Review: Humorous and somewhat unique tale
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2011
Brenda has been living a dull existence.  Years ago she'd found her best friend in bed with her husband, and her world fell apart.  She now lives in a small town far from there, mostly keeping to herself and doing her best to ignore the ghosts that temporarily show up from time to time.Everything changes when she's recruited by a Vigilante Demon who is looking for a new partner.  He needs her to tell him when the ghost of someone murdered shows up so together they can mete out a twisted form of justice.  He's got quite a bag of tricks to aid him that adds a great deal to the story.  The first murder victim to approach her is a girl who only knows her name as Sacrifice.  Tracking down her killer becomes the main focus of the book.I was immediately grabbed by the humorous antics Brian, the demon, will go through when dealing with the bad guys.  Especially funny is the first situation when Brenda meets Brian.  Her practice run working with Brian as a team to stop bank robbers with hostages is also entertaining.  I thought the entire book would be along those lines, but unfortunately not quite.A good chunk of the book takes us in one direction, which appears to be a dead end and had me wondering why so many pages where devoted to it.  Eventually it makes sense and apparently this portion of the story will continue in a sequel.  Looking for information to track the killer and get that information into the hands of the police is another large segment.There are definitely bouts of humor to be had in both of these latter areas, but after being grabbed by the uniqueness of the story and those first two situations, the story starts to drag as it takes on a more serious angle.  Dealing with Brenda's family adds a nice break in that area.Overall the humor and watching this tough personality buried in Brenda come out was enough to make me glad I read the book.Reviewed for Library Thing