The Devil's Jukebox

by Marcel Feldmar

A burned out immortal joins forces with a reluctant ghost hunter in order to save the Muses from the machinations of a seductive villainess.

295 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2014

About the author

Marcel Feldmar was born in Vancouver, spent some time in Denver and Seattle, and ended up in Los Angeles with his wife and three dogs.
He has been a regular contributor to The Big Takeover Magazine since the mid 90’s, the author of the YA supernatural mystery Keys To The Sun, and a contributor to the cold horror anthology Absolute Zero. His enjoyment of great coffee and well-made cocktails helped lead the way to the urban fantasy noir novel, Awkward on the Rocks.
Marcel is also co-writing a comic book series and several short stories with musician Kirk Hammett.

Reviews

[Beth Shultz · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the great things about goodreads is you get the chance to read new authors. This book is an example. A really good read with a storyline that kept me interested. I won this book from goodreads.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed it!!

[Monstergal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed The Devil's Jukebox - it was like taking a trip down a supernatural memory lane while listening to my favorite cassette mix tape! The storyline and characters held my interest and I wanted to find out what the hell happened to Martin Church ( loved the nod to Rudimentary Peni! )

Fans of Grimm, X-Files, Buffy, Angel, 3am road trips, Alien Sex Fiend, New Orleans, the crossroads, voodoo, sex, drugs, rock n roll and those friendships you forged in high school that you've never quite forgotten... this book is for you! A nice dose of paranormal pop-fiction is a fitting description indeed haha!

[Adam]

Full disclosure: the author and I have run in the same music-crit circles in the past. What I liked about his writing then was what I liked most about his writing here: a feel-it-in-your-bones passion for music, a shape-shifting relationship that sometimes takes the form of vinyl junkie music-math (x-band + y-band = z-band) but more often rhapsodizes in images and abstractions and memories. Little surprise that his characters are so frequently "hit" by songs.

In this high-stakes tale of muses and immortals and indie rock, music is elevated to sacred act and artifact. Who needs a boring old cup when a glorious old jukebox can be your holy grail? This is a paranormal paean to the power of song.

[Linda Klages · Rating 1 out of 5]

Short chapters that were easy to read, however book was not easy to get into. I almost stopped several times. It was hard to understand and even when I finished the book, the concept was clear as mud.