Finished: 29/05/11
Genre: Paranormal
Rated: B
Opening Sentence: ‘…When I opened the door to greet my grandmother for the very first time, I‘m not sure what I was expecting…’
Less than 24 hours after opening the door to greet her grandmother, prim and proper preschool teacher Lizzie has lost her home, her job, her clothes, and her friends. Now, instead of trying not to swear and living a boringly organised and very planned life she is trying to make sense of circumstances that have her meeting a wacky biker coven of the Red Skull witches, discovering her little dog can talk, hiding out with werewolves, making out with a griffin and above all trying to harness her own magical powers.
Yep, Lizzie’s 30th birthday is one she is not going to forget for a while. Raised by distant and unloving adoptive parents, the orderly, prim and proper Lizzie had no idea that she was born to be a demon slayer. Well she wasn’t actually born to be one – its just that accidental circumstances have meant she has to take up the mantle – and take it up right now with no training because few minutes after her granny arrives a demon erupts out of Lizzie’s toilet and she surprisingly manages to blast it into “a million flecks of light.”
Having confirmed her gift her granny drags her off to kill a really mean demon who is due to escape from the second level of Hell. First Lizzie has to be inducted into the protection of the coven, who are a crazy bunch of Harley riding, rhinestone wearing, magical women. They make magic spells out of road kill and store them in jars. A hunky shape-shifter Dimitri, a sometime griffin, claims to be her protector but may have a hidden agenda that will take her straight to hell. Oh heck, granny has been taken to hell as bait anyway, so it looks like that is just where Lizzie has to go!
Author, Angie Fox, has done a brilliant job with the characters in this her fun debut book. They are all very memorable and believable, even the bad ones. Lizzie’s character certainly grows throughout the book and I am looking forwards to book two which I purchased as soon as I finished this one. THE ACCIDENTAL DEMON SLAYER is light and fluffy but there is a suspenseful adventure that kept this reader on the edge of her seat as Lizzie and Dimitri faced ominous dangers. There are quite a few layers to the story, and a few twists and turns in this delightful paranormal world.
I haven’t got the 2nd one but I want it 🙂 Glad you liked it. I liked Granny the best!
This does sound like a fun book. I am glad you enjoyed it, Sally!