Name: The Demon in Me
ISBN: 9781101404515

Michelle Rowen

View our feature on Michelle Rowen’s The Demon in Me.Hell hath no fury like a woman possessed... After her hunky police detective partner guns down a serial killer in front of her, "psychic consultant" Eden Riley realizes that she's no longer alone. A voice in her head introduces himself as Darrak. He's a demon. But not in a bad way. He was cursed 300 years ago and he wants to find a way to break free. Eden's psychic energy helps him take form during daylight, and she's going to have to learn to live with this sexy demon...like it or not.

The Demon in Me

Possessed by a demon, who, due to her psychic abilities, can take form during the daylight hours, Eden Riley, a consultant to the police, must learn to live with this devilishly sexy creature whether she likes it or not. Orginal.

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This was my first "demon" book. I've stayed away from them for a while, but dash it all, this just sounded too good. I'm glad I finally caved.

The Good: Eden. I loved her! She was tough, empathetic and knew enough to be terrified shitless when the situation called for it. She didn't think she could take on the world (a character flaw that bugs me in most paranormal romance and urban fantasy) and was actively trying to get help when she needed it. She even knew when the help she was looking for was wrong and busted her biscuits to get away from said help. Also, you have to love a gal who is so socially awkward around a guy she's attracted to and can still keep up an inner snark dialogue.

More Good: Darrak *fans face* I totally see how he used to be what he used to be. His sarcasm and not-quite-careless flirting was a great break from the uber-alpha paranormal heroes. He was a bad boy (extremely bad) who honestly did want to do the right thing and was trying his damnedest (har har) to make those right (to him) decisions when the chips were down. He wasn't all sunshine and flowers, which is a very good thing, and he was definitely a selfish ass at times. Flawed and trying to turn his "life" around. Just how I love my heroes.

The Mediocre: (view spoiler)[The Twilight-ish "We can't have sex or get close because I'll accidentally kill you/destroy your soul" thing. That bothered me a bit, but only because I'm seeing Twilight-ish stuff in a lot of books lately. It totally worked for this story, though it still made me roll my eyes just a smidge. (hide spoiler)]. Oh, and (view spoiler)[Ben joining the witch hunters/exorcist group. Seriously, dude? You didn't like Eden that much. Why are you suddenly hell-bent (har har) on saving her soul? (hide spoiler)]. 

The Bad: I actually can't think of anything right now that was Bad about the story. Yay!

Anyway. I was thrilled that the focus of the book was really Eden and Darrak figuring out how to "live with each other" and their growing relationship. There were action-y subplots and whatnot that gave it a nice break and kept the story from flagging too much.

All in all, a fun, fast read that made me immediately download the second book on my ereader and pre-order the third book.

21 May 2012 EDIT: I re-read this book a few days ago when I was scrolling through my ereader, looking for something to read, and found books two and three. I didn't notice The Mediocre this time, so my enjoyment went up even more.

The Demon in Me

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