I was introduced to DEVILISH by a certain someone. The day I saw that tweet she made, thunder sounded in the distance and I got shocked by current while baking cookies. I suppose I should have seen the signs then, but what do they say about cookies?

Join the dark side, we have em. ;)

It is charming, funny and what I liked best was that it didn't take itself too seriously. This is due to Jane's outlook. At first glance, she's like one of those scientists that everyone talks about: intelligent, looking for reasons by logic rather than by magic; she sticks out like a sore thumb because she's in a school where religious studies is a module, and all the classes are taught by nuns or brothers. She's also brave, unfailingly loyal, willing to stand up for what she believes in and willing to take risks despite the odds that she's aware are against her.

Man, I kinda wish I was like her. Except without the blonde spikes. I like my lustrous black hair too much. Typical Asian stereotype here.

Johnson doesn't pull any punches in the construction and design of DEVILISH. I could practically experience the school events (which are a hoot, I love the idea of the Big-Little. Do you have such events in your school?), hang out with the characters (hello Lanalee, I like you!), see the bottles stacked carefully on Lanalee's display (shiny, shiny!), envision the fanged sheep doodled in Jane's textbook (my friend drew a sheep in our textbooks the last year of secondary school. It was curly.).

Morbid humour is injected in every and any situation, making a bad situation seem much better in comparison.

You know, in situations where your best friend steals your ex-boyfriend. Or when you find out she sold her soul to the devil. Or when you go all out to save her, risking your soul in a gamble you're not even sure you'll win.

Yeah, situations like those.

When it gets down to it, DEVILISH teaches us all a lesson about wanting things too much and taking the easy way there. The lesson is terribly painful (Heh heh heh. You'll find out why when you read the ending, which you WILL, right? *stares*), and makes you wonder whether the whole short cut was worth it.

All I can say is, don't take the short cut while reading DEVILISH. You don't want to miss the fun, do you?