Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
Personal Demons
Lisa Desrochers
Publisher: TOR Teen
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Pages: 364
Rating: 4 stars
Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a bit of a wicked streak. She’s spent years keeping everyone at a distance—even her closest friends—and it seems her senior year will be more of the same…until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but Frannie can’t seem to stay away from him. What she doesn’t know is that Luc works in Acquisitions—for Hell—and she possesses a unique skill set that has the King of Hell tingling with anticipation. All Luc has to do is get her to sin, and he’s as tempting as they come. Frannie doesn’t stand a chance.
Unfortunately for Luc, Heaven has other plans, and the angel, Gabe, is going to do whatever it takes to make sure that Luc doesn’t get what he came for. And it isn’t long before they find themselves fighting for more than just her soul.
But if Luc fails, there will be Hell to pay…for all of them.
Personal Demons was a really fun read. I got caught up in the story, and loved the alternating points of view. It’s a great addition to the genre! I simple loved the idea of this book. It’s very original, and after finishing Personal Demons, I’m very excited for book 2.
So there are two guys, Gabe and Luc. Luc’s scenes felt real the entire time, but Gabe’s, at least in the first half of the book, just felt forced. They didn’t even come close to comparing to the emotions and such you felt from Luc’s scenes. So the book is written in two point of views – Luc’s and Frannie’s. I think it would have been really awesome to throw in some from Gabe’s point of view. I think that really would have added a lot of insight to Gabe, and help you understand him more as a character.
The story was great. I loved the constant battle between good and evil. You constantly wanted to keep reading! I would definately suggest this one, it had a few flaws, but overall was a really great read.
I absolutely adore this book! As for the lack of Gabe's POV I think it also took away a bit of the Love Triangle. For me it was always Frannie and Luc , Gabe just felt like a brother.
I keep seeing this around, and honestly the only reason I've held off is because the cover doesn't appeal to me at all. That said, your review makes me think I should put my cover lust aside and go for it! Great review :)
Loved this book! I just posted my review today too!!
I didn't get to finish this book before I had to send it off to a tour, but I agree, from what I read on Gabe's part it did seem rather forced. I might give it another try down the road.
This looks like a good read,
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Thanks for the great review! And, you'll be happy to hear that Gabe is demanding a POV in Hellbent (bk 3). =)
I'm about 1/4 of the way through this book so far and enjoying it. I do wish there was some of Gabe's POV though. I agree so far he hasn't grabbed me as much as Luc.