The Demon You Know

The Others #11

by Christine Warren

As a research grunt at a local television station, Abby Baker tends to blend into the background, which is where she's most comfortable. But when she ends up being the last resort to cover a hot story, Abby discovers a whole new side to her personality when she is possessed by a fiend—a type of rogue demon. Suddenly everyone wants a piece of her. And now the demon Rule—also a hunter of his own kind who have gone astray—is Abby's only hope…

Meanwhile, the Others—vampires, werewolves, and witches, oh my!—have come out of the supernatural closet and the rest of the humans are all aflutter. Mischief is afoot in the demon realm, and Rule knows that Abby is key to figuring it all out before the fiends tip the fragile balance between the newly-discovered Others and the humans over into an epic battle. Now it's up to two lost souls to make love, not war…..

Genres: Paranormal Romance, Paranormal, Romance, Demons, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Vampires

344 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

Born and raised in coastal New England, Christine Warren lived in the South and the Mid-Atlantic before hopping to the other side of the country to take up the life of a transplant in the Pacific Northwest. She completely bypassed those states in the middle due to her landlocking phobia. Hmm, need to research a scientific term for that...

When not scrambling frantically to complete her latest writing project, Christine spends most of her time as a crazy animal lady, hanging out with her dog Levi (he’s the one with the hair) and pretending to train him to have some manners. She also hangs out with her horse, Cal—a thoroughbred with a craving for strawberry licorice twists—her goddog, Merlin; and her best friend, fellow author Hannah Murray. In addition to playing with her pets, Christine’s hobbies include identifying dog breeds from photos of their underbellies, appreciating fine and not-so-fine wines, shopping for the perfect pair of Christian Louboutin shoes, and most of all reading things someone else had to agonize over.

She enjoys hearing from readers and can be reached via email sent to Christine@christinewarren.net or by postal mail to Christine Warren, PO Box 871900, Vancouver, WA 98687-1900.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/christ...

Reviews

[Monty Cupcake ☠ Queen of Bloodshed ☠ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loathed the female mc, Abby. She was the worst. Constantly complaining and TSTL. She's possessed by a fiend that has info of a spell that a super evil arch-fiend wants to use to end the world. In order to prevent this spell from getting into the wrong hands she has to be guarded 24/7 by The Others. Makes sense, right? They're guarding her and saving her life because the bad guy will torture and kill her what does she do? Abby rages and tries to escape repeatedly. See, TSTL.

The male mc, Rule, was fine and alpha, etc. My only issue with him is that he liked Abby.

The additional inner monologue of Lou, the fiend possessing Abby, was funny since he was kind of a perv. Noah, Abby's brother seems like an interesting character and he's the topic of the next book. I enjoyed seeing characters from the previous books, but I wished they'd killed Abby off.

I ended up skimming this book a ton because of how awful and annoying Abby was. The 2 stars are for everyone else but her.

[MelissaB · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was pretty disappointed with this book. We met Rule in She's No Fairie Princess where he seemed like a great hero. I liked Rule in this book as well but his character wasn't really fleshed out. All I know about him is that he was part of the Watch in the Demon world who protects the Upper world from fiends, who are bad demons. I have no idea what life is like in the Demon world, how their society works or what type of life Rule had there before we met him.

The heroine, Abby, is just plain TSTL and annoying. I like to root for my heroines but I just could not empathise with her. She gets possessed by a fiend and acts like a spoiled brat about it. Her reasoning for putting herself in danger was ridiculous - pretty much she thought she should be able to do whatever she wanted even if an evil fiend was trying to capture her. Even if that meant sneaking away from her guards and putting a lot of lives in danger. The girl was just dumb and childish. She was mean to Rule and everyone else for the first half of the book. She is described over and over again as being plain and mousy, so I am not sure what her appeal was. If her personality is unattractive and the outside is plain and unremarkable, why would you want her?

