Demon Chick review

Demon Chick by Marilyn Kaye

2 out of 5

Marilyn Kaye wrote the Camp Sunnyside Friends books, which I used to love when I was a kid. I had no idea she wrote anymore until I was browsing the discount books on Amazon and saw Demon Chick. The synopsis sounded interesting, so I decided to try it. Sadly, the synopsis was the only interesting thing about this book.

Jessica Hunsucker finds out that her mother sold her soul to the devil for political success when a demon, Brad, shows up to claim her on her 16th birthday. Brad takes her to "one of the better neighborhoods" in Hell, which she seems to accept rather quickly. Basically what makes this part of Hell hell is that everything is mediocre and boring. Fast food abounds, but there are no good restaurants. They have stores, but there is nothing good in them. They also have a TV that allows them to watch the human world.

Very boring spoilers ahead

Through the TV, Jessica finds out her mother's dastardly plans for world domination and feels like she need to stop her. With Brad's help, she gets back to the human world and meets up with Jordan, a teen activist from a school neighboring her old school, to try to stop her mother. When her cover is blown, she tells him the truth- that her mother sold her soul to the devil and that she plans to take over the world. Jordan has no problem believing this and uses it to set up a situation where he can assassinate her mother.

While she didn't love her mother, she still feels bad to have been (unknowingly) a part of her death. Jordan can't understand and when Brad comes back to let her know she can stay, she chooses to go back to Hell and be with Brad.

This book was so incredibly boring. A book with only 215 pages should not feel as long as this one did. There were also a few things that I didn't like...

1. Apparently when a girl's soul is sold, she's given to some male demon as a mate when she's 16... so basically Jessica belonged to Brad, was expected to share a house and was also expected to share a bed.
2. While the book was so short that it seems like it was really meant for younger teens, Jessica just jumps into bed with Jordan. There's no mention, either, of any sort of precaution. I normally don't really care about that kind of thing, as I'm an adult, but this one got on my nerves.
3. Brad was boring. He was more like a bystander in the book and barely did anything.
4. Jordan didn't even question Jessica when she says she came back from Hell to stop her mother. Who wouldn't question that? He believed her immediately, which would not happen.

I'm sure there was more, but the book was so dull that I don't really care enough to think of any more.