Review: 3.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2012
Post apocalyptic, sci-fi, paranormal romance? Yeah, it's a mouthful.  I was drawn to this novella with its promises of a sexy half demon and an adventure, and am I glad it delivered.Marci is a summoner, a descendant of the people who held the power to summon demons.  In their shallow grasps of power they unleash demons they can't control that cause widespread death and destruction.  All summoners are blamed, even those like Marci that had no part in the original outbreak (sins of the father and all that jazz).  Which leaves Marci hiding in plane sight in one of the underground human strongholds.  If she's discovered through any of the random DNA tests they will throw her top-side to the mercy of the demons.Gabe is a half-demon who gathers supplies for the open community where he lives.  Humans, summoners, and half-demons all co-exist happily in Rochester (thanks to some strict rules enforced by a pretty scary guy.)  While making a supply run at the facility where Marci works all hell breaks lose and the security network that defends against the demons goes down.  They find themselves in lock down together and things start to heat up.  But can Gabe talk Marci into staying with him?The beginning was a bit difficult to get into.  I was thrown into a post apocalyptic world without much explanation of how things became so messed up.  Thankfully, things were explained pretty  quickly and I started to really get into the story.  I felt for Marci.  She's had to live her entire life blending into the background because of her genetics.  Gabe's character is constantly warring with his two natures.  His demon side is telling him to use all of his powers to make Marci his, but his human side knows that it would kill any kind of relationship he could have with her.  I don't want to give too much away, so I'll just say that I enjoyed Demon Bait and now, that I fully understand the "new world", I look forward to reading the second in the series, Hammer Down.