coral reviewed The demon lover by Carol Goodman
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3 stars
My feelings about this book kind of went in waves.
At first I was interested in the premise and found the writing and imagery very powerful.
I grew tired of it and increasingly edgy as it seemed to be predominantly a story of an abusive figure controlling a woman's life. I nearly stopped reading.
The introduction of other supernatural elements and the break in the demon's onslaught renewed my interest, so that I was glad I'd picked it up again.
Then the next controlling, borderline abusive relationship happened and quickly became simultaneously upsetting and tiresome. Again, I nearly stopped reading.
Only at the very end, where the introduction of multiple factions of supernaturals happened, was I pleased to have kept reading. That--the binding of our heroine to several additional, competing groups--happened so quickly and so late in the book, it almost felt like an afterthought. But it made for several …
My feelings about this book kind of went in waves.
At first I was interested in the premise and found the writing and imagery very powerful.
I grew tired of it and increasingly edgy as it seemed to be predominantly a story of an abusive figure controlling a woman's life. I nearly stopped reading.
The introduction of other supernatural elements and the break in the demon's onslaught renewed my interest, so that I was glad I'd picked it up again.
Then the next controlling, borderline abusive relationship happened and quickly became simultaneously upsetting and tiresome. Again, I nearly stopped reading.
Only at the very end, where the introduction of multiple factions of supernaturals happened, was I pleased to have kept reading. That--the binding of our heroine to several additional, competing groups--happened so quickly and so late in the book, it almost felt like an afterthought. But it made for several really promising plots to come.
If I felt confident that the demon lover character would never return, I'd pick up the rest of the series.
I really liked the mouse.