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saltyred's review
5.0
I adored this book! I think I fell in love with the Devil myself--he was smart, sexy and snarky. My favorite part of the book--upon the girlfriend's grandmother finding out that her grandson was gay and and losing it at the Christmas dinner table:
"Her grandmother continued to bawl. Rosa (the girlfriend's mom) put her hand to her mouth and rushed out of the room. I had a mad desire to stand up and shout 'He may be gay, but I'm the Devil!' at the top of my lungs."I laughed out loud, which doesn't happen too often when I'm reading.
queenoferebor's review
4.0
I cannot believe this ended like it did. I was like "is my book missing pages?".
Though I enjoyed it, at the same time it felt kin of meh. I feel like the author makes a lot of assumptions regarding the knowledge of the reader on certain matters. Also, many of the characters felt empy and underdeveloped. Many of them were just plot devices. Gianna, the protagonist, despite being a Catholic, was very shallow, selfish and self-rightgeous. She only convinced me at the end. You know.
Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the theological diatribe between Lou and Gianna and the kind of struggling Lucifer has to go through. This is not your average romance novel, but if you're very hard on your beliefs, you might not want to read a book narrated by Lucifer, however fictional the character might be.
Though I enjoyed it, at the same time it felt kin of meh. I feel like the author makes a lot of assumptions regarding the knowledge of the reader on certain matters. Also, many of the characters felt empy and underdeveloped. Many of them were just plot devices. Gianna, the protagonist, despite being a Catholic, was very shallow, selfish and self-rightgeous. She only convinced me at the end. You know.
Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the theological diatribe between Lou and Gianna and the kind of struggling Lucifer has to go through. This is not your average romance novel, but if you're very hard on your beliefs, you might not want to read a book narrated by Lucifer, however fictional the character might be.
novelgoddess's review
5.0
3/20/14 - Reread just as phenomenal as the first time...God I love this book.
Absolutely loved it. Laughed and cried. Ended beautifully. I will enjoy reading it again.
Absolutely loved it. Laughed and cried. Ended beautifully. I will enjoy reading it again.
watermelonprose's review
2.0
Honestly, I really wanted to like this book but just couldn't bring myself to do so. When it came through the post from the Book Depository I was so excited to get started, but within the first few pages discovered how terrible this book really was. The characters were not believable or realistic and lacked any appealing qualities whatsoever. I must admit I did not read through the whole book, but this was because I personally found it just too boring to read on.
kurenai's review
2.0
I do rather like Jeri Smith-Ready and this book rather reminded me a bit of how Lilith Saintcrow and Karen Marie Morning write. I like the characterization, the writing style, the quips and sarcastic remarks, and a decent bit about this story. But sadly not enough for even 3-stars.
Ultimately I suppose I knew I wouldn't like this book for the overtly religious aspects of it. I found myself losing interest half-way through and put it down for a couple of days to see if I would go back and finish it. I guess I'm tired of reading about God and the Judeo-Christian religion and such. Ok, yeah, I should have braced myself for this considering that I picked up a book where the Devil falls in love. (though what a ridiculous mushy unfathomable love it is) My bad. But I like Jeri Smith-Ready and I wanted to read more of her voice in print - and I just moved to D.C. too so I got some of the geographical references, too!!
I guess I would have done better back in my tried-but-true world of faeries and vampires and various other ridiculous paranormal love stories rather than one about angels and devils and such which always have far too much Christian overtones for my liking. Ah well. It wasn't necessarily a waste of time but I'm not going to bother reading it again. Meh.
Ultimately I suppose I knew I wouldn't like this book for the overtly religious aspects of it. I found myself losing interest half-way through and put it down for a couple of days to see if I would go back and finish it. I guess I'm tired of reading about God and the Judeo-Christian religion and such. Ok, yeah, I should have braced myself for this considering that I picked up a book where the Devil falls in love. (though what a ridiculous mushy unfathomable love it is) My bad. But I like Jeri Smith-Ready and I wanted to read more of her voice in print - and I just moved to D.C. too so I got some of the geographical references, too!!
I guess I would have done better back in my tried-but-true world of faeries and vampires and various other ridiculous paranormal love stories rather than one about angels and devils and such which always have far too much Christian overtones for my liking. Ah well. It wasn't necessarily a waste of time but I'm not going to bother reading it again. Meh.
kimberlybea's review
4.0
Smith-Ready's first novel contains the same subversive spirituality found in Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens, Christopher Moore's Lamb, and the Kevin Smith film Dogma, although it is less satirical in tone. Lucifer (Don't call him "Satan") falls in love with a blues-singing Catholic lobbyist, a love which threatens his relationship with his fellow fallen angels and makes him question his ten billion year career. This poignant novel works both as a compelling love story and a philosophical meditation on questions of forgiveness, submission, and pride. I recommend it to fans of Smith-Ready's other works and urban [b:fantasy lover|84136|Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter, #1)|Sherrilyn Kenyon|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171050604s/84136.jpg|2384]s.
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