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finley0315's review
3.0
I found the book kind of interesting but I didn’t find it good nor did I find it bad, it was just alright. I don’t have anything to say really, the book was alright, I feel like it had too much description about everything, and the characters were typical teenage boys, peer pressured by a pretty girl. This book was just not for me personally. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
alittlemixofvix's review
4.0
Warning, this book gets very dark. I was expecting it from the description, but not to the extent it ended up. It made me feel very uncomfortable, but I think that was what the author intended so very well done. The added information at the start about why the story was written made it much more enjoyable for me too.
It was very short, which is a shame, as I’d have liked to know more about the backstories of each of the characters. Whilst the author did well in making me get to know the characters, their motives, personality, and relationships, I feel there was a lot more depth that could have been included.
Overall I would recommend this, just brace yourself for the latter part of the story.
*I received a complimentary copy of the e-book from BookSirens and am voluntarily leaving an honest review
It was very short, which is a shame, as I’d have liked to know more about the backstories of each of the characters. Whilst the author did well in making me get to know the characters, their motives, personality, and relationships, I feel there was a lot more depth that could have been included.
Overall I would recommend this, just brace yourself for the latter part of the story.
*I received a complimentary copy of the e-book from BookSirens and am voluntarily leaving an honest review
stranger_sights's review
3.0
You can check out my full review at: https://mediadrome.wordpress.com/2020/11/25/the-devils-delinquents-by-sawney-hatton/
This novella about a Satanic-worship-driven crime spree is a fast-paced, fun read.
I received an advance review copy via BookSirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily (blog post will still contain this standard disclaimer when it posts as well).
This novella about a Satanic-worship-driven crime spree is a fast-paced, fun read.
I received an advance review copy via BookSirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily (blog post will still contain this standard disclaimer when it posts as well).
bubblewombat's review
5.0
This book is so dark and so funny and relatable at the same time. My poor metalhead heart can only handle so much cool at once.
Derry and Cal are stoner metalheads who dabble in the dark arts without much success. Enter Natalie, someone who's actually summoned demons before and knows what she's doing. The boys befriend her and eventually get to a point where they're willing to sell their souls for their music goals and they need a sacrifice to do it.
I don't know what I can say that will accurately represent how fun this was to read (except the almost dog scene, nearly shed a tear there). The author knows how to pull the reader in and, if you have time, you should definitely read it in one go for the full experience.
As the book went on I was so convinced the kids were going to pull it off but oh boy, the entire ending was just one surprise after another. And the very end? NO I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT BUT I LOVE IT. I SEE IT. IT'S SO CLEAR.
I am not going to spoil anything else so do yourself and favour and go read this now if you're into stupid kids messing with things they shouldn't be messing with.
P.S. This should be a movie.
*Thank you to BookSirens for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
Derry and Cal are stoner metalheads who dabble in the dark arts without much success. Enter Natalie, someone who's actually summoned demons before and knows what she's doing. The boys befriend her and eventually get to a point where they're willing to sell their souls for their music goals and they need a sacrifice to do it.
I don't know what I can say that will accurately represent how fun this was to read (except the almost dog scene, nearly shed a tear there). The author knows how to pull the reader in and, if you have time, you should definitely read it in one go for the full experience.
As the book went on I was so convinced the kids were going to pull it off but oh boy, the entire ending was just one surprise after another. And the very end? NO I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT BUT I LOVE IT. I SEE IT. IT'S SO CLEAR.
I am not going to spoil anything else so do yourself and favour and go read this now if you're into stupid kids messing with things they shouldn't be messing with.
P.S. This should be a movie.
*Thank you to BookSirens for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
kowwie's review
dark
fast-paced
3.5
Thank you to Book Sirens for sending me a copy of "The Devil's Delinquents: Extra Dark Edition" in exchange for an honest book review! I am leaving this review voluntarily.
