Confessions of a Demon

The good news is there are two books in this series and both are excellent. I highly recommend these reads. The bad news is there are only two books in this series! That's a shame as they are full of potential to go on and on. No spoilers here, just a big thumbs up.

A great read for those who enjoy adult fantasy fiction. The author does an excellent job creating characters about which the reader will have strong convictions. The main character, Allay, is constantly aware of her demonic differences and struggles to balance her human vs. demon traits. This internal tension evolves into the main theme of the story. Since we humans, as they say, are almost always; "battling our demons", the story becomes a metaphor for this very basic element of the human condition. Allay has strong relationships with those she loves and her internal battle between her human emotions and her demonic survival are her greatest challenges. The story develops around these interesting concepts. The book goes briefly back to give the reader some incite as to how Allay became demonic and how she had to adjust to being a demon in a human world. The main character is very aware of her differences and her battle to live a "normal" life creates a great backdrop for her story. I enjoyed the glimpses into her prior life and I would like to see the author write more about Allay's prior experiences and how they impacted her later decisions. Overall I liked the author's use of these themes to create this very enjoyable fantasy tale. This book fits the bill if you enjoy adult fantasy fiction. I would also like to see these characters continue to evolve and I look forward to a sequel.

Overall a very good book and first to a new series. The only things I could criticize are the 'twist' was apparent almost immediately after Theo was introduced as a character in the beginning of the book, so you find yourself wondering how Allay can be so slow by the time she realizes it -- and she only does because it becomes so obvious that even a child would have to make the connection at that point. Also, the way she debates a decision towards the end of the book make me want to tear my hair out. But aside from those two things the book was very good. Unique new world and a page turner that makes you want to know what happens next. I'll purchase the sequel. My favorite character is Lash, I hope she is in the next book. :)

I picked up Confessions of a Demon wondering if it was going to be another paranormal/science fiction story much like every other one on the market. Plus the author shares my name, it was a total must buy just for that happy coincidence! I am definitely glad I took the risk and bought it! The narrative of this book is incredibly strong; the storyline unique and compelling; the characters OFF THE CHART. I loved it. From the beginning of the story to the ending, you are taken on a journey through gritty New York streets, high rise luxary penthouses and the back rooms of influential cults. Each character is a study in good vs. evil, the demons who must ingest emotions to survive and the strictures of their existence is fascinating. Interacting with humans, needing humans, wanting humans, these demons lurk in the underbelly of our world, rising to feast on the unwitting souls that inhabit the City. Allay, a human possed by a demon, is as unique as the rest of the world she inhabits. Struggling to maintain her humanity while her demon side fights for dominance, she is pulled into the demon dealings she strives so hard to escape. She is aided-and sometimes thwarted-by those around her: The egnimatic Ram, cunning Shock, devious Dread. Get this book, you will not regret it. I can only hope that this is the first of a series, it will certainly be on my buy list!

She does not eat or sleep, but tends a bar Den on C in Manhattan in order to dine off the emotions of human patrons who drink there. Allay is a one of a kind type of demon; as she is a human who ingested the life force of a demon. Her scent signature differs from demons who would all love to feed off her, but cannot because Vex, the ancient demon protects her as she is of his line. Pique the demon enters Den on C and attacks Alley. He almost kills her, but as she is getting unconscious, human Theo Ram arrives at the bar and breaks up the fight. Allay and Theo feel an immediate attraction and he declares himself her bodyguard. Allay knows she must feel off a demon if she is to live another two hundred years, but rejects the concept because that would end her last vestiges of humanity. Allay learns that he plans to use her at his church the Fellowship of Truth to show the world she was once human so he can announce to the world that demons exist. She learns his end game is for demons to rule the world. Allay believes his domination plan is horrific and wants no part of subjecting humans. Theo watches out for her in the demon challenges and when it looks like a demon civil war will break out. However, she is still dying and needs a miracle to save her because she won't subsume a demon This is a very enthralling, evocative and electrifying urban fantasy whose underlying premise is demons are just another sentient species and not angry at God or ordered by Lucifer. Like humans, demons have the good, the bad and the ugly unmentionables. S. L. Wright adds to the realism by the fascinating way they reproduce. Ally refuses to lose her humanity, but to keep it she will die soon, which she is okay with as that should save humans for now. Filled with awe and twists, CONFESSIONS OF A DEMON is a refreshing powerful Manhattan thriller. Harriet Klausner