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seeingnight's review
5.0
GENRE: Paranormal Romance
THEME: Angels/Demons
RECEIVED: Review Request by Entangled Publishing
BLOG: http://seeingnight.blogspot.com/
REVIEW:
Luck of the Devil was definitely once of those books that makes a topic such as heaven and hell into something with spunk, humor, family drama and just a fantastically entertaining read. Patricia Elmer is an author who knows how to write a story that will keep a smile on your face from beginning to end.
Luck of the Devil follows the youngest daughter of the Devil himself, Faith Bettincourt. She’s what everyone calls the nice daughter, working as a pediatric nurse and likes to live a calmer less family dramatic life on earth. But when her family comes to visit, not only do they bring drama, a stalker shows up, her dream guy next door comes to her rescue, and her roommate has been turn into a succubus. It’s not easy being a demon, the daughter of Satan, having two demon siblings and a mother who drives her nuts.
I found this novel to be such a refreshing story, there wasn’t a bit of dark creepy vibe to the story. It’s more about how very dysfunctional family of demons learn how to understand, live, and handle crazy situations together. Faith is a great lead to follow, she is the “normal” one of the family and has a sister who I felt was annoying at first but she grew on me and a bother who is a pain but he as well grew up a little. Her parents were a hilarious pair to watch together and they have tiffs here and there that just cracked me up.
I really enjoyed the addition of characters from heaven and how they fit into the family and gave more funny moments to the story. Just imagine the Devil and God playing Mario Cart together and you’ll understand what I mean. I also loved the relationship between Faith and her neighbor Matt, he’s a bit of a mystery and someone who I felt fit her personality perfectly.
Overall I felt the first couple of pages were a bit slow, but once everyone was fully introduced and I was able to get the craziness of the family I couldn’t get enough and I really hope there is more to come of Faith and her family.
RECOMMENDATION:
This is an adult book with minor adult situations and a humor side of good and evil. Fans of Katie McAlister and Gena Showalter will enjoy Luck of the Devil.
THEME: Angels/Demons
RECEIVED: Review Request by Entangled Publishing
BLOG: http://seeingnight.blogspot.com/
REVIEW:
Luck of the Devil was definitely once of those books that makes a topic such as heaven and hell into something with spunk, humor, family drama and just a fantastically entertaining read. Patricia Elmer is an author who knows how to write a story that will keep a smile on your face from beginning to end.
Luck of the Devil follows the youngest daughter of the Devil himself, Faith Bettincourt. She’s what everyone calls the nice daughter, working as a pediatric nurse and likes to live a calmer less family dramatic life on earth. But when her family comes to visit, not only do they bring drama, a stalker shows up, her dream guy next door comes to her rescue, and her roommate has been turn into a succubus. It’s not easy being a demon, the daughter of Satan, having two demon siblings and a mother who drives her nuts.
I found this novel to be such a refreshing story, there wasn’t a bit of dark creepy vibe to the story. It’s more about how very dysfunctional family of demons learn how to understand, live, and handle crazy situations together. Faith is a great lead to follow, she is the “normal” one of the family and has a sister who I felt was annoying at first but she grew on me and a bother who is a pain but he as well grew up a little. Her parents were a hilarious pair to watch together and they have tiffs here and there that just cracked me up.
I really enjoyed the addition of characters from heaven and how they fit into the family and gave more funny moments to the story. Just imagine the Devil and God playing Mario Cart together and you’ll understand what I mean. I also loved the relationship between Faith and her neighbor Matt, he’s a bit of a mystery and someone who I felt fit her personality perfectly.
Overall I felt the first couple of pages were a bit slow, but once everyone was fully introduced and I was able to get the craziness of the family I couldn’t get enough and I really hope there is more to come of Faith and her family.
RECOMMENDATION:
This is an adult book with minor adult situations and a humor side of good and evil. Fans of Katie McAlister and Gena Showalter will enjoy Luck of the Devil.
chaos_code's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
prationality's review against another edition
4.0
Oh my. I heard about Entangled Publishing on twitter first and checked out their line up of upcoming novels. As a new publisher they have a nice assorted of books with more in the future looking rocking (check out Inara Scott's Radiant Desire!). If LUCK OF THE DEVIL, the first in the "Speak of the Devil" series is any indication then I think I found a new publisher love of life.