Miraculously Abby and Rule fall in love despite not knowing each other at all and only having a few conversations where Abby yells at Rule for trying to save her life and keep the world safe from fiends. They suddenly decide to have sex, then they are suddenly a couple and will stay together for life. Apparently Rule decided Abby would be his "mate" although I still am not sure what type of long term relationships Demons normally have. Abby manages to get herself caught by the big bad fiend who is after the fiend possessing her, Rule goes after her to try to save her, bla bla bla the fiends die bla bla bla Rule and Abby decide to stay together until she dies then Rule will follow her.

I hope the rest of this series is better written than this book. It was just not good. It is only getting two stars because I enjoyed the first sex scene.

[Shannon C. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Abby Baker is a research assistant for a local TV station. When she's on a riot scene to help cover a story, she becomes possessed by a fiend Lou (a not so bad guy). Lou is on the run from Uzkiel (bad guy), a fiend who wants a special spell that will give him an advantage in his fight with the demons (good guys). Lou had been acting as an informer for the demon Rule (good guy), and now Rule is searching for him since he went missing. Rule finds Lou in Abby's body, and immediately takes Abby into protective custody at the Vircolac Club. The club is owned by Graham Winters, the alpha of the werewolf pack. The pack helps to protect Abby, while Rule searches for Uzkiel. We see many of the characters we know from other books--Rafe, Tess, Missy, Graham--and they help in the fight against Uzkiel.

The story started a bit slow but then picked up around chapter five. Overall I enjoyed the storyline, the main character Rule and the supporting cast like Noah, Samantha, Missy, and Rafe. However, Abby is one of the worst lead female characters I've read recently. Not only is she not likable, the author is not consistent in the way she portrays the character. Abby starts out as a timid doormat of a character. Then she makes an idiotic decision--putting her life and others in danger. Afterwards she shows herself to be whiny and self centered. Then she's a complete bit*h, screaming at Rule for things that he didn't cause and can't control, which was inconsistent for how she was portrayed in the beginning. I liked Rule in the Faerie book, and was very disappointed to see him matched off with such a poor character. The romance didn't make any sense to me. I didn't see anything appealing in her character for him to care about. She's not even described as being physcially attractive, so I didn't get his attraction to her. Additionally, the dialogue was forced, awkward and frequently annoying.

Another thing was the copy of the book I read was FULL of typos and punctuation errors. It was extremely distracting. The worst ones were the constant mistakes in names--Bat for Bal, Rate for Rule, etc. At times I'd have to back up and reread a line trying to figure out who the author was talking about. I was reading a St Martins Press published version that was produced for Kindle. Very poor editing--someone didn't do their job. Also if the book had had a good line editor, the editor would have caught all the inconsistencies with Abby's character.

I've read most of the Others books and enjoyed several of them--mainly the later ones. If you've never read Christine Warren before, don't start with this book or book one. Instead, try One Bite with a Stranger, Wolf at the Door or Walk on the Wild Side. Those are some of the better ones in the series.

[Lauren · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Demon You Know
1 Star

Abby Baker, a researcher for a local TV station, finds herself amid a violent mob protesting the revelation of the existence of The Others. Before she knows it, Abby is possessed by a rogue demon known as a Fiend, and most play host to the annoying entity as it has information that a group of rogue demons, the Council of Others, and Rule, a Demon Watchman, are all desperate to acquire.

Series note: Numerous characters from previous books put in an appearance. Nevertheless, the plot is not connected to any prior stories.

Unfortunately, this installment in The Others series is a huge disappointment mainly because the heroine is annoying and selfish. Despite clear evidence of the danger posed by the Fiends both to her personally and to the world at large, Abby continuously acts without thinking and is oblivious to the consequences her actions have on others. Moreover, the references to her devout Catholic upbringing, which seem to be a trend in some UF and Paranormal novels (The Dresden Files, Mercy Thompson, and Jane Yellowrock) are out of place in these genres, and result in her coming across as moralistic and self-righteous.

