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Requiem for the Devil

by Jeri Smith-Ready (Goodreads Author)

4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 · rating details · 284 ratings · 57 reviews

Set in modern-day Washington, D.C., Requiem for the Devil depicts the end of the Devil's ten-billion-year career. For the first time in his existence, Lucifer falls in love, and this event threatens to transform his identity and perhaps even his destiny. Gianna O'Keefe is the woman who drags him out of his ancient despair and points him toward possible salvation. Yet Lucif...more

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Published April 15th 2001 by Grand Central Publishing

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Feb 05, 2012 Alicia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: supernatural, pnr, ugh-first-person, location-dmv

What happens when Lucifer falls in love? Well, first you try to figure out why the hell he fell in love with this human.

Gianna could be very irritating. She was combative with Lucifer – or as she knows him, Louis – off the bat with really no provocation (that she knows of). He was rich and that was enough for her to be antagonistic toward him. At one point he even had to ask her, "What did I do to deserve that comment?" Yes, he's Lucifer, but she doesn't know that. She doesn't know much about hi...more What happens when Lucifer falls in love? Well, first you try to figure out why the hell he fell in love with this human.

Gianna could be very irritating. She was combative with Lucifer – or as she knows him, Louis – off the bat with really no provocation (that she knows of). He was rich and that was enough for her to be antagonistic toward him. At one point he even had to ask her, "What did I do to deserve that comment?" Yes, he's Lucifer, but she doesn't know that. She doesn't know much about him at first beyond him being rich and what his company does. Anything he did for her she'd get self-righteous and preachy.

She even responded to his declaration of love with a tantrum. His subsequent reaction was pretty bad, even though it was obvious he had no intention of following through, and yet I was still more annoyed with her. There is something really wrong when The Prince of Darkness irritates me less than his human girlfriend.

Lucifer (and his cohorts – Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, and Belial) was…what he is. A demon. The Devil. Author of All Evil. In short, they were gross. They reveled in murder, destruction and mayhem. Yawned at rape, and came up with a scheme to start a war that had me going

(of course, it was meant to be and the way they talked about it was uncomfortable). He could be rather inconsistent at times, kind of like a swinging pendulum. Yet, to my mind, Smith-Ready did a decent job of making Lucifer a somewhat relatable character on a human level (which is a good thing since the story is written in the first person from his point of view). Or maybe I felt that way because he seemed to be trying and Gianna was grating on my nerves. I'm not sure.

The biggest problem I had was with their love. Maybe, if this were any other romance novel, I would have believed in it. I think we got a little more show than the tell that seems to be the norm nowadays. But when you want me to believe that in something like six billion years and out of a gagillion women Lucifer has suddenly fallen head over heels, in soul-changing love, you better make me feel it. He sees her and there's something special, but I didn't get why. The sex they have is different but I didn't understand why it would be. They have conversations and are very abrasive with each other (mostly of her doing) and I just never understand how he's in love with her, or why she's in love with him. Why is he so ready to change his existence for her? Why does she attempt to push through all her fears for him? Make me understand!

There were some scenes that were pretty entertaining to read. Lucifer celebrating Christmas and meeting the family was definitely up there. The only other somewhat mentionable problem I had, and I fully admit that I may have been reading something into the story that wasn't there, but some the actions of the four main demons felt like a tacit insinuation that homosexuality is in some way wrong. I can't be sure if I was being over sensitive about it or not. There was a line later on that did make me think it may actually be an angel/demon thing and not a male/male thing. So that at least allowed me to feel better about it. Some people seem to have a problem with the amount of Theology in this book, but I'm not at all sure how that's a problem when one picks up a book about The Devil. I didn't think there was an inordinate amount in this story. It was pretty integral to where it was going. I don't know Angelology enough to know much of the liberties taken in this story, I'm sure there were plenty and that it will really grate on other people.

There are quite a few occurrences in the story that are pretty predictable. Things you see coming from the beginning and others that make themselves apparent later on. The ending manages to be predictable, somewhat clichéd, and unexpected at the same time. In my current, still-screwed-from-the-bar, emotional state I should have been a blubbery mess. But since I wasn't feeling their love like I should have been I kind of shrugged my shoulders and said, "Eh, it had to happen." I will say that the book seemed stronger in the end than it had previously. Even though there was no basis for it, I did buy into Lucifer's love for Gianna more through the end of the book. (view spoiler)

This was kind of a middle of the road book where I can't make a confident recommendation other than to read it for yourself. I can only say it was okay. The story was a good idea, but the execution was lacking. I think if the love story had been better, and the characters stronger, I would have really liked it.(less)

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Aug 12, 2012 Nikki rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm a sucker for a catchy premise. The Devil finds love; wackiness (view spoiler) ensues.