TDD is a short read, clocking in at 87 pages on Kindle. It's advertised as a young adult novella, about two stoners, who love metal music and like to say they're interested in the dark arts, but aren't very good at it. Natalie moves to their school, and she says she's actually a child of Satan and is good at it. The boys quickly befriend her.
For 89% of the book, I thought this was a funny little quick read about some dorky teenagers who like to pretend something they're not. Like I got kind of 1980's, Breakfast Club, parents just don't understand vibes... but dang the last chapter got really serious and sad really quickly.
Because of some very serious subject matter towards the end, I don't know if I would say it's great for all teens. Maybe good readers, or young adults from the ages of 16-20. There's definitely a lesson and a discussion opportunity I can see coming up! This would be a fun read at Halloween!
Also, I think if you're a fan of Grady Hendrix, you may like this novella! Like I said, it's a very dark ending, so count yourself warned!
TDD is a short read, clocking in at 87 pages on Kindle. It's advertised as a young adult novella, about two stoners, who love metal music and like to say they're interested in the dark arts, but aren't very good at it. Natalie moves to their school, and she says she's actually a child of Satan and is good at it. The boys quickly befriend her.
For 89% of the book, I thought this was a funny little quick read about some dorky teenagers who like to pretend something they're not. Like I got kind of 1980's, Breakfast Club, parents just don't understand vibes... but dang the last chapter got really serious and sad really quickly.
Because of some very serious subject matter towards the end, I don't know if I would say it's great for all teens. Maybe good readers, or young adults from the ages of 16-20. There's definitely a lesson and a discussion opportunity I can see coming up! This would be a fun read at Halloween!
Also, I think if you're a fan of Grady Hendrix, you may like this novella! Like I said, it's a very dark ending, so count yourself warned!
ninag98's review
dark
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
woowottreads's review
3.0
A short, sweet, nasty little novella about the desperation of teen misfits. Derry and Cal are high school stoners who are each other's only friend. One day, in detention, they meet goth Satanist Natalie and become embroiled in her rural, desperate belief system. Only Cal has an even remotely decent home life or a conscience. Natalie is awful, but she's haunted by an event in her past. Derry even has moments of being sympathetic. But together, the kids will do something horrible and bloody.
This book was short, bloody fun. Parts don't age well, but it does take place in the 90s, which were actually awful. I did feel as if the kids are all fairly stereotypical, unfortunately. Natalie was basically Fairuza Balk in The Craft, but without the charm; the feel boys were typical stoner metalheads and horror fans. Not a lot of nuance. Their ultimate crime is awful, with the worst justification. In the story, it actually makes total sense. It's upsetting to read, but I fully believe Natalie would makes the choice she does. But it was still engaging, fast, and fun.
I received this ARC for from BookSirens in exchange for an honest review.
This book was short, bloody fun. Parts don't age well, but it does take place in the 90s, which were actually awful. I did feel as if the kids are all fairly stereotypical, unfortunately. Natalie was basically Fairuza Balk in The Craft, but without the charm; the feel boys were typical stoner metalheads and horror fans. Not a lot of nuance. Their ultimate crime is awful, with the worst justification. In the story, it actually makes total sense. It's upsetting to read, but I fully believe Natalie would makes the choice she does. But it was still engaging, fast, and fun.
I received this ARC for from BookSirens in exchange for an honest review.
smorg0317's review
3.0
I found the book kind of interesting but I didn’t find it good nor did I find it bad, it was just alright. I don’t have anything to say really, the book was alright, I feel like it had too much description about everything, and the characters were typical teenage boys, peer pressured by a pretty girl. This book was just not for me personally. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
samalexauthor's review
3.0
This wasn’t a bad story. The pacing was fine. The characters were somewhat developed. There was a lot of potential here. The writing itself was also good. But there were a few things about it that took me a bit out of the story.
