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How To Lose a Demon in 10 Days
Got Demon?
Grace does. She’s got more demon than she can saddle. In fact, she’s got a sinfully sexy Crown Prince of Hell named Caspian. She’s also got ten days to get rid of him or Bad Things shall ensue. See, her Russian mobster ex-boyfriend didn’t take kindly to her smutty Mephistophelean contract. It’s not that she’s conspiring with fiends; that was his idea. It’s that she’s conspiring against him with outrageous devilry that runs the gamut from embarrassing to a dead hooker turned dominatrix demon gunning for his soul.
One should never trust demons, let alone shag them. They don’t have hearts. Yet Grace is buying hers some slightly tarnished armor and hoping that once he’s been shoveled into it, kicking and screaming, he’ll find it’s just his size. This damsel in distress needs a dark knight for a Happily Ever After.
Grace does. She’s got more demon than she can saddle. In fact, she’s got a sinfully sexy Crown Prince of Hell named Caspian. She’s also got ten days to get rid of him or Bad Things shall ensue. See, her Russian mobster ex-boyfriend didn’t take kindly to her smutty Mephistophelean contract. It’s not that she’s conspiring with fiends; that was his idea. It’s that she’s conspiring against him with outrageous devilry that runs the gamut from embarrassing to a dead hooker turned dominatrix demon gunning for his soul.
One should never trust demons, let alone shag them. They don’t have hearts. Yet Grace is buying hers some slightly tarnished armor and hoping that once he’s been shoveled into it, kicking and screaming, he’ll find it’s just his size. This damsel in distress needs a dark knight for a Happily Ever After.
289 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 28, 2012
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Saranna DeWylde
87 books705 followersSaranna De Wylde has always been fascinated by things better left in the dark. She wrote her first story after watching The Exorcist at a slumber party. Since then, she’s published horror, romance and narrative nonfiction. Like all writers, Saranna has held a variety of jobs, from operations supervisor for an airline, to an assistant for a call girl, to a corrections officer. But like Hemingway said, “Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure, only death can stop it.” So she traded in her cuffs for a full-time keyboard. She loves to hear from her readers.
Saranna writes nonfiction under the name Sara Lunsford. Her memoir about her time as a corrections officer called Sweet Hell on Fire releases Nov 1 from Sourcebooks.
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March 15, 2018
This was one funny book! I'm def adding the rest of the series!
April 22, 2014
I don't consider myself a very picky reader and am pretty easily satisfied with books, I don't like to leave bad reviews, therefore rarely do because it tends to take a lot for me to all out despise a book. But once in a while a book comes along that is just hair-ripping-out, full-on-migraine-inducing (yes, nausea and everything), what-in-all-creation-was-I-thinking, wish-I-could-unread bad. This is unfortunately one of those books for me. I was expecting something light, humorous, and romantic - I didn't get it.
How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days will forever be known as the book that taught me why people DNF books. I so badly wanted to not finish this but sheer stubbornness prevailed (though never again - my head is still aching, and I can't believe I got through it. Next time I know to better than to finish because despite what I hope, some books are set right from the beginning and simply do not get better.) It is probably the most awful book I've had the pain of getting through in a while - certainly the worst in the past few years. I'm not even entirely sure where to start.
Given any book - I am prepared to forgive a few things. Flat two-dimensional characters with no growth, the necessity to suspend disbelief, a lack of fully detailed world building, a lack of extensive details period, magical elements with no detail (provided they have some explanation), bad guys that are simply bad guys, plot twists that make absolutely no sense, in fact a whole lot of things that make no sense, a declaration of 'love' that suddenly hits the heroine, even a deus ex machina on occasion. Okay a few of these I could've (probably) handled but this book had ALL of these things. If you have no desire to read my rant (some swearing involved) and some spoilers feel free to skip ahead (I will attempt to mark as many spoilers as I can).