Abby and Rule's romance is not appealing. His attraction to her does not make sense (even to him), and Warren has done his character a disservice by pairing him with such an unlikable heroine. It is never a good sign for a relationship when the hints at a connection between a different couple are more compelling. In this case, Noah Baker, Abby's brother, and Sam, a member of the Silverback clan, have more intense chemistry than Rule and Abby.

The plot revolving around the Fiend rebellion is underdeveloped, and the information provided on the Demon realm is insufficient.

In sum, this is one of the weakest books in the series and I would recommend skipping it and moving on to the next, which is Noah and Sam's story. Hopefully, it will be an improvement.

[Eliza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, this was definitely my favourite in the series so far. I loved Rule, who was strong and sexy and really awesomely annoyed at people who kept mixing him up with the fiends he was trying to hunt. As you would be, I suppose. The heroine I didn't like quite as much, but I did still understand where she was coming from even if she was a bit stupid at first. My biggest issue with the book was that the author fell back on the whole "instant attraction" thing, which almost always makes me groan and roll my eyes and maybe make a rude hand gesture at the book. Particularly if the hero himself admits first that the heroine is plain and ordinary, but for some strange reason he feels the fire of lust piercing his loins or what the fuck ever. In any case, that was my one beef with the book, which really only got brought up at the beginning, so... fine. It was worth reading just for Rule, as far as I'm concerned.

[Cassie 'The Thinker Go Go Go Go' Mis. Roben Goodfellow'\Isabelle Lightwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nope. Sorry guys but I got nothing for this one..

So No review.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Others have been outed and as predicted, the humans aren't taking the existence of witches, vampires, werewolves and were-anything very well. There are riots going on in New York City and Abby Baker is stuck in the middle. She's busy cowering behind a bunch of cars when a group of thugs start beating up a teenage Other. When the Other gets knocked into her, the demon snatched his opportunity and possessed her. Well, not a demon, a fiend. Rule is a demon and he has nothing in common with Lou, the fiend who now lives inside Abby. Rule takes her to the Vircolac, the Other's Headquarters for protection where they discover that Lou has a deadly, world annihilating spell that could end the world if he and the spell fall into the wrong hands. His current position inside Abby puts her in grave danger and the Others are determined to protect her with or without her permission. With humans rioting and the fiends and demons in the middle of a war, Rule needs to be concentrating on protecting the Above world and the Below world, and doesn't need the distraction of Abby's cotton candy scent. A virtual prisoner within the Vircolac and stuck with the company of Lou, Abby demands Rule's attention. They fall in love during one of the most inopportune moments in history, but they are helpless to resist the attraction. Meanwhile, the fiends are making their move and Rule and the Others are scrambling for a way to save her but Abby and Lou have the knowledge that could destroy the world, and even if it means dying to protect it, sacrifices have to be made.

Rule and Abby were really cute together. Not a whole lot of angst in this one, which I appreciated and when Abby does descend into self pity, Tess is there to slap it right out of her. Tess is one of those girlfriend's who will always tell it to you straight and is always ready with a good, strong slap. Abby's ability to insinuate herself right into Rule's big, tough heart was so cute and I liked how Rule didn't fight back too hard. Rule's reactions to the misconceptions regarding demonology was really entertaining and Lou was one of the funniest, smarmiest character's I've read in a long time and I thought him one of the greatest self sacrificing characters, too. His and Abby's conversations were kind of the highlight for me in the book and when he would "blink out" I really missed his smart aleck wit.

The world building the Other's continues in a fun and interesting way and it's was always great to revisit characters. I can't wait to read more in the Other series and highly recommend this as an entertaining read.

[Rie_dominique · Rating 2 out of 5]

ini buku Fantasi/Paranormal ke8 yang saya baca bulan ini saja! Padahal seumur-umur paling saya baca tipe buku ini hanya 1-2 buku setahun..