Firstly I couldn’t really get into the two main characters. If it wasn’t for Natalie being generally awesome Derry and Cal weren’t interesting enough to keep me in the story. If they were the jocks they would be the equivalent of the dumb jock trope. They were the outcast but instead of being deep into things or even remotely smart, they are both failing out of school, they basically idiots. The questions they ask Natalie when they walk into her room, the way they interact with each other, almost everything about them made me think even if Natalie needed patsies for her plan towards immortality she could’ve done way better than them.
Natalie’s mom being a bible thumper instead of just an average mom was also a bit too obvious for me. A clueless oddly supportive mom would’ve been less cliché. Natalie her self was great though. She knew what she wanted, had good back story that was revealed as you got to know her and not in some awkward exposition. And her motives for seeking immortality were clearly defined. This was made the book a hard read. There is no real why for the other two. I mean we understand their family dynamics but there’s no why? There has to be some sort of why otherwise what did Natalie hold over them to convince them this was a good idea? They are basically idiots and what she asked them to do was freakn massive. Even for the most unintelligent person in the world, there are some lines they can’t be coerced into crossing without proper motivation.
Lastly, the ending just sorta happened, I mean it was okay but, I dunno. I was ready for something bigger but it took the non-supernatural route which was a big let down. The one person I disliked the most, Cal, got what he deserved. Natalie did also, but beyond that, I didn’t care enough about the characters beyond Natalie to enjoy it. After going through the motions of this book and getting involved in the two hours of my day it took to finish it, it was frustrating that I have no idea why the two leads would agree to this. Also, Cal punking out all the time increased his level of annoyance because there was no real payoff there either. He didn’t step up and walk away from it all because he couldn’t hack it. He continued with the plan and also continued to be useless.
And the actual ending, after a rather decent book even with all its faults, was just odd. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the weirdness of it. I can’t picture it actually happening that way.
I guess the real let down was with Derry. With his family situation he had so much to gain from this working out but unlike how I knew why Natalie wanted ultimate power his motives weren’t used to clearly define that was why he wanted it. And he had more than enough reasons with the mom and stepdad situation he was living in, plenty. But he sorta just follows along with the plan with the same kinda ‘okay’ nonchalance, non-commital attitude that Cal does.
Would I recommend this story? Yeah. It was an okay read. Fun even. It was sure and the ending, although short, did hold a fair bit of punch even if the second ending deflated that high, a lot. Unfortunately for me, I could only connect with one character and the moment a certain character was featured in the middle of the book I could see where this was going and kind of only read in hopes to prove myself wrong, sadly I wasn’t.
Firstly I couldn’t really get into the two main characters. If it wasn’t for Natalie being generally awesome Derry and Cal weren’t interesting enough to keep me in the story. If they were the jocks they would be the equivalent of the dumb jock trope. They were the outcast but instead of being deep into things or even remotely smart, they are both failing out of school, they basically idiots. The questions they ask Natalie when they walk into her room, the way they interact with each other, almost everything about them made me think even if Natalie needed patsies for her plan towards immortality she could’ve done way better than them.
Natalie’s mom being a bible thumper instead of just an average mom was also a bit too obvious for me. A clueless oddly supportive mom would’ve been less cliché. Natalie her self was great though. She knew what she wanted, had good back story that was revealed as you got to know her and not in some awkward exposition. And her motives for seeking immortality were clearly defined. This was made the book a hard read. There is no real why for the other two. I mean we understand their family dynamics but there’s no why? There has to be some sort of why otherwise what did Natalie hold over them to convince them this was a good idea? They are basically idiots and what she asked them to do was freakn massive. Even for the most unintelligent person in the world, there are some lines they can’t be coerced into crossing without proper motivation.
