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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
The whole plot of the book sounded interesting, but I didn't enjoy the book too much. It was too scattered and felt like a "hoo, any-how, just get through it!" type of book.
Right, the premise: Lizzie (Elizabeth), kindergarten schoolteacher, is a very uptight person. She likes to plan ahead. She likes order. She likes things to be as they should be. And just one day her biker grandma pops up at her doorstep and she starts to run around tackling demons, talking with her dog Pirate, and eventually running into hell. oh yeah.
Like I said, the whole plot was interesting enough.
I enjoyed the parts where Pirate talked. That is one funny dog. "I can only count to four, so I had to go one two three four, and then one, and then two," etc....
I just didn't like the inside, how the story progressed. Everything seemed a bit too... casual. I don't know how to explain it... it was just going too fast? Probably the problem is just me, and that's why I'm not giving it a too-low rating.
Right, the premise: Lizzie (Elizabeth), kindergarten schoolteacher, is a very uptight person. She likes to plan ahead. She likes order. She likes things to be as they should be. And just one day her biker grandma pops up at her doorstep and she starts to run around tackling demons, talking with her dog Pirate, and eventually running into hell. oh yeah.
Like I said, the whole plot was interesting enough.
I enjoyed the parts where Pirate talked. That is one funny dog. "I can only count to four, so I had to go one two three four, and then one, and then two," etc....
I just didn't like the inside, how the story progressed. Everything seemed a bit too... casual. I don't know how to explain it... it was just going too fast? Probably the problem is just me, and that's why I'm not giving it a too-low rating.
Lizzie's adoptive parents were decent enough but never very loving, so she's thrilled when her biological grandmother contacts her out of the blue and wants to meet. Her dreams of warm hugs are ruined when her grandmother locks her in her own bathroom, just in time for a demon to appear and try to kill her. Once that's been dealt with, her grandmother explains that she's a witch and Lizzie is a demon slayer, and they have to get moving before more demons arrive. Lizzie is a preschool teacher who carefully plans everything, so this is very much outside her comfort zone, but she eventually grabs her dog Pirate (who can now talk) and reluctantly gets on her grandmother's motorcycle.
Lizzie's grandmother takes her to the Red Skulls coven, where she's supposed to gain the coven's protection and begin learning to use her powers. These plans are complicated by imps, more demons, a sexy shape-shifting griffin named Dimitri, werewolves, and no one being willing to tell Lizzie anything about what's going on.
If I hadn't been reading this for my Booklikesopoly game, I might have DNFed it early on and added it to my offload pile. I wouldn't have missed out on much. This was an incredibly frustrating read. Pretty much the only things I liked were Lizzie's talking dog, who was a bit much at first but eventually grew on me, and maybe Lizzie, although I did think she was way too forgiving.
Lizzie barely got a chance to speak to her grandmother for the first time before she was dragged into a world of magic and supernatural creatures. With no time to get her bearings, she was taken to her grandmother's coven, where she was told nothing important and immediately made to take part in a protection spell that wasn't fully explained to her. She was rightfully worried about drinking something that might have bits of roadkill in it, and that potion turned out to be the most important part of the spell. She then blamed herself for screwing up, even though it was due to the coven not explaining anything to her, and the coven had the gall to get mad at her when they found out.
And it kept happening - everyone either lied to Lizzie, expected her to do as she was told without even a basic explanation, or deliberately withheld information from her. Most of the characters in this book sucked, and I wouldn't have blamed Lizzie for leaving them behind to deal with their problems on their own. Dimitri, Ant Eater (a member of the coven), and Lizzie's grandmother were the biggest offenders.
There was no magical system as far as I could see. If the author wanted a spell to exist, it probably did (there were giggle, dance, and transportation spells), and Lizzie eventually learned how to use these things called switch stars that were basically magical ninja stars. The ending was a mess - Lizzie and her grandmother did things more because the story called for it than because it fit anything that had previously been established about how magic and demons worked.
The "paranormal romance" label on the book's spine wasn't very accurate. Lizzie thought Dimitri was hot, and they eventually had sex, but there wasn't much of what I'd call romance and the story was more focused on the whole demon thing than on Lizzie and Dimitri's relationship. "Urban fantasy with romantic aspects" might be a more accurate label.
Anyway, I don't intend to read any more of this series. The dog was sweet, but the magical aspects were very weak, and Lizzie deciding to stay with people who'd spent the whole book lying to her or refusing to tell her anything she needed to know honestly made me think less of her.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
Lizzie's grandmother takes her to the Red Skulls coven, where she's supposed to gain the coven's protection and begin learning to use her powers. These plans are complicated by imps, more demons, a sexy shape-shifting griffin named Dimitri, werewolves, and no one being willing to tell Lizzie anything about what's going on.
If I hadn't been reading this for my Booklikesopoly game, I might have DNFed it early on and added it to my offload pile. I wouldn't have missed out on much. This was an incredibly frustrating read. Pretty much the only things I liked were Lizzie's talking dog, who was a bit much at first but eventually grew on me, and maybe Lizzie, although I did think she was way too forgiving.
