Book Description
Get an east Texas girl good and mad, and there’s going to be hell to pay!
Rachel Farnsworth doesn’t believe in the paranormal—she can find plenty of evil forces right in Dogwood County, like the Mega-Mart that’s driving her family’s hardware store into the ground. Then there’s her own little hell-raiser—a rowdy toddler who can turn his birthday candles into a blazing inferno with just one breath. But when her marriage goes up in smoke, Rachel discovers her husband, Kevin, isn’t just a deadbeat, he’s also a demon (a sloth demon, no less, which explains why he never helped around the house) with a renegade bounty hunter—a fallen angel named Sam—chasing down a powerful secret Kevin has kept for a millennium or two. Sam’s downfall was a beautiful mortal woman . . . and now, the heavenly attraction zinging between them has down-to-earth Rachel believing in celestial magic. But will it be enough to save her and her son from the dark forces Kevin has unwittingly unleashed on Dogwood County?
Review
Book 2 in The Dogwood County Series
CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DEMON NEW TRICKS is the sequel to Every Demon Has His Day that introduced us to Dogwood County, the secret battleground between Angles and Demons for millennia. A number of characters crossover from the first book, but CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DEMON NEW TRICKS focuses on a new relationship and can be read as a stand alone novel.
If the cover didn’t tip you off, this is a light hearted paranormal chick-lit story full of wacky characters and zany slapstick. Like the previous book, Rachel’s husband is a lazy good for nothing bum who turns out to be demon. All sorts of supernatural nasties are after him because he knows the location of the tomb of imprisoned Azarel, a fallen angel who once tried to overthrow both Heaven and Hell and is eager for a second attempt. Enter Sam, another fallen angel who doesn’t pick sides. He has to team up with Rachel to catch her husband for the demonic bounty, and Azarel’s bounty would be even better.
For the most part, CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DEMON NEW TRICKS is a little too cutesy for my taste, especially the handful of chapters written from the perspectives of the two Watcher angels Gabriel Too & Frank The New. And there is more actual theology than I was expecting which might offend certain readers. But if you like your paranormal with a healthy dose of cozy, the Dogwood Demon series is probably just what you’ve been looking for. You can expect a third book in this series in the near future.
Sexual Content: References to sex. A brief non-graphic sex scene.
My Rating (out of 5):
Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe read an excerpt before buying.
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Product Details
Publisher: Simon & Schuster - Published: 01 June 2010
- Format: Paperback 384 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Horror | Fantasy | Romance
- ISBN 13: 9781416550976 ISBN 10: 1416550976
*Disclosure: I received this book courtesy of BBPOC
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Well, at least the cover does a good job scaring fans away who don't want to touch light, cutesy, chick-lit with a ten-foot pole (me).
ReplyDeleteI will probably read this book the next week. Must I read the first part before or can I understand it without him?
ReplyDeleteRebecca - Glad I could help :) It definitely is an acquired taste.
ReplyDeleteSoleil - You do not have to read the first book as these are stand alones. The world is the same, but this is a brand new couple in this book.