Mungkin ini disebabkan karena demam Cat and Bones nih. Hehehehe…

Cerita bermula dari Abby yang memiliki warna mata berbeda (coklat dan biru) dirasuki oleh Daimon bernama Louamides. Punya warna mata berbeda hanya berarti bahwa Abby adalah seorang psychic atau penyihir atau pintu masuk bagi roh2 yang sedang membutuhkan tubuh. Dan ternyata Abby termasuk kedalam tipe ke3.

Lou, daimon yang merasuki abby, sedang dicari2 karena AWOL dari tugas sebagai mata2 yang menyelidiki kegiatan Uzkiel, fiend (bad daimon) yang berniat menguasai dunia.

Rule, dark watch, yang ditugaskan untuk mencari Lou kemudian “mengamankan“ Abby disebuah klub yang dimiliki oleh pasangan Rafe (werejaguar) dan Tess (witch). Abby, si gadis yang dibesarkan secara religius dan rajin ke sekolah minggu ini menolak bekerja sama karena dia masih tidak percaya dengan semua makhluk2 yang mengelilinginya. Tapi semakin lama kedekatannya dengan Rule menimbulkan perasaan istimewa dalam hati Abby. Nah , ceritanya berlanjut dengan mencari cara mengeluarkan Lou dari tubuh Abby dan menyelamatkan Lou dari Uzkiel yang ingin merampas mantra yang diketahui Lou dan dapat menyebabkan kehancuran bumi…

Buku ini merupakan salah satu rekomendasi dari Eloisa James yang saya baca. Tapi untuk buku yang satu ini saya kurang sependapat dengan Eloisa. Secara keseluruhan menurut saya buku ini membosankan.

Pada bagian awal saya agak lost karena ini buku ketiga dari seri Others yang dibikin si penulis sehingga peristiwa2 yang terjadi pada buku terdahulu dan dibahas pada awal buku ini membuat saya sedikit tidak mengerti. Tapi tak apalah, tidak mempengaruhi ceritapun :D
Dari segi romance antara Abby dan Rule juga tidak istimewa. Malah menurut saya jumlah scene antara Abby dengan Rule sangat sedikit sehingga agak kaget juga tiba2 mereka bisa jatuh cinta . Adegan antara Abby dan Rule lebih banyak dikelilingi dengan tokoh2 lain (ga mungkin ngomong masalah pribadi kan?), dan saat2 mereka hanya berdua biasanya diakhiri dengan ciuman (hanya 2x adegan). Terus habis itu mereka udah jatuh cinta aja. Hmmm….

Bagian yang agak lucu hanya saat Abby bertengkar dengan daimon yang merasukinya. Secara si daimon termasuk tipe cerewet, mesum n banyak ngeluhnya. Malah menurut saya hanya Lou saja yang membuat cerita ini menjadi menarik!

[Zee · Rating 4 out of 5]

More like a 3.5, but admittedly, I'm finding it a little hard to figure out how to rate this book.

I have two very distinct thought processes about this one. The first is that it was amazing. The second is that it's not... quality? I hate writing "negative" reviews so I'm going to do my best to play nice (especially considering Warren is one of my favorite authors) but I do have some major bones to pick with this one.

First things first, I want to talk about positives. This book's pacing is on point. Absolutely fantastic. The writing flows like a swiftly-moving river, it's a quick read it's great. I also really enjoyed the complexity of the plot. It was fabulous. Reading the back-and-forth between Abby and Lou was also great.

As an overall review, this book was great. Is it the best Others book? No. But it's readable and it's enjoyable and I was biting my nails by the end. Everything I've come to expect from this series was delivered.

