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audryt's review against another edition
4.0
Not a big reader of this genre, but there was just something I really liked about these characters.
colorfulleo92's review against another edition
3.0
An quite fun book to read that wasn't very heavy or smutty but easy to get through and rather entertaining
git_r_read's review against another edition
3.0
Dr Megan Chase is trying out a new gig as a radio psychiatrist. She took the job so that the other candidate, a veritable soul-sucker of a man, wouldn't get the chance to harm on a wider scale. Megan's catchphrase, "I'll help you slay your personal demons" catches the ear of the demon world. The demons feel the need to either control Megan or take her out of the picture.
Along comes Greyson Dante, handsome, dangerous, and a demon. He's sent to persuade her to work for his 'family' (read demon Sopranos). He even brings in some bodyguards, demon brothers Malleus, Maleficarum and Spud. These three Cockney brothers are my favorite characters, I just want to hug them.
Megan, with the help of her hottie demon, Dante, and the three brothers, has to battle her past she has fought to leave behind and her present that could mean the death of her.
Along comes Greyson Dante, handsome, dangerous, and a demon. He's sent to persuade her to work for his 'family' (read demon Sopranos). He even brings in some bodyguards, demon brothers Malleus, Maleficarum and Spud. These three Cockney brothers are my favorite characters, I just want to hug them.
Megan, with the help of her hottie demon, Dante, and the three brothers, has to battle her past she has fought to leave behind and her present that could mean the death of her.
calamity_mary's review against another edition
3.0
This one has been on my to read list since forever but I kept postponing because straight-up urban fantasy is something I mostly use to break slumps in reading. As I haven't been able to finish three books in the last month I guessed this was a good opportunity to switch gears and try something fun, sexy and easy to read.
This book delivered as intended. An easy read about a psychic counselor and her demon lover with quirky side characters (with crappy cringey names) and a simple action packed plot. Evil is beaten, demons are not really that evil and sexy sexy love triumphs at the end of day, all wrapped up in the usual cliches.
Will probably finish the whole series just for the fun of it.
This book delivered as intended. An easy read about a psychic counselor and her demon lover with quirky side characters (with crappy cringey names) and a simple action packed plot. Evil is beaten, demons are not really that evil and sexy sexy love triumphs at the end of day, all wrapped up in the usual cliches.
Will probably finish the whole series just for the fun of it.
laurenjodi's review against another edition
3.0
Personal Demons
3 Stars
Superficial world building and characterization but the plot has potential and the climax and resolution are riveting.
Megan is an appealing heroine with an independent streak and a snarky sense of humor. Unfortunately, her smart mouth fails her when she needs it the most and ultimately comes across as weak willed and lacking backbone as she allows almost every other character to bully her - her boss, her lover, her colleagues, the tabloid reporter and the villain. Her backstory is insufficiently developed which detracts both from her character and the plot.
The hero, Greyson Dante, is your typical alpha male who just happens to be a demon. Of course, he has a heart of gold despite forwarding his own agenda. He and Megan have some great chemistry although it is never really clear what he sees in her.
The rest of the supporting cast are a mixed bag. The villain is obvious from the start (although there is a slight twist at the end that contributes to the suspenseful climax) and the demon bodyguards are simply wonderful. The character that stands out the most in his obnoxiousness is Brian, the smarmy tabloid reporter. He treats Megan with an inappropriate sense of familiarity bordering on stalkerish, turns into a prejudiced, hypocritical git and finally does a 180 and becomes a savior in disguise leaving the reader scratching their head in confusion.
All in all, this is an OK read but if you are interested in a truly excellent world with intriguing demon characters then I recommend Larissa Ione's Demonica series.
3 Stars
Superficial world building and characterization but the plot has potential and the climax and resolution are riveting.
Megan is an appealing heroine with an independent streak and a snarky sense of humor. Unfortunately, her smart mouth fails her when she needs it the most and ultimately comes across as weak willed and lacking backbone as she allows almost every other character to bully her - her boss, her lover, her colleagues, the tabloid reporter and the villain. Her backstory is insufficiently developed which detracts both from her character and the plot.
