Review: Delightful
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
"Secret Eater" is written in a delightfully engaging fashion and takes a fresh look at the universe of demons and their relationships to humans and witches. The chilling idea that demons exist solely to enable our own self-defeating actions and surreptitiously eat from our darkest secrets is just one of the vignettes of the piece. I especially enjoyed the satirical scene in the stock exchange; I can almost imagine that this is completely true!The plot is a splendidly confusing story of intrigue, double dealing and bad against worse (they are demons after all). The main characters are well developed and easy to empathize with. Jackson describes it as an urban fantasy adventure for young adults and this seems a very fitting depiction. Judged on that background alone it is a very fine debut. As an adult this is an easy and entertaining read that is well worth the time.