The Accidental Demon Slayer by Angie FoxMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This wasn't the best book that I have ever read, but it certainly wasn't the worst either.
In all honesty, this book nearly ended up on the Did-Not-Finish shelf. I got to around chapter 4 or 5 and was seriously considering putting this one down. I think this was because you basically get the kitchen sink thrown at you in the form of a studded/rhinestone covered, pink leather wearing, Harley riding, biker long lost grandma that just so happens to to be a witch, a small (I think) green glow-y eye dart throwing demon, and a talking jack russell. All within the first chapter or 2. The start of this book had some major pacing issues. Everything seemed to happen one thing right after another, for no real reason.
Because you get thrown into this world there is no real set up or backstory for the main character Lizzie. I also think that her character accepted everything way too easily. The grandmother she has never met, shows up on her pink Harley, barges in and looks her in the bathroom and starts casting a spell and when she finally lets Lizzie out after getting rid of a demon (Lizzie got rid of the demon) Lizzie discovers that she can now understand, and have a full blown conversation with her dog. Her reaction to all this is basically 'Guess I'm a demon slayer that can talk to her dog...Okay, great now what do we do next?'. To me, it all felt a little unrealistic, and I would have liked to see her have a bit more of a hard time coming to terms with it all.
Some of the other characters were interesting, I feel like the pacing issues seem to stop once Dimitri's character was introduced. I also feel at this point the story started to seem less chaotic and it had a better flow and I feel that the overall story and writing style improved. I do think that Dimitri's character could have been developed a bit more, but overall he seemed to be one of the better written characters. I like the relationship between him and Lizzie and I think that it is something that can be developed over more installments I the series.
Once you get past the first 4 or 5 chapters this book really does pick up, and the overall writing style is good. I feel like there could have been more backstory in the beginning and a little more character building along the way. If I came across the second book really cheap I might consider getting it, but I would go out of my way to do so, nor would I loose any sleep if I didn't read it.
This book didn't quite meet my expectations by is certainly not the worst thing I have ever read and it did have some funny moments.
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