The World
I feel like we were just dropped into the middle of a world with no explanations or world building, I don't even know where or when this was set. There are hardly any general details much less details about what's going on and why. There's magic, but nothing's explained. There are oddities but nothings explained. There are things suddenly appearing and/or changing but nothing's explained. My biggest fucking problem is that NOTHING IS EXPLAINED . And it's so frustrating. And the things that are explained don't always make sense.
Let me give you a few examples:
Characters
…I don't think there was a cast of characters I've disliked more in a while. It would be easier to list the characters I liked. Hades (the Devil). Ethelred (the Demon). Jill (the dead-brought-back-to-life-turned-into-demon-hooker). I think that about covers it, well Petru (bad-guy's henchmen) & even Caspian (the-'hero') wasn't so bad… The thing is all these characters with the exception of Caspian were side characters. The reason I liked them? They were the only characters that had and made any sense, and even that was questionable at times with some of them.
The bad guys were just bad guys. There was no real explanation to the two big baddies, just the whole I-want-power schtick. They both apparently had fucked up lives that made them that way - not that we get any detail. No redeeming qualities in either of them and I guess it was supposed to make the heroine look good - it didn't work.
As for the characters I disliked the most - that goes to Grace (the 'heroine') and Seraphim (the 'grandma'). These witches were two peas in a pod (this is not a good thing). Seriously stupid and plain tiring they had equally disagreeable personalities and were just plain unlikable. Grace I would've forgiven if she had shown some degree of growth. But she just remains the same absurdly incompetent tstl heroine in a world full of tstl 'heroines'. Not only does she refuse to see the truth even when it's laid out in front of her throughout most of the book (which I could've forgiven if not for everything else) - the choices she makes, and things she does are just stupid.
Not even halfway through the book - Grace decides it's a good idea to go and visit the bad guy despite everything that's happened and been revealed to her. Upon not finding him, she waits and gets drunk . Seriously?! You're going to go meet with the evil villain whose done you so much wrong (by yourself) and think it's a good idea to do so while drunk?! This is just one thing in a whole host of idiotic moments brought to you by Grace.
What else bothered me about Grace - her inability to see the truth - couldn't she tell the "memories" weren't real? I mean they were all different, inconsistent - some showing Michael took Nikoli away right when he was born, others showing her and Nikoli bonding, etc. Not to mention the fact that there were people that outright told her the truth. She is hot and cold, her decision making is baffling, she's contradictory (bad/good, confident/shy, I'm-going-to-kill-you-Michael/okay-you-can-kill-me-Michael), she doesn't show any growth and she is like a caricature from a comic strip gone horribly wrong.
Seraphim, like Grace really doesn't live up to her name. She is a hypocritical, judgmental, my-way-or-the-highway witch turned that is just as stupid (if not more) than her granddaughter - Grace! And for crying out loud I do not need or want the picture of "Grams" and the devil having sex in my brain, especially when they keep saying she's an "old crone" and then a "young maiden". Because I just see "old crone". And no, No, NO!
Hades was my favorite - because he was the smartest, most sensible, straight-forward character in the book that didn't make absurd choices! The only thing was I don't get the attraction to Seraphim (or Caspian's attraction to Grace for that matter). I have to stop before I really get going.
Point is…
…I didn't like it. I didn't just not like it there were times I actively hated it. I try not to give too many spoilers but it's hard. Let's just say there are a lot of things that are contradictory or simply make no sense or have no explanation for why/how they occurred. Expect to spend either a lot of time suspending disbelief or sitting there in abject disbelief (like me). Maybe you'll enjoy it if you can just ignore the inconsistencies, and don't mind lack of details and explanations for what the heck just happened.
There was just too much wrong with this book for me to have any enjoyment of it. It may have gotten a laugh or two out of me (with what Caspian did to Michael) but it wasn't worth the pain of reading it. What really made me steam was that on top of everything else - the ending was just OMG, WTF?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! It isn't bad enough I had to sit through hours of this book but you're going to give the book the worst ending ever?!