Lizzie barely got a chance to speak to her grandmother for the first time before she was dragged into a world of magic and supernatural creatures. With no time to get her bearings, she was taken to her grandmother's coven, where she was told nothing important and immediately made to take part in a protection spell that wasn't fully explained to her. She was rightfully worried about drinking something that might have bits of roadkill in it, and that potion turned out to be the most important part of the spell. She then blamed herself for screwing up, even though it was due to the coven not explaining anything to her, and the coven had the gall to get mad at her when they found out.
And it kept happening - everyone either lied to Lizzie, expected her to do as she was told without even a basic explanation, or deliberately withheld information from her. Most of the characters in this book sucked, and I wouldn't have blamed Lizzie for leaving them behind to deal with their problems on their own. Dimitri, Ant Eater (a member of the coven), and Lizzie's grandmother were the biggest offenders.
There was no magical system as far as I could see. If the author wanted a spell to exist, it probably did (there were giggle, dance, and transportation spells), and Lizzie eventually learned how to use these things called switch stars that were basically magical ninja stars. The ending was a mess - Lizzie and her grandmother did things more because the story called for it than because it fit anything that had previously been established about how magic and demons worked.
The "paranormal romance" label on the book's spine wasn't very accurate. Lizzie thought Dimitri was hot, and they eventually had sex, but there wasn't much of what I'd call romance and the story was more focused on the whole demon thing than on Lizzie and Dimitri's relationship. "Urban fantasy with romantic aspects" might be a more accurate label.
Anyway, I don't intend to read any more of this series. The dog was sweet, but the magical aspects were very weak, and Lizzie deciding to stay with people who'd spent the whole book lying to her or refusing to tell her anything she needed to know honestly made me think less of her.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
Funny, charming, and hot. I loved this book and am so excited to read the next one. There were some things I did not like which is why I did not give it 5*. Still, loved it and so want to read the next one!
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like how Lizzie was towards her grandma. She just met her and she trusts her and acts like she has known her for her whole life, which was a little ridiculous. And for the most part I was not a fan of Ant Eater, but she did eventually grow on me. And Lizzie's mom was just horrible!
I want a griffin/Dimitri for myself... Nuff said! What a hectic ride full of magic, action and passion. The author caught me and held me hostage, willingly, until I finished the book.
I highly recommend this book and I really look forward to book 2 The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers.
I highly recommend this book and I really look forward to book 2 The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers.
First off I would give "The Accidental Demon Slayer" a two and half star review if I could. My three star books are books that I enjoyed reading without any huge complaints but with nothing phenomenal standing out either. TADS had a few weak spots marring my reading experience. The plot is simple and cute. I grabbed this one out of my TBR stack because I was desperately wanting to read it. A preschool teacher, Lizzie Brown, finds out from her newly found Grandma that she is a destined Demon Slayer. Suddenly bad things are showing up in her bathroom and her Jack Russell terrier is literally speaking to her. Grandma just happens to be in a biker witch coven and starts Lizzie on the path to demon hunting training and knowledge. Along the way, she meets a griffin, who also happens to be her Protector. And he is HOT. If you are like me, you know where that perticular storyline is going. Angie Fox seems like a great person and I really enjoyed certain aspects of this story. The Red Skull biker club was a hoot and I loved each member of it, especially SideCar Bob and Ant Eater. Grandma Gertie was a hoot too. Dimitri the Griffin/Protector didn't stand out as having much different a personality than any other paranormal romance hero and that is a bummer. The story went through parts that read quickly and entertained and then parts that seemed to drag on and events unfolded unclearly. There was a time or two I had to back up and re-read a portion to try to figure out what I missed. The ending sequence was over far to quickly and easily. I was annoyed time and again that secondary characters would get on poor Lizzie about not knowing how to do some Demon Slaying thing and she was untrained, pushed into it, and only aware of her demon slaying nature for a few days! The biggest negative is, while I adored Pirate, the dog, to pieces, his speaking grated my nerves. He reminded me of Scrappy Doo from Scooby Doo...and in my opinion that is so not a good thing. Pirate and SideCar Bob are an adorable duo if we could just kill some of that canine speaking. For the first half of the book at least, I was sure that I wasn't going to read the sequel, but the story did truly come along enough that I might be enticed to try the next book. Sometimes it takes a book or two to get into the flow of things...for both the author and the reader. There is good, bad, and even ugly in this book and I recommend it to the paranormal reader who hasn't got anything else to read. With caution.
Interesting idea, great characters
This was an interesting concept, and the characters are definitely funny. The overall arc with powers etc felt like it had some holes in it. I got the book for free from Amazon though and I definitely enjoyed it.
This was an interesting concept, and the characters are definitely funny. The overall arc with powers etc felt like it had some holes in it. I got the book for free from Amazon though and I definitely enjoyed it.
I picked this book up on a whim and as soon as I started reading I fell in love. A fast paced book about a woman who had no idea until the point where her grandmother bursts in the door and a demon materialises in her bathroom her true calling. With many a twist and turn this fast paced book will have you hooked.
I can't finish this book. Just not interesting. The only character I really like and am drawn to is Pirate!