Lastly, the ending just sorta happened, I mean it was okay but, I dunno. I was ready for something bigger but it took the non-supernatural route which was a big let down. The one person I disliked the most, Cal, got what he deserved. Natalie did also, but beyond that, I didn’t care enough about the characters beyond Natalie to enjoy it. After going through the motions of this book and getting involved in the two hours of my day it took to finish it, it was frustrating that I have no idea why the two leads would agree to this. Also, Cal punking out all the time increased his level of annoyance because there was no real payoff there either. He didn’t step up and walk away from it all because he couldn’t hack it. He continued with the plan and also continued to be useless.
And the actual ending, after a rather decent book even with all its faults, was just odd. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the weirdness of it. I can’t picture it actually happening that way.
I guess the real let down was with Derry. With his family situation he had so much to gain from this working out but unlike how I knew why Natalie wanted ultimate power his motives weren’t used to clearly define that was why he wanted it. And he had more than enough reasons with the mom and stepdad situation he was living in, plenty. But he sorta just follows along with the plan with the same kinda ‘okay’ nonchalance, non-commital attitude that Cal does.
Would I recommend this story? Yeah. It was an okay read. Fun even. It was sure and the ending, although short, did hold a fair bit of punch even if the second ending deflated that high, a lot. Unfortunately for me, I could only connect with one character and the moment a certain character was featured in the middle of the book I could see where this was going and kind of only read in hopes to prove myself wrong, sadly I wasn’t.
saramackenzi's review
3.0
To start, the first thing the drew me to this book was the cover. It’s very intriguing and I think it fits with the book very well.
I thought the characters were really interesting and they all had very different stories yet were all outsiders. Derry and Cal are both metalheads but Derry has an abusive stepdad while Cal has (what seems like) a fine home life, he is dealing with self-esteem issues. Then comes Natalie, a new girl in school who is into Satanism, has a devoted religious mother, and a father who is paraplegic. They all had a lot going for them and I would have liked to have learned more about them. I think the main problem is that the book is a novella and you can only fit so much into a short book. There were also some parts that just didn’t make sense to me or that I was weirded out by but perhaps wouldn’t have had that issue if it was longer or if we had learned more about the characters.
Besides that, I really liked the concept of the book. I was really intrigued by the last section of the book, as that is where a majority of the action happened. I thought the way the author twisted the last two pages (I’m trying not to give any spoilers here) to make the situation seem lighter-hearted when it wasn't was a unique take. I kind of wish I would’ve been able to see what the character said in the end but I thought it was done well.
Overall I think the book was fine and I think a fan of darker books would enjoy this quick read. Personally, I like learning about characters and there just wasn’t enough detail about them for my personal taste. However, I think the author did a good job and I especially liked that he made the ring leader a female. So, didn’t love it but I didn’t hate it. A solid 3 from me.
This book was sent to me via BookSirens for free in exchange for an honest review
I thought the characters were really interesting and they all had very different stories yet were all outsiders. Derry and Cal are both metalheads but Derry has an abusive stepdad while Cal has (what seems like) a fine home life, he is dealing with self-esteem issues. Then comes Natalie, a new girl in school who is into Satanism, has a devoted religious mother, and a father who is paraplegic. They all had a lot going for them and I would have liked to have learned more about them. I think the main problem is that the book is a novella and you can only fit so much into a short book. There were also some parts that just didn’t make sense to me or that I was weirded out by but perhaps wouldn’t have had that issue if it was longer or if we had learned more about the characters.
Besides that, I really liked the concept of the book. I was really intrigued by the last section of the book, as that is where a majority of the action happened. I thought the way the author twisted the last two pages (I’m trying not to give any spoilers here) to make the situation seem lighter-hearted when it wasn't was a unique take. I kind of wish I would’ve been able to see what the character said in the end but I thought it was done well.
Overall I think the book was fine and I think a fan of darker books would enjoy this quick read. Personally, I like learning about characters and there just wasn’t enough detail about them for my personal taste. However, I think the author did a good job and I especially liked that he made the ring leader a female. So, didn’t love it but I didn’t hate it. A solid 3 from me.
This book was sent to me via BookSirens for free in exchange for an honest review
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