The hero, Greyson Dante, is your typical alpha male who just happens to be a demon. Of course, he has a heart of gold despite forwarding his own agenda. He and Megan have some great chemistry although it is never really clear what he sees in her.
The rest of the supporting cast are a mixed bag. The villain is obvious from the start (although there is a slight twist at the end that contributes to the suspenseful climax) and the demon bodyguards are simply wonderful. The character that stands out the most in his obnoxiousness is Brian, the smarmy tabloid reporter. He treats Megan with an inappropriate sense of familiarity bordering on stalkerish, turns into a prejudiced, hypocritical git and finally does a 180 and becomes a savior in disguise leaving the reader scratching their head in confusion.
All in all, this is an OK read but if you are interested in a truly excellent world with intriguing demon characters then I recommend Larissa Ione's Demonica series.
chelseavbc's review against another edition
3.0
This review is also available at the Vampire Book Club
Megan Chase is a hell of a psychologist. So much so that she was drafted to take up a side gig as a radio therapist. While her desire to keep a jerk colleague from landing the job in her stead was part of her motivation for accepting the on-air role, she also liked the idea of helping more people. At her core, Megan wants to save others.
Of course, doing so on a radio show can be hard when your boss is forcing you to ask each caller “how can I slay your personal demons?” and setting up reporters to tail the station’s new “demon slayer.”
Part of what makes Megan such a gifted counselor is that she’s a mind-reader, literally. When she drops her shields, she can slide into her patient’s mind and see the thing he is (or isn’t) describing. She tries to only use this skill to help those paying her to do so, but when she arrives home after a flustering first night on the radio to find a tall, chiseled man on her doorstep, she goes for the read. Only Megan can’t read him, and the look on his face says he knows it.
The mystery man is Greyson Dante, and Megan is convinced he’s some sort of lawyer. (Though, he never admits to it.) Eventually, he informs her that demons are real and, more importantly, alerts her that the subset of personal demons — those which encourage humans to do destructive acts — are out to get her. They took her show’s tagline seriously and now the word is out: End Dr. Megan Chase before she ends us.
Megan is thrown into a world she didn’t believe in, and set between two men she’s not sure she can trust. On the one side is the devastatingly handsome Greyson. He consistently protects Megan, including drumming up bodyguards for her, but she can tell he’s keeping things from her. The more she can see demons surrounding her, the more she knows she’s out of her league. On the other side is Brian, a reporter who is doing a “week in the life” story on the city’s new demon slayer. He’s a reporter. Megan hates that. She doesn’t want her life on the page, and Brian is just a bit too insightful. He culls old articles and finds Megan was suspected of murder as a teen. His new allegations make her wonder if he’s working for more than the newspaper.
On top of it all, the jerk colleague Megan so detests is convinced she’s agreed to work at his clinic with him. The longer she’s around him, the more terrifying he becomes. The flashes of death, her past and what lurks beneath her colleague’s eyes shake Megan.
She’d much rather handle things herself, but as things turn for the worse, she can’t help but accept help from those she didn’t know existed a mere week ago.
To sum it up (and keep it all spoiler-free): While it takes a bit to get attached to all the characters in Personal Demons, Stacia Kane does an excellent job crafting a series starter. By two-thirds of the way in, I already knew I’d be picking up the second novel in the Megan Chase series, Demon Inside. Also, I may just have to add Greyson Dante to my list of favorite male characters. Intriguing.
Megan Chase is a hell of a psychologist. So much so that she was drafted to take up a side gig as a radio therapist. While her desire to keep a jerk colleague from landing the job in her stead was part of her motivation for accepting the on-air role, she also liked the idea of helping more people. At her core, Megan wants to save others.
Of course, doing so on a radio show can be hard when your boss is forcing you to ask each caller “how can I slay your personal demons?” and setting up reporters to tail the station’s new “demon slayer.”