That said, I have issues with this book in terms of content editing? There's so many loop holes it looks like swiss cheese. Fair warning, if you haven't read this book yet, the next sentence may not make any sense, but I need to say it. This is included but not limited to: why Samantha and Carly are out howling at protesters to stir them up in the first place like a couple of idiots, why Lou can't be exorcised from Abby, why Abby doesn't call directly for Rule when she's in trouble after she knows his name, how Lou made a really decent show of not being there for a considerable amount of time but not being stolen, how Missy could be so idiotic, Abby's bipolar personality, and Noah, who I'm gonna get to in a minute.

First, I want to talk about Abby. For the most part, she's likable. I liked having a character who was unapologetically average. That's great. But. I truly don't understand how she can be such a push-over - see "Terry" in the intro - yet also be so stubborn as to try and sneak out of Vircolac multiple times--even after she knows she's there for a reason. It seemed like reading about two people instead of one (and yes, that's apart from reading about Abby and Lou). She's insanely average, and yet she could give Mars a run for his money on being more war-like. That... that doesn't add up. I also just generally found it irritating how much of the book was spent on trying to argue with Abby because she was so headstrong. Like. Jesus.

And that leaves us with Noah. I need a whole paragraph to go through things with him and there will be spoilers so if you haven't read this book yet and you don't want it ruined for you, maybe skip this, but I need to have a moment. Ok. Noah's macho to a fault, Special Forces trained, and currently stationed in North Carolina (despite being in the crew that'd 100% be stopping riots), but in the course of the novel, he: 1) goes AWOL from assigned duty with multiple kilograms of explosives and an AK-47, 2) reveals confidential information about his Special Forces assignments to random strangers 3) even though he's supposedly a super soldier, he gets knocked out by a human holding a brick literally while he's corralling everyone around with a loaded gun and when, according to basic bootcamp training, he'd know better than to let anyone sneak up behind him 4) literally decides to blow up a multi-story building for no reason at the end of this book.

You know what? Forget one paragraph. I need to write an essay about Noah right now. And like, before I get into it I want it said that in terms of the character himself, he's great, and I'm kinda bummed there's not an Others book detailing how he gets mated with someone cuz I would read the crap out of it, ok? But at the same time, I really, really, really wish that someone on the team behind this book had taken a minute to say "hey, let's maybe keep things realistic in terms of the macho army character." Or even, "hey, let's do a basic fact check before we write someone we don't know anything about." And I'm not blaming anyone. Like, it wasn't just the author or the editor or whoever--it was just that no one did it. From having him wield an AK-47, which isn't the military standard rifle but also isn't legal for him to own, to having him barge blindly into a situation without even bothering to text his sister back from the phone she used, it's just a mess?

Like, ok. Even pretending the AK-47 was his military issues rifle, if you have a weapon and you're in the army and you're unmarried and living in the barracks, you have to keep it checked in at the armory. You can't just randomly be like, "oh, guess I'll take this with me wherever I want, guess I'll go get it at midnight when I'm panicked over my little sister's safety. No one can stop me now." No. Hell no. Then, it's implied but never confirmed that he's on leave--and his statement during the fight was that he'd driven all night from NC which to me, implies he's /not/ on leave. For the record, if you're military, on active duty, and you just randomly go AWOL, it's 24 hours total before you're facing possible jail time, let alone losing your rank and having your pay withheld. Noah literally gets a room at Vircolac. He also runs into battle multiple times while casually holding a grenade, and while I get that this is supposed to be a funny thing like "Ha-ha, macho man like fire," that's the most unrealistic thing I've ever read. I'm pretty sure the only training seminars that have you run into a fight with explosives in hand are the ones for suicide bombers. Just saying.

But then it gets worse. Not only does Noah behave in such a way as to get himself dishonorably discharged after 18 years of service, ensure that he's facing jail time for his recklessness, and put his life in immediate danger out of some need to look Overly Militarized, he blows up a warehouse. Not a warehouse he owns, not a warehouse that's scheduled for demolition, not one he has permission to even be inside of. Just a random warehouse in Manhattan. He demolishes it, and I'm relatively certain his bomb materials come from the army but are being used without their permission--because obviously, one can just steal kilograms of explosives from the military without anyone noticing. For the record, we call that "domestic terrorism." Like, considering that he had ties to the Others and the climate going on with them and the part where he literally goes AWOL with his rifle and that many explosives, or that from his text records he had a code word sent to him just before turning into Rambo, I genuinely wonder how his face wasn't plastered all over the news or how he didn't single-handedly become the FBI's number one person of interest within this book.

