Book 33, 2019

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Demons Are Forever by Julie Kenner

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Since I had only two chapters left in my book at work, I brought it home and finished reading it in the wee hours this morning. The book was Demons are Forever by Julie Kenner, featuring demon-hunting soccer mom, Kate Connor.

After reluctantly coming out of retirement as a Demon Hunter, Kate's life is getting complicated. She doesn't want her husband to find out about her secret life, her teenage daughter has figured it out, her first (deceased) husband may not be as dead as she'd thought, and now it seems that she has acquired an object that demons will kill to possess. Kate is run ragged with trying to rein in her daughter Allison (who wants to become a hunter), find out what it is the demons want, eliminate as many of them as she can, figure out the clues her first husband Eric left behind, and keep her current husband Stuart in the dark.

Fortunately, she has help. Her neighbor Laura knows Kate's secret and helps out with babysitting Kate's young son Timmy, while the local priest is now serving as Kate's contact with the Vatican. Rogue Demon Hunter David has her back, and Kate knows she can count on grizzled old Eddie, another retired Hunter, if the chips are down.

As the pieces come together, putting Allie in danger once more, it's up to Kate to save the world. All in a day's work for a suburban housewife and mother!

These books are fun and lighthearted, with just enough tension to keep them from being cracky fluff fests. Kate is tough and tender by turns, doing her best to rid the world of demons while maintaining as normal a life for her family as she can.

Favorite lines:
♦ "Why the hell did I bean a demon with my best stoneware?"
♦ As if I hadn't already believed my dancing skills were pathetic, now I'd been shown up by the scourge of Hell. Wasn't that just peachy?
♦ But while my Hunter instincts might be telling me to take her out, my suburban mom training was telling me to be the polite hostess.

Wonderful, four stars!