At first the book begins kind of shaky--it tosses information, snark and pithy commentary at us at fast speeds that only go faster with the introduction of Faith's siblings (Tolliver - Archdemon of Gluttony, Hope - Archdemoness of Lust and Boris Hope's Incubus husband) and friends (Lisa - misfit Succubus roommate, Matt - hot new neighbor) dysfunction. There's only one way to really describe her siblings and parents--High Functioning Dysfuncionals. They kind of toss things at the wind and hope it all comes out okay. Faith is more practical, but she's also the baby of the family and (as far as I can tell) the only one who wants a normal life. They are a rock solid family unit however--fiercely loyal to each other and willing to go to great lengths to protect their family.
I described this to a friend as if Satan decided to do a sitcom--God (or Alpha) is the older brother, Jesus is the do-gooder cousin, Roisin is the dippy mother and they all just kind of...work. Eimer is basically doing to the Christian mythos what countless other writers have done to Greek, Roman, etc mythologies. And I kind of love it like all get.
There are some problems with pacing--when the plot is on, its ON and doesn't stop until a slow moment (Faith failing at flirting with her neighbor Matt, bickering with her siblings or oddly sweet moments with her father Satan) literally pushes it out of the way. This kind of stop and go action made it hard for me to read at length, but made for very good reading short term commuter wise.
The characters are also lively and set themselves apart easily. Eimer catches a different tone for each, making them fun to read and watch Faith's more than down to Earth attitude interact with. Whereas in some books I've read recently I couldn't stand the internal commentary about everything, I loved Faith's. It would kind of be like 'No really. Seriously? Stop already.' which is more or less how I often respond to idiots and family.
As I read an electronic-ARC of this novel I can't speak for the length or quality of the paperback edition, but I do like the cover (even though its slightly spoiler-ish) and the electronic edition is smooth as can be. Some plots are left dangling (I'd love to know more about the ex-hockey player bakery dude from the beginning) as the narrative focused on the threat plaguing Faith and Co. and truly if you don't like your religious views messed with I wouldn't read this book. This isn't a criticism, but a warning that if you take offense to Christianity being questioned or outright disregarded do no not read this book.
In the end this book was enjoyable, had some very funny moments and made me eager to know what's next for Faith and Co. And that's all you really ask for from a novel right?
At first the book begins kind of shaky--it tosses information, snark and pithy commentary at us at fast speeds that only go faster with the introduction of Faith's siblings (Tolliver - Archdemon of Gluttony, Hope - Archdemoness of Lust and Boris Hope's Incubus husband) and friends (Lisa - misfit Succubus roommate, Matt - hot new neighbor) dysfunction. There's only one way to really describe her siblings and parents--High Functioning Dysfuncionals. They kind of toss things at the wind and hope it all comes out okay. Faith is more practical, but she's also the baby of the family and (as far as I can tell) the only one who wants a normal life. They are a rock solid family unit however--fiercely loyal to each other and willing to go to great lengths to protect their family.
I described this to a friend as if Satan decided to do a sitcom--God (or Alpha) is the older brother, Jesus is the do-gooder cousin, Roisin is the dippy mother and they all just kind of...work. Eimer is basically doing to the Christian mythos what countless other writers have done to Greek, Roman, etc mythologies. And I kind of love it like all get.
There are some problems with pacing--when the plot is on, its ON and doesn't stop until a slow moment (Faith failing at flirting with her neighbor Matt, bickering with her siblings or oddly sweet moments with her father Satan) literally pushes it out of the way. This kind of stop and go action made it hard for me to read at length, but made for very good reading short term commuter wise.
The characters are also lively and set themselves apart easily. Eimer catches a different tone for each, making them fun to read and watch Faith's more than down to Earth attitude interact with. Whereas in some books I've read recently I couldn't stand the internal commentary about everything, I loved Faith's. It would kind of be like 'No really. Seriously? Stop already.' which is more or less how I often respond to idiots and family.
As I read an electronic-ARC of this novel I can't speak for the length or quality of the paperback edition, but I do like the cover (even though its slightly spoiler-ish) and the electronic edition is smooth as can be. Some plots are left dangling (I'd love to know more about the ex-hockey player bakery dude from the beginning) as the narrative focused on the threat plaguing Faith and Co. and truly if you don't like your religious views messed with I wouldn't read this book. This isn't a criticism, but a warning that if you take offense to Christianity being questioned or outright disregarded do no not read this book.
In the end this book was enjoyable, had some very funny moments and made me eager to know what's next for Faith and Co. And that's all you really ask for from a novel right?