All I have left to say is I am so thankful it's over and that I borrowed this from the library instead of buying it. Never, ever again. You could not pay me to read this book again. In fact I may pay you to take it far far away from me (so long as you accept payment in the form of my eternal gratitude or peanut butter cups). I need to go hug my dogs, eat some ice cream, take a couple of aspirin and restore order in my world - I think I'll watch a movie or read a cute animal book.
If it was possible I'd give this book negative stars, simply because 12 hours later my head still hurts thinking about it. There are books that make you cry in a good way with emotions, like joy because you loved it and didn't want it to end and then there are other books that when you finish you cry with joy because it's over and you're relieved. I'm sure you can tell which it was for me with this book.
How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days will forever be known as the book that taught me why people DNF books. I so badly wanted to not finish this but sheer stubbornness prevailed (though never again - my head is still aching, and I can't believe I got through it. Next time I know to better than to finish because despite what I hope, some books are set right from the beginning and simply do not get better.) It is probably the most awful book I've had the pain of getting through in a while - certainly the worst in the past few years. I'm not even entirely sure where to start.
Given any book - I am prepared to forgive a few things. Flat two-dimensional characters with no growth, the necessity to suspend disbelief, a lack of fully detailed world building, a lack of extensive details period, magical elements with no detail (provided they have some explanation), bad guys that are simply bad guys, plot twists that make absolutely no sense, in fact a whole lot of things that make no sense, a declaration of 'love' that suddenly hits the heroine, even a deus ex machina on occasion. Okay a few of these I could've (probably) handled but this book had ALL of these things. If you have no desire to read my rant (some swearing involved) and some spoilers feel free to skip ahead (I will attempt to mark as many spoilers as I can).
The World
I feel like we were just dropped into the middle of a world with no explanations or world building, I don't even know where or when this was set. There are hardly any general details much less details about what's going on and why. There's magic, but nothing's explained. There are oddities but nothings explained. There are things suddenly appearing and/or changing but nothing's explained. My biggest fucking problem is that NOTHING IS EXPLAINED . And it's so frustrating. And the things that are explained don't always make sense.
Let me give you a few examples:
Characters
…I don't think there was a cast of characters I've disliked more in a while. It would be easier to list the characters I liked. Hades (the Devil). Ethelred (the Demon). Jill (the dead-brought-back-to-life-turned-into-demon-hooker). I think that about covers it, well Petru (bad-guy's henchmen) & even Caspian (the-'hero') wasn't so bad… The thing is all these characters with the exception of Caspian were side characters. The reason I liked them? They were the only characters that had and made any sense, and even that was questionable at times with some of them.
The bad guys were just bad guys. There was no real explanation to the two big baddies, just the whole I-want-power schtick. They both apparently had fucked up lives that made them that way - not that we get any detail. No redeeming qualities in either of them and I guess it was supposed to make the heroine look good - it didn't work.
As for the characters I disliked the most - that goes to Grace (the 'heroine') and Seraphim (the 'grandma'). These witches were two peas in a pod (this is not a good thing). Seriously stupid and plain tiring they had equally disagreeable personalities and were just plain unlikable. Grace I would've forgiven if she had shown some degree of growth. But she just remains the same absurdly incompetent tstl heroine in a world full of tstl 'heroines'. Not only does she refuse to see the truth even when it's laid out in front of her throughout most of the book (which I could've forgiven if not for everything else) - the choices she makes, and things she does are just stupid.
Not even halfway through the book - Grace decides it's a good idea to go and visit the bad guy despite everything that's happened and been revealed to her. Upon not finding him, she waits and gets drunk . Seriously?! You're going to go meet with the evil villain whose done you so much wrong (by yourself) and think it's a good idea to do so while drunk?! This is just one thing in a whole host of idiotic moments brought to you by Grace.