The Devil, or Louis to the human world, is the head of a consulting firm in DC (fitting) along with Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, and Belial. These demons/lads about town have a good time turning a heady profit in between bouts of mayhem and destruction and wooing numerous one-night stands (and occasionally each other) into their beds. Until one fateful night when the Devil happens i...more I'm a sucker for a catchy premise. The Devil finds love; wackiness (view spoiler) ensues.

The Devil, or Louis to the human world, is the head of a consulting firm in DC (fitting) along with Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, and Belial. These demons/lads about town have a good time turning a heady profit in between bouts of mayhem and destruction and wooing numerous one-night stands (and occasionally each other) into their beds. Until one fateful night when the Devil happens into a dive bar and falls for the not-so-great-singer Gianna O'Keefe.

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I highly recommend for a good quick read that gives you some food for thought. And I'd best describe this book along the lines of The American President meets Dogma with a dash of Wings of Desire (and ugh, the unfortunate American version, City of Angels) thrown in. Good luck wrapping your brain around that.(less)

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Aug 12, 2012 Crystal Carroll rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is is one of my favorite books.

Its really difficult to adequately explain this book. I mean, okay, the devil falls in love huh, but no really, it was an incredible book. A continuation of Milton’s Paradise Lost and yet the emotion is straight Dante.

At its core is a concept that I happen to believe. Love transforms. It stretches us. Makes us willing to do the other thing. Little loves are practice for the big loves. Big loves enable us to admit to the little loves. All love is a reflection...more

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Sep 15, 2010 ALPHAreader rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is Jeri Smith-Ready’s first published work. She wrote it for the 2000 Writer’s Association Novel contest. Because I love Smith-Ready’s ‘Aspect of Crow’ and ‘WVMP’ series, I was really interested in reading her first literary foray. I’m so glad that I did.

I loved this book. It reminded me a lot of Kevin Smith’s 1999 (awesome) film ‘Dogma’ - beautifully and hilariously depicting biblical characters in the modern world. Lucifer hangs out with three demon cronies – Beelzebub, Belial and Mephist...more
This is Jeri Smith-Ready’s first published work. She wrote it for the 2000 Writer’s Association Novel contest. Because I love Smith-Ready’s ‘Aspect of Crow’ and ‘WVMP’ series, I was really interested in reading her first literary foray. I’m so glad that I did.

I loved this book. It reminded me a lot of Kevin Smith’s 1999 (awesome) film ‘Dogma’ - beautifully and hilariously depicting biblical characters in the modern world. Lucifer hangs out with three demon cronies – Beelzebub, Belial and Mephistopheles. The four of them exchange witty banter that occasionally turns macabre and disturbing – but is also darkly humorous.

“Wanna go down to the Vietnam Memorial and make helicopter noises?”

But it’s not all wit and black humor. Smith-Ready actually delves into Lucifer’s relationship with his ‘Father’ – God, and explores his feelings of abandonment from the one who was supposed to be the centre of his universe.

The love story is actually quite a slow burn. You would think a story about the Devil falling in love would be all fireworks and epic diatribes about the beauty and salvation of love. But what makes this book so brilliant is that love creeps up on Lucifer the same way it does for most people. He’s not expecting it; he rebels against it, tries to deny it but eventually succumbs – slowly and thoroughly. That’s also what makes Lucifer such an intriguing character – that he is so relatable in his emotions.
And his love interest isn’t what you’d expect. Gianna isn’t a virginal beacon of purity and honesty – she is a lawyer turned lobbyist for America’s poor – but she’s actually quite cynical and jaded, spouting witty self-deprecating humor that makes her entirely endearing.

The romance is quite romantic – regardless of the fact that Lucifer is still carrying out his demonic plans while wooing Gianna, and that he has bizarre reactions to his feeling for her (like threatening to throw her into the Grand Canyon if she doesn’t admit to loving him). What makes the love story so appealing is that it’s all so completely new and shiny to Lucifer – he’s stumbling, bumbling along in the relationship with absolutely no idea about what he’s doing.

A long-sleeved velvet dress cleaved to her thin body and was a deep, delicious red that made my eyeballs feel drunk. I fought to remember who I was and to maintain an aloofness appropriate to the second most powerful being in the universe.
I wasn’t successful.

