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false <![CDATA[Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, #8)]]> 1541884 10 In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, Kelley Armstrong has created a scintillating realm where the supernatural and the human coexist on the edge of darkness, romance, and eternity. Now Armstrong tells the captivating tale of a young woman with an insatiable lust for danger. She can’t help it. It’s in her blood. Tabloid reporter Hope Adams appears to live the life of an ordinary working girl. But in addition to possessing the beauty of a Bollywood princess, Hope has other unique traits. For she is a half demon—a human fathered by a demon. And she’s inherited not only a gift for seeing the past but a hunger for chaos—along with a talent for finding it wherever she can. Naturally, when she’s chosen by a very dangerous group for a very dangerous mission, she jumps at the chance…. The head of the powerful Cortez Cabal—a family that makes the mob look like amateurs—has a little problem in Miami: a gang of wealthy, bored offspring of supernaturals is getting out of hand, and Hope is needed to infiltrate. As spells, astral projections, and pheromones soar across South Beach, Hope weaves her way through its elite hot spots, posing as upscale eye candy and reading the auras of the clientele—and potential marks. As it turns out, Hope is a little too good at this job. And soon she’s in a little too deep, needing to be bailed out by her jewel-thief werewolf ex-boyfriend and by the Cortez heir himself. And when a killer goes to work, Hope is among many targets at the pinnacle of Cabal rule. For a woman who didn’t know what she was getting into, there’s only one way out: it’s time for Hope to unleash her most potent primal instincts—and open herself, mind and body, to everything she most fears . . . and desires. Sexy and suspenseful, Personal Demon is a thrill ride through a world on the wild side of our own. 2492765 book 25 3 2008 Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, #8) total:1287|5:32|4:53|3:23|2:8|1:2| 1287 4960 2315 129 2 1 false false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 07:00:36 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 22:50:39 -0700 2008
But while I enjoyed her character in the past,...more...]]> 2 1 false true Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 22 11:24:55 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 03 08:26:46 -0700 2008
I really dislike the inclusion of a surprise "chameleon" character who can assume the countenance of other people. Ditto for glamor spells that achieve the same purpose. These things ar...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 12 08:47:18 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 17:40:08 -0800 2009
In this book, we get to learn more about Hope who was introduced in No Humans Involved (I don't think it wa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 27 09:30:51 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 11:57:27 -0800 2008
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 deb...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 14 19:11:10 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 19:12:38 -0700 2009 Starts out entertaining and ends up a real page-turner. Wow!

Personal Demon at first appears to be Hope Adam's story. Hope is the tabloid journalist and half chaos demon who first appeared in Armstrong's short "Chaotic" in the Dates From Hell anthology where Hope...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 07:17:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 07:18:09 -0700 2009
Having enjoyed six other installments in Armstrong's Otherworld series, I was excited to read Personal Demon. I especially like Armstro...more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 19:36:46 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 19:37:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 21 15:01:23 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 11:32:05 -0800 2008 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 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:40:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:44:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 10:03:03 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 21:06:32 -0700 2009
Hope was helped out by Cortez cabal in No Humans Involved, and now they are c...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 23:49:08 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 07:47:30 -0700 2009 1
Ever since reading Men of the Otherworld (as well as Armstrong's internet snippets of stories) I have been intrigued with Hope. With what she means to Karl, a man who not only has longed to be part of the pack, but fights contections to anyone with such verocity it makes you wonder ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 07 14:17:28 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 11:12:44 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 05:15:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 05:46:36 -0700 2009
I find Hope Adams completely annoying, irritating, and just plain dull....more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 08:05:02 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 13:36:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Apr 13 17:33:19 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 17:33:19 -0700 2008
It really bothers me because Bitten is still one of my all time favorite books, but her new stuff is complete sell out.

/sigh]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 16:14:59 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 17:46:30 -0800 2009 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.

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Personal Demon was another decent Kelley Armstrong read.
This book is about Hope Adams, a chaos demon, who we've met in a short story in Dates from Hell. Besides Hope, we also get to read Lucas Cortez' POV.

In the beginning I...more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Aug 04 07:43:52 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 07:43:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 16 11:36:21 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 11:36:32 -0700 2009 No Humans Involved, which left me feeling a bit cheated for having paid hardcover price for it, I ended up racing through this one.

This book veers from an established patter...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 08:09:06 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:06:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1541884