Part of what makes Megan such a gifted counselor is that she’s a mind-reader, literally. When she drops her shields, she can slide into her patient’s mind and see the thing he is (or isn’t) describing. She tries to only use this skill to help those paying her to do so, but when she arrives home after a flustering first night on the radio to find a tall, chiseled man on her doorstep, she goes for the read. Only Megan can’t read him, and the look on his face says he knows it.
The mystery man is Greyson Dante, and Megan is convinced he’s some sort of lawyer. (Though, he never admits to it.) Eventually, he informs her that demons are real and, more importantly, alerts her that the subset of personal demons — those which encourage humans to do destructive acts — are out to get her. They took her show’s tagline seriously and now the word is out: End Dr. Megan Chase before she ends us.
Megan is thrown into a world she didn’t believe in, and set between two men she’s not sure she can trust. On the one side is the devastatingly handsome Greyson. He consistently protects Megan, including drumming up bodyguards for her, but she can tell he’s keeping things from her. The more she can see demons surrounding her, the more she knows she’s out of her league. On the other side is Brian, a reporter who is doing a “week in the life” story on the city’s new demon slayer. He’s a reporter. Megan hates that. She doesn’t want her life on the page, and Brian is just a bit too insightful. He culls old articles and finds Megan was suspected of murder as a teen. His new allegations make her wonder if he’s working for more than the newspaper.
On top of it all, the jerk colleague Megan so detests is convinced she’s agreed to work at his clinic with him. The longer she’s around him, the more terrifying he becomes. The flashes of death, her past and what lurks beneath her colleague’s eyes shake Megan.
She’d much rather handle things herself, but as things turn for the worse, she can’t help but accept help from those she didn’t know existed a mere week ago.
To sum it up (and keep it all spoiler-free): While it takes a bit to get attached to all the characters in Personal Demons, Stacia Kane does an excellent job crafting a series starter. By two-thirds of the way in, I already knew I’d be picking up the second novel in the Megan Chase series, Demon Inside. Also, I may just have to add Greyson Dante to my list of favorite male characters. Intriguing.
snarkymotherreader's review against another edition
5.0
When psychological counselor Megan Chase promises listeners to her new radio call-in show she’ll slay their personal demons, they believe her. So do the personal demons.
Directly from the back flap, Personal Demons grabs you in its talons and won’t let go. It starts off with the cookie-cutter scenario: sad woman with a secretive past meets tall dark and hunky while all hell is breaking loose in her life. The depth of the characters and creativity of the hell actually breaking loose incinerate the mold, giving the Urban Fantasy genre new life in demon heroes.
Megan Chase is hired to host a radio show in order to help people. What she doesn’t sign on for is the sexy demon that shows up on her doorstep, or the world she finds herself falling into where everyone has a personal demon attached to them but her. This may make her immune to trivial temptations, but it does not make her immune to someone with power on his mind and true temptation on his lips. Dark hair and brooding looks may be her undoing unless she can determine who has her best interests at heart, and who is using her as a pawn in a greater game.
I know demons are very popular right now, but not like these. Personal demons who whisper in our ears to cut that guy off in traffic, or to take the last piece of popcorn, are exacting revenge in a very Gremlins II kind of way before becoming, themselves, heroes in a way. Our heroine is bad ass not because she keeps gaining these new, god-like powers, but because she was born that way and just needed prodded into believing it. Our hero is a gorgeous, disaster-loving demon who puts Cole from Charmed to shame in looks and power.
I’m very excited to see how this series pans out in the sequel, Demon Inside.
Directly from the back flap, Personal Demons grabs you in its talons and won’t let go. It starts off with the cookie-cutter scenario: sad woman with a secretive past meets tall dark and hunky while all hell is breaking loose in her life. The depth of the characters and creativity of the hell actually breaking loose incinerate the mold, giving the Urban Fantasy genre new life in demon heroes.
Megan Chase is hired to host a radio show in order to help people. What she doesn’t sign on for is the sexy demon that shows up on her doorstep, or the world she finds herself falling into where everyone has a personal demon attached to them but her. This may make her immune to trivial temptations, but it does not make her immune to someone with power on his mind and true temptation on his lips. Dark hair and brooding looks may be her undoing unless she can determine who has her best interests at heart, and who is using her as a pawn in a greater game.
