Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, Book 8)
by Kelley Armstrong
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Read in June, 2008
Hope is a half-human/half-demon and works as a tabloid reporter. Who better to suppress (on behalf of the Council) any REAL supernatural goings-on and allow "bat boy" stories to be published? But she and her werewolf ex-lover (Karl, who is also a professional thief) owe the leader of the most powerful sorcerer Cabal a favor. Karl is out of the country, and Hope doesn't want to bring him into this anyway. She wants to pay her own debt, her way. Her assignment is to go to Florida an...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Read in April, 2008
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Read in May, 2008
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Read in June, 2008
I know, that isn’t very objective, but there you are. Armstrong’s books just keep getting better and better.
This book features Hope and Lucas, but mostly Hope. Hope Adams is a tabloid reporter and an Expisco half-demon, daughter of Lucifer. As she says, “Not Satan. A totally different guy.”
Hope is approached by Benicio Cortez to try to break in to a gang which seems to be wreaking havoc on the supernaturals of Miami. She agrees and immediately gets drawn into gang life. The g...more
This book features Hope and Lucas, but mostly Hope. Hope Adams is a tabloid reporter and an Expisco half-demon, daughter of Lucifer. As she says, “Not Satan. A totally different guy.”
Hope is approached by Benicio Cortez to try to break in to a gang which seems to be wreaking havoc on the supernaturals of Miami. She agrees and immediately gets drawn into gang life. The g...more
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Read in April, 2008
I didn't enjoy Personal Demon as much as the last few books in the series. That was kind of a surprise, because I liked Armstrong's short story featuring Hope. She has really cool powers, and they're limited enough to keep things interesting.
But while I enjoyed her character in the past, I found her difficult to connect with in this one. Maybe it was the perspective changes, or it could have been that her relationship with Karl was too strained for there to be much of the witty banter that l...more
But while I enjoyed her character in the past, I found her difficult to connect with in this one. Maybe it was the perspective changes, or it could have been that her relationship with Karl was too strained for there to be much of the witty banter that l...more
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Read in April, 2008
Of all of the Otherworld heroines, I have found Hope the most difficult for whom to develop any empathy. Half demon, half human, Hope thrives on chaos, she enjoys the pain of others, and she finds satisfaction in brutal death. Yet, in this novel, Armstrong makes her a sympathetic character. While returning a favor owed to the Cortez Cabal, Hope risks losing her humanity as she finds herself more and more addicted to chaos. Working undercover in a supernatural gang, Hope is excited and appalle...more
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Read in May, 2008
This book in Armstrong's series focuses on Hope, daughter of Lucifer and a Chaos demon. That means she can sense past and current violence and actually gets high off of it.
Hope's asked to infiltrate a gang of young magic types that are causing trouble for the Cortez Cabal (think mafia but only with sorcerors). Watching her back is the hot werewolf-thief, Karl, and the two rekindle their romantic relationship. Lucas Cortez is also pretty involved as he has to investige the deaths of some...more
Hope's asked to infiltrate a gang of young magic types that are causing trouble for the Cortez Cabal (think mafia but only with sorcerors). Watching her back is the hot werewolf-thief, Karl, and the two rekindle their romantic relationship. Lucas Cortez is also pretty involved as he has to investige the deaths of some...more
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This book was the weakest of Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld Series. Hope is an interesting secondary character, but she is not a strong enough character to carry a novel on her own. The concept of the book was interesting, and I like some of what was set up with Page and Lucas, but the villains were easily figured out, and the book dragged in most places. There were a few twists I didn't figure out, and those saved the book.
