Review: A fun story with an AWESOME paranormal twist.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
If you are looking for a fun, fast-paced book with lots of twist and turns, a few stolen moments with a hot, walking, talking sin, and a paranormal twist that felt incredibly fresh, then this is most certainly the book for you. I don't know quite what I was expecting with this book but I found myself absolutely loving every aspect of it.I found Jessie to be such a fun character! She is spunky (a compliment, according to her), determined, stubborn (even when it gets her into trouble), and an all-around fun character. Even though these qualities of hers often got her in less-than-stellar situations, I just couldn't help but admire Jessie for the strength and determination she showed. When things got tough, she did what had to be done to solve the problem. With an annoying demon dog following her around, the seven deadly sins running rampant in her town, a demon father, a protective mother, and an unconventional job, it safe to say she had her fair share of these "problems" but that never got her down. She just kept going. On top of all of this, she was also funny and oddly easy to relate to. I couldn't exactly relate to the more paranormal aspects of her life, my dad is demon-blood free as far as I know, but some of the other stuff like dealing with over-protective parents, trying to prove that you can handle things on your own, getting your first kiss, and falling in love, it was all of those other things she encountered that made her journey, with as crazy and out-of-this-world as it seemed, just a little bit more believable.Throughout this story, I fell in love with Jus's writing. The overall idea of the book was fascinating. I mean, its the seven deadly sins in the living flesh. How cool is that? But in addition to that there's also this whole paranormal side of things. Like demons and zombies that are living among us...okay not living perse but you know what I mean and it's Jessie and her mom's job to take them out. This story had plenty of opportunities to get down-right confusing with all it's twists and turns but Jus's writing allowed me to get totally absorbed in the story with zero confusion. I felt like I was right there with Jessie and the whole gang trying to figure this whole thing out.On top of Jessie being awesome, the premise of the story being awesome, and the writing being well, you guessed it, awesome, I also fell in love with other aspects of the book. The other characters for one. Jessie mom was a good character. I liked the fact that even though she sends her daughter out to take down a zombie as a form of punishment, she also has all the other characteristics that make a good mom. She worries about Jessie, looks after her, and sort of drives her crazy with all the over-protection. Even though that sort of thing would have drove me crazy too, I like that she was there, caring, worrying about, and looking after Jessie. I also found myself loving, and I'm not putting that lightly, Wrath. One of the Seven Deadly Sins. Okay, he wasn't Wrath exactly, him and Wrath just happened to share the same body. But when I say Lukas was as full of Swoon as he was of Wrath, I'll hope you understand what I mean. The boy was awesome. First off, he should be a bad guy, I mean he does have Wrath inhabiting his body, but despite this he was a good guy through and through. Secondly, he had all the gentlemanly qualities you would expect of someone from the 1800′s because well, he is. And thirdly, he's there for Jessie regardless of how annoying, nosy, pushy, or stubborn he thinks she's being. Watching him and Jessie bond in the midst of all the craziness they were facing was one of my favorite parts.If you couldn't tell from my review, I absolutely loved this one. I found myself absolutely, 110% absorbed in this story. I loved the paranormal-ness, I loved the action scenes, I loved the swoony-ness, I loved the characters, basically I loved everything about it. Do yourself a favor and give this one a read and join me in grueling, forever-away wait until book #2 comes out!