And like. Ok. I understand this is fiction. I understand I'm knit-picking and that in a world with multiple species that don't actually exist and where demons have nothing to do with Christianity, it's more than a little ironic that this is what I'm latching onto. I can admit this, but it doesn't stop me from being bothered by it. It seems like a lack of detail and that bothers me. I admittedly have a high standard for the Others books. They're fantastic. This one falls a little short on what makes them fantastic, though.

[Megan (BookWifeReviews) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was disappointed with this book. I liked Rule in the last book and I was excited for him to have his own book. But this one didn't work for me.

Abby was terrible. She was whiney and rude and just plain dumb. She was having a pretty bad day. I get it. I would freak the hell out if I found out I had a fiend inside me too. But my god she went bat shit crazy. She was yelling and insulting the only freaking people who could save her. Telling Rule how unholy he is. And poor Tessa.. If I was Tessa I would have left the damn thing inside her. I mean I know she couldn't in order to save the worlds but still Abby was a complete bitch. To everyone. I hated her. It's been a while since I have hated a character as much as I hate Abby. Also she ran. I can't stand that. She is being protected by a pack of werewolves, a demon, and a witch and she runs to her brother.. WTF. just stupid. Invite your brother to where you are but don't run away. I know she thought everyone was lying to her but would you really take the chance that they weren't? hell no. Because if it's true and you die the whole effing world dies with you, you stupid cow. UGH!!! and then later on, she gets bored, yes bored and decides there's no harm going to lunch with a friend. Even though everyone told her to stay put (inside a freaking monstrosity of a house with everything at your disposal) Her logic though.. she's going with a werewolf so it has to be safe. Dumb bitch gets her self captured. I also want to point out that it wasn't like she was there for months.. or weeks.. it was days... I can't remember exactly how many but I want to say 2..

Rule.. well I dunno. I don't think I have any feelings about him at all.. I hate that he won't age and Abby will. I hate immortal couples that don't have a way around that. Even if I hated Abby.

Now that I am writing the review and I have had a couple days to sit on the book, I have no idea why it even got 2 stars.. Maybe just because I love the author and I have loved this series. So I will leave it at 2 stars but really.. it's a 1 star book for me.

[Urbanbookbabe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Description and Synopsis

Rule is a member of the Watch, a group of Demons who police Fiends. When a fiend goes missing from Below,the Demon Realm,it is up to Rule to set out Above to locate it before Uzkiel, one of the nastiest Fiends around, find him and get his hands on him. Rule finds the Fiend but to his dismay, the Fiend has possessed a human. Said human is Abby Baker, a research assistant at local TV station. Abby discovers that what she once thought she new about Demons and evil was nothing compared to what she was about to expierence.



Review

I was quite disappointed in this story. I was expecting to learn more about the demon realm, more about Rule himself and the hierarchy of the Watch. It's inner workings and such. However, most of the time I was consistently being subjected to Abby's blather on her opinion of good and evil and insistence on escape instead of trying to work with the Others and Rule to save the humans. After reading, I really didn't think the plot was very strong and I did not feel the connection between Rule and Abby. I hope that the next installment proves different.



Recommendations



I gave this book 2 stars. It was okay. I would recommend this book to anyone who starts a series and must finish it (like me) and for those who want a quick and easy read.

[Azra]

Oh boy. I picked up this book because the library bookstore works on the honor system and I didn't have correct change. That's what I get for not looking too closely when I grabbed it.

