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3.31 AVERAGE
Lizzie, a young school teacher discovers she's from a line of witches and that she's the latest "demon slayer" and has a destiny she's never known about. One minutes she's teaching little kids, the next her little doggie is talking to her and she's plopped on a Harley with a grandma she's only known for minutes and is expected to slay demons with next to no training and, of course, there's a hunky guy thrown in to save the day.
This book started out cutesy enough but devolved into a crazy, unexplained mess. Grandma is dragged into the second layer of hell and Lizzie must rescue her. Why? Don't ask me, I still can't make sense of it. And when the dog starts talking we are told by way of the dog as a way of explanation something along the lines of: "Oh he's been talking all along, Lizzie just now started listening." Sorry, not buying that lame explanation. There are many other issues such as this that make the book feel like it's mid series when in actuality it's the first in a new series. Not helping matters is the problem of Lizzie ineptness and dependence on others to bail her out, she's also boring and constantly bad mouths her adoptive parents for silly reasons that make her sound like a spoiled, ungrateful brat. It gets old fast and is so frustrating.
This is not a book for those who like things to make sense but I guess it's a decent enough of a read if you don't think too hard on any of it. I doubt I'll go out of my way to find the later books that complete the series.
This book started out cutesy enough but devolved into a crazy, unexplained mess. Grandma is dragged into the second layer of hell and Lizzie must rescue her. Why? Don't ask me, I still can't make sense of it. And when the dog starts talking we are told by way of the dog as a way of explanation something along the lines of: "Oh he's been talking all along, Lizzie just now started listening." Sorry, not buying that lame explanation. There are many other issues such as this that make the book feel like it's mid series when in actuality it's the first in a new series. Not helping matters is the problem of Lizzie ineptness and dependence on others to bail her out, she's also boring and constantly bad mouths her adoptive parents for silly reasons that make her sound like a spoiled, ungrateful brat. It gets old fast and is so frustrating.
This is not a book for those who like things to make sense but I guess it's a decent enough of a read if you don't think too hard on any of it. I doubt I'll go out of my way to find the later books that complete the series.
When i first read this, I was in the throes of an obsession with paranormal romance. I loved the characters because they seemed so real... Thank You Angie Fox, for writing such a fabulous novel!
I really wanted to like this book. It is being relaunched after its initial 2008 release. It has everything I like. Magic, shifters, women with sass, talking animals, etc. But I just couldn’t connect with this story. I think the problem for started when a grown woman blinded trusted a complete stranger who claimed to be her grandmother. Her life had been normal and within minutes of meeting her grandma a demon appears, Lizzie runs away with her and never questions this woman’s role in her sudden involvement with the supernatural. She jumps on her motorcycle (why they didn’t take Lizzie’s car is beyond me) and runs away. She doesn’t call her parents, friends, or job to let them know where she has disappeared to. Don’t even get me started on the coven and their dietary choices. The one bright spot was Dimitri her love interest, but that wasn’t enough to keep me interested. I’m sad I didn’t click with series, but I know of a much better version, the Aisling Grey Gaurdian series by Katie MacAlister.
a 3.5.....good story, a bit jumpy in the narrative at times
Loved it! Fun, refreshingly novel, great characters, and a steamy hot romance--what more could I ask for? Nothing!
I wanted to like this book, as I thought it was a fun concept with potentially interesting characters - the 30 year old pre-school teacher who finds out she's a demon slayer, a cute dog sidekick, a Harley riding grandmother and a Greek shape-shifting griffin protector. Unfortunately, the writing is awful. I only made it to chapter 12 before I finally gave up.