If you're a die-hard Armstrong fan, don't miss it, but if yo...more
If you're a die-hard Armstrong fan, don't miss it, but if yo...more
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Read in March, 2008
This was my first Kelley Armstrong novel, so when it was slow getting into, I put it down for a few days and mentally wrote her off. However, after running out of other material, I picked it back up and gave it another go. This time, I made it far enough in to get hooked. The world Armstrong has created is very interesting, especially the Cabals. I like having such a broad range of supernaturals instead of the usual weres, vamps, etc. The only thing I didn't like about the book was the switch of...more
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Read in April, 2008
I wasn't expecting much from the character of Hope (half-human, half-chaos demon, predictably gorgeous and wanting to do the right thing and not give into her darker side...yawn), but Kelley Armstrong did a fine job of making the reader interested in her and care about her - though I personally felt that was more due to the characters around her (Karl, Paige, Lucas, Jaz) than it was due to her own uniqueness. She is less interesting to me than most of the other women in the Women Of The Underwo...more
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Read in May, 2008
Heroine is a computer geek who once went to prison for a destructive virus she wrote and released to get revenge on a boyfriend who hurt her. Now she lives online--and in a fancy NYC apartment--and has just discovered her virtual lover is a cheat and wants revenge on him too. Not Revenge, revenge--just the virtual kind. But this cheating cyberguy happens to be an evil mastermind who's after something big, there's a government agency tracking him, and when she turns up on the radar, the hero (who...more
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Read in May, 2008
I wish there was a way to rate things in half-stars. This book doesn't quite deserve a 4, but it's better than just a three...
The biggest gripe I have with the book is the constant shifting of perspective. I know several of Armstrong's fans have been clamoring for books from some of the male characters prospective, and a book written solely from the prespective of one of them would worked (If you have access to Savage, Accension, or any of the other novellas and shorts from her webpage you...more
The biggest gripe I have with the book is the constant shifting of perspective. I know several of Armstrong's fans have been clamoring for books from some of the male characters prospective, and a book written solely from the prespective of one of them would worked (If you have access to Savage, Accension, or any of the other novellas and shorts from her webpage you...more
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Read in April, 2008
LOVED IT!!!! I was a bit disappointed in book 7 of this series but Kelley Armstrong came back great. I was hooked from the beginning and didn't want to put it down. This book reminded me of the way I felt when I read the 1st book in the series. One word of caution; I did not realize that the main character, Hope, was first written about in a short story that was published in a book called Dates From Hell. If you have not read this short story I highly recommend you do that before rea...more
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recommends it for:
People who have read the Otherworld book series AND also the online fiction the author publishes
There is some back story between two of the main characters that was hinted at in a major way... But I've read the whole series and don't remember any of it. The author puts out online fiction and I'm thinking maybe these characters have appeared in some of that. Sucks for the fans who don't have an internet connection or who don't like to read books online.
Also, the main character wasn't all that interesting and having two narrators was awkward. Right as I was getting into one person's ...more
Also, the main character wasn't all that interesting and having two narrators was awkward. Right as I was getting into one person's ...more
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Read in May, 2008
This series is getting a little stale - I dont know why she bothers to focus on new characters when the core of the story is really about Lucas Cortez and his wife Paige, and thier struggle against/with the Cortez Cabel. She should have just done a few books with them, and then spun off the other characters to be completely separate stories...at least that is how I'd like to see it!
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This was my second venture into the Women of the Underworld. This novel is narrated mostly by Hope, a young short fire demon. I must admit I immediately liked her for the "short" part! This story I think moved along a lot better than No Humans Involved, and I was move in to the mystery surrounding the cabal in Miami and Hope's entanglement.
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Read in April, 2008
Another excellent read from the modern fantasy genre. Armstrong is moving again to a new set of characters, but keeping the connections between them and previous characters from the series. Some of the newer characters are not as interesting as the older ones, but they still make for an entertaining story.
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
Buffy fans in withdrawal
Another entry in Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. The protagonist in this one is Hope Adams, a half-demon with a penchant for chaos. It was interesting to see Karl Marsten, a villain from "Bitten," return as a reluctant hero.
Really fun scene in the middle when Hope is cooking breakfast.
Really fun scene in the middle when Hope is cooking breakfast.
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