Review: Interesting premise
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2012
BEAUTIFUL DEMONS by Sarra CannonBEAUTIFUL DEMONS is a short story focusing on Harper Madison- a 16year old girl who has been in the foster care system since she was a young child.  6 placements in one year had finally taken its' toll on her caseworker, so Harper was being shipped to Shadowford Plantation-a `home' for special cases. And Harper knew she was a special case-damaged / a broken girl as Mrs. Shadowford exclaimed. And the only thing close to Harper's heart was a sapphire pendant given to her by her birth mother. But it was Harper's special powers that proved to be her downfall time and again.  All she ever wanted was to belong. Beautiful Demons is a Young Adult paranormal storyline written in first person POV.First day introductions were over and immediately Harper's life was full of new friends, a dark head-mistress and a couple of swoon worthy boys.  Jackson Hunt was Ella Mae's son who lived on the plantation with his mother:  and Drake Ashford was the Peachville High Demon's high school quarterback.  But looks can be deceiving. And the nights at Shadowford Plantation Home for Girls are filled with frightening screams and hidden shadows, and the days are filled with lingering doubts about the cheerleading squad and its' members. Making an enemy on the first day at a new school wasn't on the agenda and neither was losing the one possession she could call her own.Tori Fairchild was missing.  When her body was discovered talk of foul play was buzzing the school. Only then did Harper realize that the authorities were gunning for her.  With her past history and her missing pendant found on Tori's badly burned body, Harper became the prime suspect. And now that Jackson revealed his secret, Harper knows that someone or something is out to get her. The secrets at the Shadowford Home for Girls are slowing unraveling revealing a past that hits too close to home, and the one person on whom she could depend becomes a faint memory every time she tries to remember.Strange things were happening for Harper.  Following a severe bout with the flu, Harper had a difficult time remembering events and people.  Her dreams were becoming life-like and filled with premonitions and events that she did not understand: a silver blade: blood: the Prima.  And amazingly, the cheerleading squad were demanding her friendship and participation.  Something powerful was happening in Peachville and Harper was caught in the middle.BEAUTIFUL DEMONS is the first storyline in Sarra Cannon's Peachville High Demons series.  An interesting look at the paranormal life of a high school teen, Beautiful Demons will take you back to a time when the mean girls ruled and the jocks were on top.  Only is this case, the mean girls are something else.  At the end of the novel, we are still not privy to the extent of the paranormal breakdown of characters-witches, demons, fairies?  I guess the truth will be revealed in book 2-Inner Demons.see all of my reviews at :thereadingcafe.com