The story started out well enough. Demons. Werewolves. Riots. All the good stuff. I was drawn right into the story and stayed there for nearly two hundred pages.

Then, as I paraphrase the kid from the Princess Bride, it turned into a kissing book. Then it went on to turn into more than a kissing book.

Well, it tried to anyway.

The sex scenes took me right out of the story. I'm pretty sure my eyes glazed over - and not in a good way, either. I got bored with all the details, which covered *seventeen* pages during one scene. I caught myself talking back to the book at one point. A typical comment went like this: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hurry up. Let's get back to the violence and whatnot."

Next time, I'll try to remember to not to fall for an enticing cover without reading more of the blurb on the back first. Geez.

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book took one of the more interesting characters of She's No Faerie Princess and told his story. The Others have Unveiled the presence to the human world and humans are adjusting; some well and others not so much. This is the story of the demon Rule and a mild mannered human named Abigail who happens to be fiend-posessed.
Good story, good characters, and a nice way to pass a lazy day.

[B.C. Deeks · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first book in this series that I've read, and I have to say I'm torn. The author did a wonderful job of bringing her alternate reality to life for me and i truly enjoyed the community of supernaturals that she developed to populate her world. Her hero is a 1000 year old demon who is a third generation watchman-the Leader of the warriors who stand between the fiends of The Below and the vulnerable humans of The Above. If you like alpha males this is your man, or supernatural male, I should say. The heroine is a problem.She's just not likeable. When she sees a young Other youth being assaulted by three human thugs, her solution is to sneak away to supposedly call for help that even she admits won't be effective. Her behavior doesn't improve over the course of the story although she is presented as being devoutly catholic. I can understand her trying to escape when she first finds herself being held captive by the supernaturals after she is posesses by a minor fiend. But once she understands the full situation, -she is all that now can prevent the fiends from destroying the mortal world - her behavior just continues to be reckless and selfish. Irinically, the fiend who possesses the herine is a much more likeable character! Their interactions are filled with fun, wit and snappy dialogue. The plot was intriguing too so by the time I hit the last page I had decided that this series is worth a second look. After all, The Demon You Know is #11 and this heroine won't be in the first 10 books anyway. Whereas all the great worldbuilding and those facinating secondary characters likely showed up much earlier.

[Izzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars.
Even though this is #11 in the series, it can be read as a standalone. To be perfectly honest, I suggest skipping this book entirely.

The plot was weak. The characters, and their relationship, were severely underdeveloped. It was another case of the author telling, not showing.

So my edition was 344 pages and here are three pages that stood out to me:

Page 225:
"I just had sex with someone I've known for less than a week, No."
"Abby, from what I can tell, you just slept with a honourable, responsible, capable guy who happens to go all twisted with lust every time you step into the room."

At this point, Abby has shared 8 scenes with Rule. Her brother, Noah, has only had 2. For Noah claiming to know what Rule is thinking and feeling is stupid. Other than two kisses and one sex scene, we're not privy to Rule's thoughts/feelings about Abby.

Page 230:
(Noah)"...in his eyes, you're like Helen of Troy and Venus Aphrodite and Miss Universe all rolled into one."
Once again, this is not shown in Rule's POV. If anything, Rule mentions how plain Abby is.

Page 27:
"Her hiding place pretty much sucked, but she looked like the type who didn't need to hide, since she blended into the scenery."
"...seen the sort of women who made the battle over Helen of Troy look like a school yard scuffle not worth the effort...He couldn't see this human woman's face, but if he suspected if he had, it would have been as ordinary as the rest of her."


The world building was interesting but the romance was a serious let down.

[Elaine Kirby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shades of Gray!

There are good, in between & bad demons in this book; along with humans & Others.

Rule, a good Demon & who we met in “She’s No Faerie Princess” is the hero in this one & he also meets his other 1/2 in here too.

