-born daughter for power and influence. When Jessica turns sixteen, a demon comes to collect her and carry her off to the depths of Hell, which isn't quite as horrible - or as warm - as she's been led to believe. It's just...boring. An eternity of tedium stretches before her in her new role as the consort of Demon Brad.
This is light. It's entertaining. I breezed through it in a few hours and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's a fun premise, and although the execution is a bit fluffy it's no worse than anything else I read when I was actually a teen. I suspect this will be the start of a series - the author certainly seemed to leave the end open for such a possibility - but I wuold read the next book.
Cleaning out books from the ol' collection.
Journal Entry 5 by k00kaburra at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Friday, March 20, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (3/19/2015 UTC) at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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