What else bothered me about Grace - her inability to see the truth - couldn't she tell the "memories" weren't real? I mean they were all different, inconsistent - some showing Michael took Nikoli away right when he was born, others showing her and Nikoli bonding, etc. Not to mention the fact that there were people that outright told her the truth. She is hot and cold, her decision making is baffling, she's contradictory (bad/good, confident/shy, I'm-going-to-kill-you-Michael/okay-you-can-kill-me-Michael), she doesn't show any growth and she is like a caricature from a comic strip gone horribly wrong.
Seraphim, like Grace really doesn't live up to her name. She is a hypocritical, judgmental, my-way-or-the-highway witch turned that is just as stupid (if not more) than her granddaughter - Grace! And for crying out loud I do not need or want the picture of "Grams" and the devil having sex in my brain, especially when they keep saying she's an "old crone" and then a "young maiden". Because I just see "old crone". And no, No, NO!
Hades was my favorite - because he was the smartest, most sensible, straight-forward character in the book that didn't make absurd choices! The only thing was I don't get the attraction to Seraphim (or Caspian's attraction to Grace for that matter). I have to stop before I really get going.
Point is…
…I didn't like it. I didn't just not like it there were times I actively hated it. I try not to give too many spoilers but it's hard. Let's just say there are a lot of things that are contradictory or simply make no sense or have no explanation for why/how they occurred. Expect to spend either a lot of time suspending disbelief or sitting there in abject disbelief (like me). Maybe you'll enjoy it if you can just ignore the inconsistencies, and don't mind lack of details and explanations for what the heck just happened.
There was just too much wrong with this book for me to have any enjoyment of it. It may have gotten a laugh or two out of me (with what Caspian did to Michael) but it wasn't worth the pain of reading it. What really made me steam was that on top of everything else - the ending was just OMG, WTF?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! It isn't bad enough I had to sit through hours of this book but you're going to give the book the worst ending ever?!
All I have left to say is I am so thankful it's over and that I borrowed this from the library instead of buying it. Never, ever again. You could not pay me to read this book again. In fact I may pay you to take it far far away from me (so long as you accept payment in the form of my eternal gratitude or peanut butter cups). I need to go hug my dogs, eat some ice cream, take a couple of aspirin and restore order in my world - I think I'll watch a movie or read a cute animal book.
If it was possible I'd give this book negative stars, simply because 12 hours later my head still hurts thinking about it. There are books that make you cry in a good way with emotions, like joy because you loved it and didn't want it to end and then there are other books that when you finish you cry with joy because it's over and you're relieved. I'm sure you can tell which it was for me with this book.
September 15, 2012
Grace is sick of her creepy ex threatening to take away her son. He’s already stolen the first two years and she is unwilling to let him steal any more. She’s tried the courts, but she’s ready to get down and dirty to give him what he deserves. It’s time to call the Crown Prince of Hell, Caspian. When she summons him, he is so taken with her that he agrees to make her mobster of a boyfriend miserable if she’ll agree to be his – whenever, however, and for as long as it takes to wear the guy down. Of course, with Caspian being the sexiest demon she’s ever met, the deal isn’t too hard to make – sealed with an orgasm, of course! Thus begins the torrid affair between Grace, the human and Caspian, the Prince of Hell.
I think the author was going for a Darynda Jones paranormal comedy feel, but unfortunately it fell pretty flat for me. The humor was trying too hard (it read like a paranormal Three Stooges), the romance wasn’t all that convincing, & it was downright graphic in the creepy ex-boyfriend parts. (He was so evil, his goal was to become a demon).
There was a mystery with a twist thrown in that I didn’t see coming that made me hate her ex that much more (yes, it’s possible!) and I did like the characters themselves…I just feel that they alone couldn’t carry the story. I’m glad they got their Happy Ever After, but I can’t say I’d read another by this author.
Grade: D-
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I think the author was going for a Darynda Jones paranormal comedy feel, but unfortunately it fell pretty flat for me. The humor was trying too hard (it read like a paranormal Three Stooges), the romance wasn’t all that convincing, & it was downright graphic in the creepy ex-boyfriend parts. (He was so evil, his goal was to become a demon).