What makes ‘Requiem’ so interesting is Smith-Ready’s gradual build-up to an intense emotional conclusion. A novel about the devil falling in love could have been pretty boring, but Smith-Ready writes the story as a gradual culmination to the Devil revealing himself to the woman he loves. Lucifer struggles with his love for Gianna, especially when he feels the need to reveal himself to her and have no secrets between them. It’s an intense build-up, and Lucifer’s internal struggles and Gianna’s possible reactions to his true identity reveal ‘Requiem’ as an amazing metaphor. Lucifer as evil incarnate could be any sinister individual – murderer, pedophile, rapist – and Smith-Ready asks the uncomfortable question of whether or not he can be forgiven, rehabilitated or even loved.

I might be making ‘Requiem’ sound like seriously heavy reading. It is definitely an admirable literary work – but having read ‘Requiem’ I can see why Smith-Ready was contracted for her fantasy series ‘Aspect of Crow’ and Urban Fantasy ‘WVMP’. Smith-Ready beautifully intertwines theological debates, black witticisms, and interesting characters in the modern world. She’s funny, dark and thought provoking. Don’t assume this is a heavy read – it’s actually very funny and enjoyable, and surprisingly romantic.

I’ve heard a few people say that after reading a few duds (*cough* ‘Covet’ *cough*) they are completely turned off by the whole ‘Angel’ storyline. Well, I would highly recommend ‘Requiem for the Devil’ as a cure. Smith-Ready has written the ultimate fallen angel love story – and she’s written it with panache, dark humor and infinite tenderness for the embodiment of evil and his romantic trials and tribulations. (less)

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May 22, 2011 Kris rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

I do rather like Jeri Smith-Ready and this book rather reminded me a bit of how Lilith Saintcrow and Karen Marie Morning write. I like the characterization, the writing style, the quips and sarcastic remarks, and a decent bit about this story. But sadly not enough for even 3-stars.

Ultimately I suppose I knew I wouldn't like this book for the overtly religious aspects of it. I found myself losing interest half-way through and put it down for a couple of days to see if I would go back and finish i...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Joy (joyous reads) rated it 4 of 5 stars

If Lucifer walks among us, where would he be? Washington D.C. of course! Maybe it was intentional, but I thought that having the devil and his minions in the capital was befitting. After all, if you wanted to spread evil, the first thing to do was incite blind ambition to the politicians who would bargain with the devil himself.

This is the story of Lucifer, his fall and his eventual salvation. I've got to be honest though, I've got this idealism that the Devil procures gore. Well, was I disappo...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Graham rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Dec 22, 2011 Andrea rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

I've been turning this one over in my mind for over a day now. This is a tough, tough review to write. Not because I didn't like it, I loved Requiem for the Devil. I think this is so hard because I don't think I can adequately explain this book. But I feel this book deserves a review, however inadequate I may be.

Quite simply, Requiem is a story of the transformative power of love, and redemption. There has never been a "bigger baddie" than the devil. To take the ultimate scary, bad guy and turn...more I've been turning this one over in my mind for over a day now. This is a tough, tough review to write. Not because I didn't like it, I loved Requiem for the Devil. I think this is so hard because I don't think I can adequately explain this book. But I feel this book deserves a review, however inadequate I may be.

Quite simply, Requiem is a story of the transformative power of love, and redemption. There has never been a "bigger baddie" than the devil. To take the ultimate scary, bad guy and turn him into an actual character with layer upon layer of issues, took a massive amount of skill and to me, courage. I was not prepared to face the way "Louis"/aka Lucifer was portrayed. Basically, it's the ultimate study in Daddy Issues. Jeri Smith-Ready was able to take Louis and make him into a son who made horrible mistakes, was forsaken by his Father, and though he acts and claims to hate his Father, deep down wants that love. I feel like my brain was scrambled just getting that thought out coherently because it is the antithesis to everything I've been taught about the devil.

I had a friend who said her friend wouldn't read Requiem for the Devil for religious reasons. But this book is SO not anti-religion. Gianna, with whom Louis falls in love, is deeply religious. I just feel, as in so many situations in real life, that if you can first of all, Calm Down and go into the book with an Open Mind, you'll be surprised. Requiem is not anti-religion, it simply questions, which I love because I happen to question everything, and ultimately, it's actually a religious affirmation.