My biggest issue is that the story is too choppy - things happen or are said with no explanation; the backstory is chaotic and incomplete; and the characters are flat and confused. The main character, Lizzie, seems to have split personalities. For instance, the story starts with Lizzie meeting her Grandma for the first time after only knowing about her from the day before. Lizzie comments about how she wants honesty, but people keep letting her down - and she names friends we (the readers) have never heard of and have no idea why/how these unknown characters have let her down. Yet, she goes off with her Grandma, who tells her almost nothing and is clearly keeping info from her. Then in less than a day Lizzie is completely devoted to this woman. I just don't buy that. I get that someone who's been adopted may have the need to find blood relatives. But I don't buy that in less than a day, it's "grandma" this and "grandma" that instead of using grandma's (a virtual stranger) name, and Lizzie is already acting like this woman, who she's never met hung the moon. Lizzie also wavers back and forth between wimp and super slayer. She mostly stays in wimp mode - just accepting these things that happen to her, never sticking up for herself. For instance, Lizzie just lets all these characters insult her and pull her in all over the place, but never reminds them that she had no idea about magic, witches, or demon slaying until a few hours ago. Then all the sudden she stands up to Ant Eater (and can anyone explain what's with the witches names?) in the trailer and almost kills her. WTF?
Because of these issues, the book difficult, almost painful, to read, which is why I finally put it down. With a better editor, the choppiness might be ironed out to make it a better read. But my advice, go with MaryJanice Davidson's Undead series or Victoria Laurie's Ghost Hunter series for a better read.
My biggest issue is that the story is too choppy - things happen or are said with no explanation; the backstory is chaotic and incomplete; and the characters are flat and confused. The main character, Lizzie, seems to have split personalities. For instance, the story starts with Lizzie meeting her Grandma for the first time after only knowing about her from the day before. Lizzie comments about how she wants honesty, but people keep letting her down - and she names friends we (the readers) have never heard of and have no idea why/how these unknown characters have let her down. Yet, she goes off with her Grandma, who tells her almost nothing and is clearly keeping info from her. Then in less than a day Lizzie is completely devoted to this woman. I just don't buy that. I get that someone who's been adopted may have the need to find blood relatives. But I don't buy that in less than a day, it's "grandma" this and "grandma" that instead of using grandma's (a virtual stranger) name, and Lizzie is already acting like this woman, who she's never met hung the moon. Lizzie also wavers back and forth between wimp and super slayer. She mostly stays in wimp mode - just accepting these things that happen to her, never sticking up for herself. For instance, Lizzie just lets all these characters insult her and pull her in all over the place, but never reminds them that she had no idea about magic, witches, or demon slaying until a few hours ago. Then all the sudden she stands up to Ant Eater (and can anyone explain what's with the witches names?) in the trailer and almost kills her. WTF?
Because of these issues, the book difficult, almost painful, to read, which is why I finally put it down. With a better editor, the choppiness might be ironed out to make it a better read. But my advice, go with MaryJanice Davidson's Undead series or Victoria Laurie's Ghost Hunter series for a better read.
I love Paranormal Romance more than anything but you'd get bored if it only consisted of vampires and werewolves.
This was what interested me first, the summary, cover and title. SO when i got this book from netgalley, boy was i pleased.
It wasn't all too deep for a book on demons, but nevertheless it keep me interested to the very end.
Oddly enough, some of it reminded me of Percy Jackson [b:The Lightning Thief|28187|The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)|Rick Riordan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1361038385s/28187.jpg|3346751] by [a:Rick Riordan|15872|Rick Riordan|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1204641046p2/15872.jpg], maybe its because percy was also similarly thrust into a supernatural world and was expected to do so much even though he barely understood what was going on himself, Lizzie and him have that in common.
This is one book I wouldn't mind buying, Its the kind that stays with you. Oh and did I mention how much I loved that dog?
My rating would probably be 3.5, no more because well maybe its just me but I thought the entire book was paced so fast and from what i understood, all of it took place in less that a week and that is a tad unrealistic but overall its worth the time and money to read this.
This was what interested me first, the summary, cover and title. SO when i got this book from netgalley, boy was i pleased.
It wasn't all too deep for a book on demons, but nevertheless it keep me interested to the very end.