There was a mystery with a twist thrown in that I didn’t see coming that made me hate her ex that much more (yes, it’s possible!) and I did like the characters themselves…I just feel that they alone couldn’t carry the story. I’m glad they got their Happy Ever After, but I can’t say I’d read another by this author.
Grade: D-
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August 28, 2012
How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days is one of the funniest books I've read in a very long time. Grace has ten days to shake her Russian mobster ex and save her son.So what does Grace do? She summons a demon to do her bidding, and what she gets is not just any demon but Caspian who is not just any old demon but the Prince of Hell. Add in an entire cast that runs the gamut from a dead hooker turned dominatrix demon gunning for his soul to the devil himself and you have a laugh a minute ride. Typically a book this funny loses the romance side of itself, but that is not the case in How to Lose a Demon, the romance builds at a fun and sexy pace, making it an absolute delight to read. I have read many comical romance authors but never one that had me laughing from the first page to the last. The pure insanity of this book has me anxious to come back for the rest of the books in this series. If you're one that likes your light paranormal, heavy on the steam, and insane on the laughs then I highly recommend this book.
dnf
October 3, 2013Picked this one up for free during a promotion. Thank god, because if I'd spent money on it, I'd be genuinely grumpy. As it stands, I'm merely bemused.
I managed to make it a page or two into chapter 8. A common thought I had while reading was along the lines of how HARD the author was trying. Total exercise in how the effort to impress the reader with wittiness overrides the story itself. I didn't find it clever, I found it grating in the extreme.
The possibility this was destined for DNF-land hit me pretty early on. Its arrival there was assured by a bizarre, nonsensical simile about staring and dung beetles. THEN the heroine gets plastered while confronting her evil ex. Because that's just the thing to do. I seriously can't even.
I managed to make it a page or two into chapter 8. A common thought I had while reading was along the lines of how HARD the author was trying. Total exercise in how the effort to impress the reader with wittiness overrides the story itself. I didn't find it clever, I found it grating in the extreme.
The possibility this was destined for DNF-land hit me pretty early on. Its arrival there was assured by a bizarre, nonsensical simile about staring and dung beetles. THEN the heroine gets plastered while confronting her evil ex. Because that's just the thing to do. I seriously can't even.
March 23, 2025
Chose to pick this one up because the library description included the phrase “a humorous tale of magical mischief” plus romance (I’m just a girl) which has been the vibes of late. Unfortunately, while it does have its funny moments, the incoherent babble of a million and one ideas with approximately three fleshed out only partly really dragged this book down. I think the idea was there, but the execution fell tremendously flat. Read more like a conglomeration of a whole series of bullet points than a full narrative. Convinced the writer couldn’t quite decide between two stories, so she mixed them together. I kept expecting it to slowly meld the further I read, but it simply didn’t. Oh, well. It WAS humorous for the most part despite some the characters described as awful people. There just wasn’t enough, well, anything to make me really care about any of them (even if I love seeing awful men get their ass handed to them as much as the next girl.) Simply meh, and that is okay! I think the library description is quite accurate; the execution just wasn’t for me.
February 13, 2018
Enjoyable sexy paranormal read. I liked some of the twists. Four glittery stars.
April 21, 2015
I loved this book. I don't remember the last time I had so much fun while reading. The peanut allergy scene...Priceless!! Hahahaha!!! That alone deserves 5 stars :)
April 23, 2020
Grace, the witch, summons Caspian, Crown Prince of Hell, in order to have him destroy her ex-lover and get her son back. In a last ditch effort to give her ex-boyfriend, the Russian Mobster the comeuppance he deserves, Grace summons a demon to do her will. Of course she gets much more than she bargains for when Caspian, the Crown Prince of Hell shows up. In their bargaining, Grace had been expecting a price, but she never could have imagined Caspian's demands to be so carnal. But if sleeping with a denizen of hell is bad, falling for one is even worse, and she has only 10 days to get rid of him before it is too late. She refuses to take his word, forces him to sign the contract in blood, and even keeps from slapping the smug off his face when he names his price for helping her: in order to exact vengeance, Grace must sleep with Caspian. Problem is, Grace’s ex threatens to kill their son if she doesn’t get rid of her demonic lover in ten days. What’s a girl to do when she’s stuck between a rock and a hard demon?