I have, until now, left out the woman responsible for Louis' transformation, Gianna. Once again, Jeri Smith-Ready has done a brilliant job with her female lead. This is my third series (this isn't a series, but you get what I'm saying) of her's and each one has smart, tough, take-no-crap women. Gianna is a political player in Washington, D.C., fighting for the poor. She goes toe-to-toe with the most evil being in existence. She is passionate, funny, and imperfect. She will definitely go down as one of the most memorable characters I've read.

It should go without saying that I cried. Duh, right? It just wouldn't be a Jeri Smith-Ready book if there wasn't sobbing and blubbering going on. She know how to bring it every time. Requiem for the Devil came out in 2001, years before Shane and Ciara; Logan, Aura and Zach. But it is as worthy of your time as any of her other books.
Favorite Quote:

"I can only beg the muse of history to include this among my legacies - that I loved Gianna as well as I
could."

"If Heaven is the sun, then Gianna was the moon for me - a pale,
brilliant reflection of God's love in the midnight of my long, dark
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Sep 02, 2011 Miranda Polanía Vélez rated it 5 of 5 stars

It's been a few days since I last read a book... I must admit I got sidetrack with my life. Anyway I picked up this book because I saw a funny quote from it while I was browsing for information pertaining a paper for a class and I decided to read it. I must say It was an extremely wonderful book, I usually grade 4 stars to all the books because even if I don't really like them, they took hard work and dedication from a lot of people and that must count for something... This book tells a story of...more

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Mar 23, 2011 Mark Vrabel rated it 3 of 5 stars

"Please allow me to introduce" my comments by sharing the fact I won a copy of this book signed by the author. The devil is alive and well, not exactly well, as he is unsure how to handle his feelings of love toward human Gianna O'Keefe, as he has never experienced the emotion before. In his human form Lucifer is Louis Carvalho, a handsome, wealthy government consultant in Washington, D.C. As their dating progresses to more serious involvement -- including a visit to Gianna's family during Chris...more

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Dec 28, 2011 Tonya rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: demons, angels, paranormal, paranormal-romance, romance, urban-fantasy, fantasy, would-recommend, fiction

While I list this as a paranormal romance, it's more a character piece. Lucifer and his pals are unrepentantly evil and there is some humor appropriate to that. Even when he's falling in love, we never really get brooding devil who regrets what he did. At the end, as he has hope to be reunited with all that he's lost, Lucifer is still a bit on the arrogant side and doesn't repent, even though he has changed. He is who he is, but we're left with the possibility that he will still be loved no matt...more

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Feb 08, 2010 Marsha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Requiem for the Devil was a wonderful story of what happens when the ultimate bad guy (Lucifer) finds love. Lucifer or Lou has been on earth for billions of years savory every bad deed he can possible muster. Then, he meet Gianna and immediately realizes that this is not his usual one night stand. Gianna is not a perfect angel, she is just a 35 year old woman who wants to do good while exercising her feminist nature. I found the plot very different from anything that has been published before an...more

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May 03, 2013 D.B. rated it 5 of 5 stars

My favorite books to read, and the kind I aspire to write, have the power to make me laugh, cry, think - and above all, stick with me such that I revisit them time and again.

This is one of those stories.

Bring your hanky. You may not think you'll need it, but you will. You can't find a more flawed, unlikely hero than Lucifer himself - and the author doesn't sugar coat his nature (in spite of the humor and snark that peppers the book and adds a believable, humanizing element to every character). W...more

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May 01, 2009 Coinboy rated it 4 of 5 stars

I thought the dialogue was the greatest strength of this novel. It was quite witty, and this could easily be made into an entertaining film. I question having the Devil narrate a book, because whatever we hear him think doesn't seem worthy of a ten billion year old being. Nor did I quite get a feeling of why such a being would finally, after seeing so many people, fall for a single woman. But its easy to forget that criticism, because you could easily re-write this book by removing the fact that...more

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Jul 21, 2012 V. Anton rated it 5 of 5 stars

How can a book make you feel so many things at the same time? Louis' character is really devilish because I feel I shouldn't sympathized with him, but I really do!! Sometimes I couldn't fight his reasoning and I felt sorry for him.
The story will take you through his life, Louis is crude but good in a evil way, yeah, a total contradiction. There were parts that left me open-mouthed and that I had to read twice to believe but there I was, glued to the book, wanting more. The devil acted like he w...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Renee rated it 5 of 5 stars

I adored this book! I think I fell in love with the Devil myself--he was smart, sexy and snarky. My favorite part of the book--upon the girlfriend's grandmother finding out that her grandson was gay and and losing it at the Christmas dinner table:

"Her grandmother continued to bawl. Rosa (the girlfriend's mom) put her hand to her mouth and rushed out of the room. I had a mad desire to stand up and shout 'He may be gay, but I'm the Devil!' at the top of my lungs."