Abby works for a TV station & usually just blends in there; one of her co-workers asks her to help him with a story about the rioters & she unfortunately agrees to help him. After her co-worker run away with his tail between his legs, she get knocked down by a possessed Other & the not-so-bad demon possesses her. & right after that happens she kind of meets Rule as he kidnaps her & takes her to Graham Winters club.

This book contains a HEA ending, lots of fast paced action, some hot sex scenes & characters from the previous books. This was a very good book that I’ve read before but had never done a review on; so I decided to re-read this series & place my reviews on each book that is in this series & as I still have some more books to read in this series I’m off to do so.

[Carrie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really tried, but had to DNF at around 60%. The premise was really interesting, but I couldn't stomach Abby and her stupidity. All the other characters were so cookie-cutter paranormal romance that it was hard to distinguish one voice from the others (or from every other series like this that features a new couple in each installment) and I felt like I was dropped into the middle of one giant inside joke that was cute to everyone but clueless me. This wink-wink-nudging seems very typical of the genre (along with grudging insta-love/lust), but I'm starting to think it's not the genre for me. I've just been too annoyed and impatient with it lately. Sure, we're all in it for fluffy escapism, but I'd like to have SOME substance to hold onto.

Plus, there's no need for me to read the next book anyway -- it's painfully obvious that the only two "unmated" characters in the book besides the the two main characters, who clearly will hook up, will end up together in the next installment. Meh.

[Laurla2 · Rating 2 out of 5]

-3 stars, maybe 2. abby annoyed the fuck out of me. her high and mighty christianity and prejudice was nasty. in this series, demons come from another dimension and arent inherently evil, and demons have nothing to do with religion. but abby cant and wont get past that, insulting everyone in her path. the story wasnt bad, but abby was just not likeable.

"abby knew she'd taken a flying leap off the cliffs of insanity, but by the time she'd realized, it was too late to do anything except spread her arms and yell 'banzai!'"

"abbys stomach felt as if someone had just installed a hamster wheel with a very energetic rodent inside. and then fed it diet pills."

"your logic has no power over me."

summary: abby gets possessed by a fiend, and rule, a demon, has to protect her from an even worse fiend who wants to kill her for the spell inside her.

[Dragonaion · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn't get past the third chapter. It started in a tense scenario that was high energy, suddenly went into character background and world explanation, and continued back and forth between past and present to the point I felt whipsawed. Chapter two was an oddly placed world-creation filler, and the next chapter looped back to where the reader was in the first chapter from a different perspective. This is a good start, and I'd love to see what this world has to offer, but to say this is a finished draft is disappointing.

[Jamie Stephenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this one. I really liked Rule as a character in the previous one so I was intrigued to read his story and see who would be his match. Abby was a treat to get to know as well and when they got together sparks flew! they made a great team though. I definitely recommend this one just like all the others in the series.

[Gloria · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a re-read for me, though I read it the first time long enough ago that I had forgotten many key points. I love the humor Ms warren mixes in with her tales, and really enjoy visiting with the Others. Fun, satisfying read.

[Lynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read

I am super happy the demon Rule got a book. I found the story believable, the woman cajoled into helping cover a riot who then gets slammed into by an opportunistic fiend, and hijinks ensue. I greatly appreciate the balance of humor, suspense, and action.

[Amy Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three stars only because it included characters from the other books in the series. And I totally stole “Thanksgiving”. Abby’s relationship with Rule didn’t make sense especially considering her huge belief that all demons were horrid monsters.

[McKenzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who knew demons could love ?

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book once you understood who the characters where.

[Kristy Smart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rule is hot, hot, hot!! Lou is hilarious! I have read this book so many times I've just had to re-buy it.
if only Vircolac was real!

[Al · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome. Great series.

[Breanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hated the main character but loved her demon boyfriend so what can ya do

[Amelia Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really liked this book. Would read it again and again.

[Kim Ruiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the expected

This one will keep you on your toes. Plenty to keep your attention surprises that will keep you turning pages and wanting more.