This book is funny from page one. This keeps you entertained as you laugh at the antics.
This book is funny from page one. This keeps you entertained as you laugh at the antics.
September 5, 2019
Book source ~ ARC. My review is voluntary and honest.
Grace, the witch, summons Caspian, Crown Prince of Hell, in order to have him destroy her ex-lover and get her son back.
There’s a lot to love about this witch-summons-demon story, but then there’s a lot that’s just meh. The steamy hotness between Grace and Caspian is fan-at-high-speed worthy. There’s humor, interesting characters, decent writing, and an intriguing sub-plot involving Grace’s grandma. However, the villains are on the ridiculous side, Grace can be stupid at times, and the magic is a bit farfetched, as far as magic goes. While slightly entertaining, it’s not the best steamy paranormal rom-com I’ve ever read.
Grace, the witch, summons Caspian, Crown Prince of Hell, in order to have him destroy her ex-lover and get her son back.
There’s a lot to love about this witch-summons-demon story, but then there’s a lot that’s just meh. The steamy hotness between Grace and Caspian is fan-at-high-speed worthy. There’s humor, interesting characters, decent writing, and an intriguing sub-plot involving Grace’s grandma. However, the villains are on the ridiculous side, Grace can be stupid at times, and the magic is a bit farfetched, as far as magic goes. While slightly entertaining, it’s not the best steamy paranormal rom-com I’ve ever read.
September 4, 2015
Kind of disappointed in this one. Too much happening at the same time and yet not enough. How this managed to be confusing and slightly boring too is beyond me. There's a lot of sex. Like, even more than usual and normally I wouldn't even care because I thought there was no such thing as too much sex. This book proved me wrong. Everyone seems to have sex in this story. All the time. And that, while not necessarily unpleasant, certainly complicated the plot and its evolution. I'm okay with complicated plots. I even like them from time to time. What I don't like is trying to understand said complicated plot with only a couple pages. And that's what ended up happening because most of the 300 pages in this novel are sex scenes. One after the other. Nonstop. How the main couple even managed to fall in love is, again, beyond me. They barely talked. And because they never talked and were always busy having sex, they never came up with a plan for the bad guys. All that concentrated power and completely useless. Her father had to come save her for Christ's sake. And the angel Raphael being her father? Totally out of the blue and, honestly, someone that didn't even needed to be there. Her Grandma is Baba Yaga. Her grandpa is Hades. She's a hald-demon/half-angel witch. Her boyfriend is a Crown Prince of Hell. I'm name dropping, I know. But you get my point. And the bad guys weren't even that clever or powerful. They simply made a plan and executed it. Not that hard, really. So why couldn't our good guys do the same?? Nope...Much more fun to wait for our doom, have sex while waiting and expect a miracle when the time of reckoning comes. Much better.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 27, 2013
3 star = pretty good. I finished up the cheapie (2.99 on kindle) How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days,it was not too romancey even though it started with lots of smexy stuff. There is also a whole lotta crass and sass from the leading lady (not quite up to laurenston or lexi george but kind of that idea) and from other reviews I saw either you thought it was funny or trying too hard to be funny. I think I actually felt both ways as certain points in the story.
The first part of the book was more on the ok side for me - mostly because it was just major smexy times - but I liked the last half... Except for the epilog which was the author just ticking off a list of what happened to everyone she'd left hanging. And so the epilog irked me a bit. I'd have rather had the epilog been a glimpse at the HEA for the the leading pair, with just a few of tje 'whoever elses' worked in with a little more finesse.
