A review by lezreadalot
Another Name For the Devil by Mason Deaver

3.0

Good, but no more than that, sadly. One of those novellas that needed to be more than a novella for me to really care for it. Gabriel, a college student, unexpectedly reunites with their childhood best friend and lover, and they're soon drawn into helping him with a strange, dark project. The horror/paranormal parts of this were just kinda meh for me, and I'd have been happy to just have more gender feels and exploration. (I also thought this might have gone a certain direction with the demon but alas, it did not. I had a lot of fun with this book when thinking of what I wanted it to be.) That, or it needed to be longer! Idk, I just didn't get invested, and the writing never fully pulled me in. Still good though. Listened to the audiobook as read by Avi Roque, and they performed really well as always. I enjoyed the special effects stuff too.

I'll always pick up more from this author, but I enjoyed their YA contemporary a lot more.