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A review by jessaca_with_an_a
The Demon in the Mirror by Jessaca Willis
5.0
Happy birthday to me!
I originally decided to publish this one on my birthday just to give myself a treat, but the more time that passes, the more fitting I realize that is.
The Demon in the Mirrror follows a teenage demon student named Eureka—Euri for short—as she starts her demon schooling after the death of her twin sister. Shortly after her arrival though, students start dying all around campus, murdered.
I am no demon, I don’t have a twin that died, and—to my knowledge—I have not been surrounded by the murders of my peers, so you might be wondering: how was this a fitting birthday present?
During an interview, I was asked where the character Euri came from, and if I could relate to her in any way. My first thought was “no, not really,” but the longer I thought about her, the more I started to relate—and I’m sure many people can. Euri deals with grief, isolation, and uncertainty, experiences that many of us have as teenagers. And, what’s worse, she has to figure out how to navigate through it all while trying to figure out how to be a demon—okay, less relatable.
This story meant more and more to me the further I wrote, and I sincerely hope that readers can find a piece of themselves in this one too.
I originally decided to publish this one on my birthday just to give myself a treat, but the more time that passes, the more fitting I realize that is.
The Demon in the Mirrror follows a teenage demon student named Eureka—Euri for short—as she starts her demon schooling after the death of her twin sister. Shortly after her arrival though, students start dying all around campus, murdered.
I am no demon, I don’t have a twin that died, and—to my knowledge—I have not been surrounded by the murders of my peers, so you might be wondering: how was this a fitting birthday present?
During an interview, I was asked where the character Euri came from, and if I could relate to her in any way. My first thought was “no, not really,” but the longer I thought about her, the more I started to relate—and I’m sure many people can. Euri deals with grief, isolation, and uncertainty, experiences that many of us have as teenagers. And, what’s worse, she has to figure out how to navigate through it all while trying to figure out how to be a demon—okay, less relatable.
This story meant more and more to me the further I wrote, and I sincerely hope that readers can find a piece of themselves in this one too.