The first part of the book was more on the ok side for me - mostly because it was just major smexy times - but I liked the last half... Except for the epilog which was the author just ticking off a list of what happened to everyone she'd left hanging. And so the epilog irked me a bit. I'd have rather had the epilog been a glimpse at the HEA for the the leading pair, with just a few of tje 'whoever elses' worked in with a little more finesse.
November 25, 2025
Such a fun start, and so much promise. Downgrades to tedious early on. The setups are fine, the implementation fails.
Perhaps the biggest disappointment is a title that promises the wit and humor of a great movie, and just ignores the conceit, the setup, the plot, the rhythm. And again, the Demon in question has stated all the FMC has to do is ask him to leave and he will. So there's no reason to 'lose' him.
Truly, the setup and situations are smart, and this should be a better book.
And yay, Jill enters the picture (no spoiler help here :) ) and things get crazy fun. Finally, around Ch 19-20, the story rises to the promise of the title.
That only lasts for a bit - it then drags along again. Simply, every character is not equally interesting, and most are presented as thin character sketches, then discarded.
The most disappointing tropes are used to finish the tale, in a roller coaster of random 'bits'.
Perhaps the biggest disappointment is a title that promises the wit and humor of a great movie, and just ignores the conceit, the setup, the plot, the rhythm. And again, the Demon in question has stated all the FMC has to do is ask him to leave and he will. So there's no reason to 'lose' him.
Truly, the setup and situations are smart, and this should be a better book.
And yay, Jill enters the picture (no spoiler help here :) ) and things get crazy fun. Finally, around Ch 19-20, the story rises to the promise of the title.
That only lasts for a bit - it then drags along again. Simply, every character is not equally interesting, and most are presented as thin character sketches, then discarded.
The most disappointing tropes are used to finish the tale, in a roller coaster of random 'bits'.
May 25, 2020
Grace's Russian mob boss ex takes her son from her, when all of the legal avenues are exhausted she summons a demon. It's not that weird since her ex also has his own demon that he summoned. Grace summoned a prince of hell and for payment he demands sex with her. Ok so far this is fine...then it just drops off irreparably. There might be some spoilers but considering I didn't finish it they probably won't be so bad...
It all starts when her ex's goons show up because they inexplicably know that she summoned a demon. They tell her that her son was never real and it was a big trick to get her to sacrifice herself so her ex could become a demon...which is apparently true. So her next move is not to have her new demon weapon find out the validity of this story, no. She decides to get to her ex and ask him...because apparently he's trustworthy? While at the bar she decides to get drunk for some reason and sees a child that might be her child reaching out to her...even though they never really met and he would have no actual attachment to her. Her ex then tells her to get rid of the demon in 10 days or something bad will happen. Explain to me why she summoned a super powerful demon if she wasn't going to use his powers. WHAT WAS THE FREAKING POINT?! So we would have a story of her trying to get rid of him in 10 days? Yeah, no thank you.
It all starts when her ex's goons show up because they inexplicably know that she summoned a demon. They tell her that her son was never real and it was a big trick to get her to sacrifice herself so her ex could become a demon...which is apparently true. So her next move is not to have her new demon weapon find out the validity of this story, no. She decides to get to her ex and ask him...because apparently he's trustworthy? While at the bar she decides to get drunk for some reason and sees a child that might be her child reaching out to her...even though they never really met and he would have no actual attachment to her. Her ex then tells her to get rid of the demon in 10 days or something bad will happen. Explain to me why she summoned a super powerful demon if she wasn't going to use his powers. WHAT WAS THE FREAKING POINT?! So we would have a story of her trying to get rid of him in 10 days? Yeah, no thank you.