I laughed out loud, which doesn'...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Vanessa rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book left me speechless for about one hour, then a million of thoughts collapsed in my brain. The author didn't sugarcoated the story, there were parts where I couldn't bare to read the next sentence but at the same time couldn't read it fast enough, if you know what I mean.
For me this novel is just brilliant, like the author's other works. This one blew up my mind; it made me cry so, so much. She has an amazing ability to describe heart-ripping situations.

Louis character was addictive, bec...more

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Jan 27, 2011 Traci rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

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If I could rate this book any higher I would! In Requiem for the Devil Jeri Smith-Ready takes you on an awe inspiring journey. I laughed, I cried, I gasped, I cursed, and I loved! I can't stress enough how much I love this book. Even with reading plenty of other reviews, nothing prepared me for the story that completely drew me in. It is a book that will be on my mind for days to come. I know I will be re-reading this at some point ju...more

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Jul 07, 2010 Selena rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, contemporary-romance, fantasy, fiction, paranormal-romance, romance, royalty-and-nobility, urban-fantasy, demons, favorites, reviewed

Wow..wouldn't you know it. I'm in love.

Who could've imagined; Lucifer, evil itself, falling in love? After falling from paradise and residing for billions of years on this God forsaken earth, Lucifer's heart has been captured by a mere mortal.

Gianna; headstrong, Catholic, fighter for the poor. Lucifer cannot help but be enthralled by her. But how can this love ever be? How can he be the Devil when because of Gianna, he is slowly regaining his humanity and instead of destroyign lives, he is sav...more

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Apr 02, 2010 Megan rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone

Recommended to Megan by: Michelle

Shelves: contemporary-romance, paranormal-romance, all-time-favorites, demons-angels-immortals, tear-jerker

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Who is the ultimate bad boy? That honor would have to go to the Devil himself. And that is exactly who the hero is in this breathtakingly real and beautiful story. The Devil or Lucifer (or Lou or Louis, but never call him Satan) falls in love for the very first time- to Gianna O’Keefe. Lou struggles with his identity and his duty as he does whatever it takes to keep Gianna with him. Lou’s fellow head honcho’s: Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, and Belial make for interesting characters in and of themse...more Who is the ultimate bad boy? That honor would have to go to the Devil himself. And that is exactly who the hero is in this breathtakingly real and beautiful story. The Devil or Lucifer (or Lou or Louis, but never call him Satan) falls in love for the very first time- to Gianna O’Keefe. Lou struggles with his identity and his duty as he does whatever it takes to keep Gianna with him. Lou’s fellow head honcho’s: Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, and Belial make for interesting characters in and of themselves, and at times great comic relief.

However, be warned, this book is NOT for everyone. There is a lot of foul language, hey, we are talking about the Devil here. There are some innuendos and a couple of brief and very mild (non-descript) M/M scenes. However, if you can get past that, this book has it all: humor, love, sadness, betrayal, redemption, and jealousy. I laughed so hard in some parts I was crying. And at other parts I cried so much my face hurt (no other book has made me cry this much either….). And just when you have EVERYTHING figured out, there is a plot twist, or two, or several, so this book will defiantly keep you on your toes! Expect the unexpected. This book is written in first person- from the Devil's POV. So, those of you who do not like first person books... be warned. I, however, felt that it was best written in this format, especially from the "hero's" POV.

I was not too excited that Gianna was a 35 year old woman, but she was EXACTLY who she needed to be in order to love the Devil himself. Even though I wanted her to be young and innocent (and yes I mean a virgin), it just would NOT have worked at all. This book is a romance and a religious novel all rolled into one, and each character did things and made decisions that you might not think are right, but in order for the book to work, those decisions were the ones that had to be made.

