Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, #8)

by Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads author)
Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, #8)
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March 25th 2008 by Spectra

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Hardcover, 352 pages

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0553806610    (isbn13: 9780553806618)

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In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, Kelley Armstrong has created a scintillating realm where the supernatural and the human coexist on th...more




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Donna
04/01/08
Donna rated it: 2 of 5 stars

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 bante...more
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Jamie
10/22/07
Jamie rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: urban-fantasy
Read in April, 2008
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Roberta
11/12/08
Roberta rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: paranormal, romance
Read in January, 2009
recommends it for: paranomal fans
Best book in the Women of the Otherworld series so far. One thing I like about Armstrong is that her writing gets stronger the more books she writes. This book was no exception.

In this book, we get to learn more about Hope who was introduced in No Humans Involved (I don't think it was earlier, but it could have been). Hope owes a debt to the Cortez Cabal, so when Benicio asks her to do a job, she says yes.

In this book, the point of view shifts between Hope, who is ...more
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Steff
12/27/08
Steff rated it: 4 of 5 stars (review of isbn 1400025214)

Chaos Reigns

Hope Adams is a half-demon who craves chaos; nevertheless, her greatest fear is letting down someone she loves after being swept up in a wave of anarchy. She hasn’t learned, nor does she have the confidence, to control her chaos impulses yet. Unfortunately, she owes a debt to Benicio Cortez, head of the most powerful Cabal in the supernatural world.

When Benicio calls in his marker, Hope decides the assignment may even help her learn to control her hunger. ...more
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Tammy
05/19/09
Tammy rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: urbanfantasy
Read in April, 2009
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Angela
12/21/08
Angela rated it: 5 of 5 stars

I am a big fan of Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series so I was really looking forward to reading Personal Demon. I'm happy to say I was not disappointed.

For anyone unfamiliar with the series, each book is narrated by a female character who is some sort of supernatural. So far there has been a werewolf, a witch, a ghost witch, a necromancer, and now a half-demon. Each story is independent, although the characters do crossover and the books definitely follow a time line....more
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Wealhtheow
05/29/09
Wealhtheow rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2009
Hope Adams's demon heritage has given her the ability to sense the supernatural--and a disturbing taste for chaos and darkness. Being a kind and compassionate person is particularly hard for her, when the greater the cruelty, the greater the high she gets from it. To pay off a debt to the Cortez Cabal, she agrees to infiltrate a supernatural gang in Miami. But she begins to find being on the wrong side of the law a little too exhilarating...Will she be able to pull back from the lure of chaos...more
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Susan
02/07/09
Susan rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: hardback
Read in March, 2009
Of the "Women of the Otherworld" I prefer Elena, then Jamie, then Savannah and her mother, then Paige and Hope. Paige and Hope strike me as being kinda spoiled.
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Leanne
06/14/09
Leanne rated it: 2 of 5 stars

bookshelves: paranormal
Read in April, 2009
I've had a lot of people who feel the same as I do about this book.. and while I love Kelley Armstrong and love the Women of the Otherworld series on a completely unhealthy level, this character pairing just... sucks.

I find Hope Adams completely annoying, irritating, and just plain dull. Her werewolf lover, while he is slightly more interesting than Hope, is still boring as batshit.

The one upside to this book was having Lucas in it, and therefore dealing with his dear old...more
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Cara
04/13/08
Cara rated it: 2 of 5 stars

bookshelves: popcorn-fantasy
The faster she writes, the worse they get.

It really bothers me because Bitten is still one of my all time favorite books, but her new stuff is complete sell out.


/sigh
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Camille
Read in December, 2008
I wasn't expecting much from this addition to Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series from the mild reviews it's gotten since it's release but I decided to pick it up anyway and, surprisingly enough Hope holds her own against previous heroines such as Elena, Paige and more recently Jamie.

Though I didn't mind the dual perspectives given (the other being Lucas Cortez) and even understood that it added to a more rounded telling of the story-I felt like the novel wasn't only Hope's no...more
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Chris
11/19/08
Chris rated it: 2 of 5 stars

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Nicole
08/18/08
Nicole rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: own, signed
Read in January, 2008
This is the 8th book in the ‘Women of the Otherworld” series, and is a blast. I greatly enjoyed reading it. Unlike some series, where the author tries to throw a little bit of each of the previous characters into every book, this one doesn’t have unneeded mention of characters that aren’t involved. Yes, there are nods to previous books and prior characters make an appearance when it makes sense. But it does make sense.

This particular book is the first in the series that has t...more
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Lori
06/18/08
Lori rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: paranormal, urban-fantasy
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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Alexis
06/03/08
Alexis rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: library, supernatural
Read in April, 2009
recommends it for: fans of paranormal romance/mystery, a lot of the gals on my GR friends list
Hope Adams is a half-demon daughter of Lucifer. (Not Satan, that's different.) She's an Expisco, or chaos demon. A debt owed to Benicio Cortez, head of the Cortez cabal, brings her to sunny Miami. The job seems simple enough: infiltrate a gang of supernaturals that appears to be threatening the cabal. Benicio isn't worried, but the Cortez cabal didn't get to be #1 by taking threats lightly.

Since Hope works on the council with Paige Winterbourne, a witch and the wife of Benicio's you...more
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Tez
05/25/08
Tez rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2008
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Loren Harway
Read in May, 2008
recommends it for: Anthropologists
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Barbara
04/09/08
Barbara rated it: 4 of 5 stars

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 ...more
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Phyllis
04/06/08
Phyllis rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: fantasy-romance
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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Kelly
01/02/09
Kelly rated it: 4 of 5 stars (review of isbn 184149397X)

Read in January, 2009
Hope is a new character in the series, having only just popped up in the last book, so I knew I wouldn't feel as connected to her as I have done with the other characters that are in the forefront of the series. I don't really feel her supernatural power brings much to the table, I prefer most of the other ones, although it was interesting to read about a much different power. All in all, I think this was my least liked book so far in the series, I didn't dislike it, but I think the other ones a...more
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