Set in a world where magic is common but secret, a grieving young woman discovers her uncle is into illegal demon summoning. It’s compulsively readable in the best possible way (aka not because of cliffhangers, etc). I’m a little late to the party on this one because it came out in 2019, but I glommed the whole four-book series SO! FAST!Īnd when I did have to put it down, I picked it right back up the next day. Why was her uncle the executor over the will? I realize this is a must for the whole story to happen, but her parents knew what they had, and it is noted they are smart people, so wouldn’t they have put fail safes for something like this? Maybe this will be answered in future books, but I kept circling back to why they weren’t answered while I read.This week, that book was Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie. I went back thinking I missed it, but idk, if someone knows this help me out ha. She is only 20, and her commentary made it feel like it was normal car accident death but the lack of reason makes me wonder if there was foul play, especially if her uncle knew they had what he wanted. Two things that bothered me but I’m thinking probably shouldn’t have were 1. This is a typical urban fantasy, where there are some aspects of the story that are kind of hand waved or set so the plot can move forward to keep things simple. The relationship between her and the demon is quirky yet terrifying. I look forward to watching her character arc grow over the coming books. There is no instant badass in this story, thank goodness. It was so easy to be engulfed into her story while we follower journey in navigating a world she never thought she’d be apart of. I love the flow of the book, Robins anxiety & frustrations are easy to relate to. The hype isn’t wrong, Taming Demons for Beginners was everything I’d hoped for and more. I was so thankful to finally get my hands on one of her books after being taunted by rave reviews all of the place. Annette Marie has been on my TBR list for well over a year.
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