Oddly enough, some of it reminded me of Percy Jackson [b:The Lightning Thief|28187|The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)|Rick Riordan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1361038385s/28187.jpg|3346751] by [a:Rick Riordan|15872|Rick Riordan|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1204641046p2/15872.jpg], maybe its because percy was also similarly thrust into a supernatural world and was expected to do so much even though he barely understood what was going on himself, Lizzie and him have that in common.
This is one book I wouldn't mind buying, Its the kind that stays with you. Oh and did I mention how much I loved that dog?
My rating would probably be 3.5, no more because well maybe its just me but I thought the entire book was paced so fast and from what i understood, all of it took place in less that a week and that is a tad unrealistic but overall its worth the time and money to read this.
Full disclosure: I got this for free from Amazon. I skipped the middle half of the book. I got fed up with the main character and just wanted to know how it ended. Maybe I'm jaded by the genre, but I didn't like this one. There were some interesting bits but it mostly just annoyed me.
Your mileage will, of course, vary.
Your mileage will, of course, vary.
Overall I was not impressed with this at all. The main character was...alright, a bit annoying though. Some of the other characters had their redeeming qualities but for the most part they seemed to be forced. I didn't really like the concept of spells being something you can literally pick up, bribe, and scare. The storyline had some promise but the way the characters talk kind of ruins it. It was kind of anti-climatic as well, it built up so much hype about Vald and then he turns out to be a blabbermouth who wasn't all that scary. She went on and on about training but there was little to no training and yet she managed to do everything she was expected, so it felt really flat as far as character development. I don't know if I'll read any of the rest of them, I definitely won't be buying them.
Note: this book is due out in August. I received an ARC.
There's a lot to like in this tale of a mild-mannered preschool teacher who finds out, on her thirtieth birthday, that she is a demon-hunter. First the grandmother she never met shows up on Lizzie's doorstep, then she has a near fatal encounter with a demon, and oh yeah, her terrier Pirate begins to talk. Soon Lizzie finds herself training to slay demons, hanging out with geriatric biker witches and werewolves, and getting involved with a sexy, shape-shifting griffin. This was a fun read, though the humor at times seemed a bit too self-conscious, like someone laughing at their own jokes. It seemed as though Lizzie's training flew by a little too quickly, and that Lizzie herself bonded with her grandmother a bit too easily, given that grandma locked her in the bathroom the first time they met. But this is also a first novel, and (I think) the start of a series, so those sorts of issues were no doubt be resolved in later books. Fox shows promise as an author, and her book stands out from the sea of paranormal romances these days. I loved the dog Pirate, and was amused the disgusting, often roadkill based spells the witches used, and the fact that, as a preschool teacher, Lizzie can't bring herself to actually swear. Reminds me of a certain grad student I know. . .
There's a lot to like in this tale of a mild-mannered preschool teacher who finds out, on her thirtieth birthday, that she is a demon-hunter. First the grandmother she never met shows up on Lizzie's doorstep, then she has a near fatal encounter with a demon, and oh yeah, her terrier Pirate begins to talk. Soon Lizzie finds herself training to slay demons, hanging out with geriatric biker witches and werewolves, and getting involved with a sexy, shape-shifting griffin. This was a fun read, though the humor at times seemed a bit too self-conscious, like someone laughing at their own jokes. It seemed as though Lizzie's training flew by a little too quickly, and that Lizzie herself bonded with her grandmother a bit too easily, given that grandma locked her in the bathroom the first time they met. But this is also a first novel, and (I think) the start of a series, so those sorts of issues were no doubt be resolved in later books. Fox shows promise as an author, and her book stands out from the sea of paranormal romances these days. I loved the dog Pirate, and was amused the disgusting, often roadkill based spells the witches used, and the fact that, as a preschool teacher, Lizzie can't bring herself to actually swear. Reminds me of a certain grad student I know. . .