This book has to be the best book I have ever read, I would give it 6 stars if I could. However, I was not to terribly thrilled about the non-HEA. It’s not really a non-HEA, it’s more of the author leaving it up to the reader to interpret the ending how they want. Gianna gets shot and killed. Michael comes to Lou and tells him he must decide the fate of Gianna’s soul- heaven or hell? Lou sends her up to heaven. Lou finds out that Beelzebub was the mastermind behind Gianna’s murder and he turns his back on his friend and fellow fallen angel. Although Lou and God come to an understanding and you are left with the impression that Lou is welcomed back into heaven. He goes in a back door which one of his minions found around the time Gianna and Lou started dating- it’s a portal in a brick wall in an AIDS hospice center. Lou strips and goes in- naked. The End. We learn earlier that souls that go to heaven have no memory of their mortal life. So, the author leaves it up to the reader to draw their own conclusions. Does Lou basically charm and romance Gianna’s heart all over again? Or, does he somehow make her remember their mortal life together? In my mind I pick the latter. After all… he IS the Devil… even if he is in heaven.
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Oct 18, 2011 Tabitha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: want-to-own-physical-copy, digital-reads, adult

This book gets a 4 stars because I liked most of it. The ending wasn't really my cup of tea, but the rest of the book amazed me. When I started it, I wasn't sure what I was expecting, I just knew that I loved Jeri Smith-Ready's Shade enough to want to read something else by her. Lucifer, as a character, well, I adore him. Stubbornly leading his comrads to do evil deeds and fornicate and enjoy life as he saw fit rather than how anyone else told him he should. The more I read, the more I though "t...more

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Aug 18, 2011 Jael rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, own

Most people who know me would be surprised in my reading of this book and even reading of it. If I'm reading a cover jacket or back of the book if the book is about angels or anything to do with Judeo-Christianity then I will put it back and avoid it like the Plague (however I had made an exception with Hush, Hush. But it was an ARC and let us not speak of it again).

I had come across Jeri Smith-Ready through her WVMP Radio series which I adore and thought I'd give her other work a try. I didn't...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, paranormal-romance

Jeri Smith-Ready's first novel is romantic, thought provoking, stirring and funny (beware, some of the humor is dark, but hey, what would you expect when it involves the devil?). Nearly Shakespearean, it's a love story that touches on the power of redemption and reconciliation. If any story could inspire some 'sympathy for the devil', this would be it.

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Feb 10, 2013 Cory rated it 5 of 5 stars

So how did I really think this would end? I mean Louis is Lucifer.....maybe it was the writing or possibly just the story, but the last five pages made me CRY!!!!! infact I feel emotional just talking about it. This book truly deserves to be among some of the great fiction books. I can't say enough about how stellar this book was. I think it will stay for me, for a long time. If you have never read it, you MUST! The story is unforgettable!

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May 16, 2011 Denise rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

I am not sure what was more disturbing - the concepts in this book, or the fact that I wasn't disturbed by them. Well written, enjoyable - I found myself rooting for the devil. At times the story was funny and quirky and other times very serious and heart wrenching. A love story, battle between good and evil (but I wasn't sure always which side was which). I enjoyed it.

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Jul 04, 2012 Trish rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read this a few years ago, I dont know why I didn't add this to my read list. I found Lucifer endearing, a weary age-old fallen angel who is just sick of being out of God's grace. At first I don't think he even realizes how world weary he has become. An unlikely romance with redemptive qualities. Enjoyed this read very much.

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Sep 30, 2008 Jean Tatro rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

A quick, engaging read. Once I started I literally couldn't put it down and ended up going to bed much later then I planned. It was a cotton candy for the mind sort of book, with touches of social, political, and religious commentary that put some meat on its bones. It's funny too, for most of the book every other line made me smile.

At its heart it's a romance. There's nothing earthshaking or genre bending, but it's a good read with a heart tugging ending. Gianna is one of those ever elusive str...more

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May 13, 2008 Ani rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Jun 14, 2009 Nicole rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: one-of-my-favorites

This book was great. From other reviews I had read that it was ok, unrealistic or disapointing but to me it wasn't at all. This book took me through many emotions and at times had me laughing out loud continuously and other times crying. I loved the progress the characters made and how well and perfectly matched they seemed to be for one another. There were definitely surprises, but neccessary ones. And from a person who normally only reads series I wasn't at all disapointed. =)

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Mar 26, 2012 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is on my top ten ever list. I have read it several times over the years, and each time I find something new to mentally chew on for a couple of weeks. Ms. Smith-Ready does a great job of weaving a story out of Christian theology, questions of faith, redemption, and love.

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Award-winning author Jeri Smith-Ready has been writing fiction since the night she had her first double espresso. She holds a master's degree in environmental policy and lives in Maryland with her husband, cat, and the world's goofiest greyhound.

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