I know demons are very popular right now, but not like these. Personal demons who whisper in our ears to cut that guy off in traffic, or to take the last piece of popcorn, are exacting revenge in a very Gremlins II kind of way before becoming, themselves, heroes in a way. Our heroine is bad ass not because she keeps gaining these new, god-like powers, but because she was born that way and just needed prodded into believing it. Our hero is a gorgeous, disaster-loving demon who puts Cole from Charmed to shame in looks and power.
I’m very excited to see how this series pans out in the sequel, Demon Inside.
sammy234's review against another edition
DNF @ 80 %. Love Downside Ghosts, the other series written by this author, but Personal Demons just didn’t work for me. The writing was too disjointed, and goofy but not necessarily funny most of the time.
Maybe I’ll finish the end of the novel sometime in the future, as I feel the story might improve in the later books, but for right now I’m putting this series on hold.
Maybe I’ll finish the end of the novel sometime in the future, as I feel the story might improve in the later books, but for right now I’m putting this series on hold.
andimontgomery's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book! Megan was a great heroine, and I loved the demon-centric plot. Who would ever have thought that a demon (Greyson) could be so hunky, too?
sonkad's review against another edition
3.0
Megan Chase is a psychologist with her own radio show. She is also a psychic - able to "read" her patients´ thoughts, memories and personality in general in order to help them. But now her boss starts using a new marketing campaign, introducing Megan as the one who "slays all your personal demons". And the real personal demons don´t like that at all! The only person able to help her is the mysterious Greyson Dante, a demon with his own interests.
This book started good and promising. The writing style is really good, easy to read and with enough dialogues. What didn´t work for me were the characters and the story itself and I became bored to the end.. In my opinion it would have come out much better if it would be written in a less serious way. The characters would be great for a funny and humorous kind of book (similar to Nicki Styx series) - the little personal demons sitting on everyone´s shoulder, Megan´s three new demon bodyguards with their childish behavior as well as the whole idea of a demon slaying radio psychologist. But no, this book took itself serious and the main heroine was not interesting enough for that.
If you are looking for a strong female lead, a kick-ass heroine, this is not the right book. If you are looking for a sarcastic, independent heroine, this is not the right book either. Megan was mediocre, always being forced by everybody to do something. Yes, she had her "anger issues" which fueled her powers but still, she was not interesting enough. I just like my heroines strong and with attitude.
I was hoping for some big twist in the end that will reveal what really happened in Megan´s past that was so important that some of the strongest demons were after her.. and came out really disappointed.
So as I said, this book had great potential if it was written in a different way. I probably won´t pick the next one in this series. I really liked Mrs. Kane´s writing style though so I will definitely check out her other series (Downside Ghosts).
This book started good and promising. The writing style is really good, easy to read and with enough dialogues. What didn´t work for me were the characters and the story itself and I became bored to the end.. In my opinion it would have come out much better if it would be written in a less serious way. The characters would be great for a funny and humorous kind of book (similar to Nicki Styx series) - the little personal demons sitting on everyone´s shoulder, Megan´s three new demon bodyguards with their childish behavior as well as the whole idea of a demon slaying radio psychologist. But no, this book took itself serious and the main heroine was not interesting enough for that.
If you are looking for a strong female lead, a kick-ass heroine, this is not the right book. If you are looking for a sarcastic, independent heroine, this is not the right book either. Megan was mediocre, always being forced by everybody to do something. Yes, she had her "anger issues" which fueled her powers but still, she was not interesting enough. I just like my heroines strong and with attitude.
I was hoping for some big twist in the end that will reveal what really happened in Megan´s past that was so important that some of the strongest demons were after her.. and came out really disappointed.
So as I said, this book had great potential if it was written in a different way. I probably won´t pick the next one in this series. I really liked Mrs. Kane´s writing style though so I will definitely check out her other series (Downside Ghosts).