May 29, 2021
what :D
the sex was written well?? and the dynamic between the love interests was entertaining. caspian was fine!! when he wasn’t being weirdly horny. micheal sucked so seeing him suffer was fun!!! and grace was wonderful one second and horrifically annoying and dumb in the next which was very frustrating. the “baba yaga” and “granddaughter of hades” subplot was so unnecessary. the plot was just. hm. not great. but i cant judge it too much since this book was just written for the smut (obviously — since they immediately fucked after meeting AND every time they described each other they talked about how hot and sexy their partner is and how horny they are bc of it)
the concept was much more entertaining than the execution. the beginning of the book when we were introduced to the mess that was this world and characters was fun but everything else was just uninteresting so i stopped caring about it around 50% in :/
good book? no. but it’s entertaining enough ig
the sex was written well?? and the dynamic between the love interests was entertaining. caspian was fine!! when he wasn’t being weirdly horny. micheal sucked so seeing him suffer was fun!!! and grace was wonderful one second and horrifically annoying and dumb in the next which was very frustrating. the “baba yaga” and “granddaughter of hades” subplot was so unnecessary. the plot was just. hm. not great. but i cant judge it too much since this book was just written for the smut (obviously — since they immediately fucked after meeting AND every time they described each other they talked about how hot and sexy their partner is and how horny they are bc of it)
the concept was much more entertaining than the execution. the beginning of the book when we were introduced to the mess that was this world and characters was fun but everything else was just uninteresting so i stopped caring about it around 50% in :/
good book? no. but it’s entertaining enough ig
October 14, 2021
Mostly this was smutty version of three stooges. There was a lot of physical humor in the midst of a lot of physical intimacy. It wasn't funny, it wasn't sexy, but instead just weird. I think it had potential but the characters were really flat. The bad guys were really bad, the good guys were really good There was no clear explanation as to what happened in certain situations. So much so that the author had to add a chapter at the end called; so what happened. Really? The only reason it earned more than 1 star was because there was a decent amount of lore and I liked some magic scenes.
December 12, 2021
If you are looking for a book with lots of sex scenes, congratulations, you found a good one. If you are also looking for character development, this isn't the book that will satisfy your needs. After reading the whole book (sex scenes hot, I give it that), I think the problem is too many characters with not enough plot to support them. The novel needs more character development for about half of them, and the rest (and their tiny plot stubs) ruthlessly cut. The "bad guys" are cartoonish, and Katrina's plot appears out of nowhere in the middle of the book. I think the author has a lot of promise, but still needs a good editor.
December 6, 2025
Had hoped for a cute romantasy like her Fairy Godmothers, Inc series. The spice was not to my liking and lost interest in the okay plot when the author used the R word ("You're completely retarded for that guy. It's kind of cute, actually"). The fact that it was uttered by a demon, does not make it less offensive, especially as another demon later explains that demonhood is no cause for rudeness or lack of manners.
December 16, 2022
The writing was all over the place. I felt like the perspective from the other characters weren’t necessary, and if the two main characters were fleshed out more it wouldn’t have felt like this was written by 3 authors.
Giving it two stars might be generous.
Giving it two stars might be generous.
July 27, 2023
I read up till page 77. The book would be great if there was more flow and linearity to it. I feel like the book was very disorganized from what I’ve read. The concept and the plot is good but the execution isn’t.
December 18, 2017
Not quite my kind of romance.
May 30, 2018
Interesting and in part fascinating story but sometimes quite long-winded and the end felt rush and not at all believable.
October 6, 2018
Oh GAWD this was bad......Two Words....Peanut Butter
October 20, 2018
OK as a halloween read. It jumped around a lot, didn't have good flow, and had many plot holes. I finished it without trouble but did not feel any interest in reading more in the series.
January 17, 2021
Hot hot hot!
Loved this romp with hot demons! Well written with an HOA, what more can you ask for? I need to read more Saranna DeWylde!
Loved this romp with hot demons! Well written with an HOA, what more can you ask for? I need to read more Saranna DeWylde!
July 17, 2023
(Read proof version) Still needed some work at the point of the proof but the story and characters are a hoot!
August 6, 2024
I couldn't finish it. The world building is bad. The writing is not good. I thought about being stubborn and finishing it but it's just not good.
December 10, 2024
DNF’d at chapter 5. Didn’t like the writing style and didn’t feel an interest to keep reading about the witch and demon more
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