Carpe Demon - Adventures of a Demon Hunting Soccer Mom, Julie Kenner




Julie Kenner – Carpe Demon
WOW.
What a phenomenal book. Reading it was like looking through a portal in the Joss Whedon world to a time where Buffy is 35 or so, and has two kids, a minivan, and Lawyer husband.
After finishing a book and being unprepared with a new one, i walked into Murder by the Book, a local bookstore, and decided to peruse their selections. i was attracted by the title and the back cover description, but was unsure if i would like the writing style as that is often times hit or miss and rarely in between. one page into the book i walked over to the counter and bought it. ONE PAGE and i was already addicted.
Kate is just your ordinary housewife, juggling kids, church responsibilities, and housework, but juggling them like a center ring circus act pro. She has been in retirement for 14 years and living in a quiet California town. Widowed and remarried, she has a 14 year old daughter and a 2 year old son.
Raised by the Vatican after being pulled from an orphanage, she was taught unconventional school-work and fighting skills, and began hunting demons across the globe in an effort to erradicate evil. That life was behind her though, or so she thought.. When an old geezer dies and his soul leaves his body, his yet living flesh becomes host to a demon. After crashing through Kates window, right before a big dinner party, she has to come out of retirement, kill the demon, hide the physical corpse, and STILL serve a party of eight with all the flourish and class of a Lawyer/aspiring politicians wife.
and that is in the first 20 pages…..
DAMN!? i will have to pick up the other books in this series in order to full bask in their glory.
Details:
Check out the Julie Kenner’s website for more info, back cover blurb and an excerpt!


In the mean time, The Bijou (above) has given me a large paper grocery bag full of uncorrected work print books. these are the books sent out to be reviewed before a fully edited book is on the shelves. They are my favorite kind of book as the writers are often lesser known or first time published writers and it is easy to be surprised by the quality of their work.
she says there are more to come, so expect more reviews.. as i like to let people know about good books..? in fact, i have a few reviews i need to throw out there soon, stuff i have been sitting on while being lazy. which i can be a lot of the time if i dont pay attention to what i am doing :)

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