Demons are a Girl's Best Friend

Maggie O'Malley, is a witch and part of the Hellion Guard. She and her 4 teammates are one of several teams working out of the Hellion post in Texas providing law enforcement over the paranormals. Declan is a half-demon owner of a club for paranormals with a basement portal to the underworld. Being half demon and half human he has a conscience and though brutally raised by his demon father has been subtly going his own way. When Maggie and Declan meet the attraction is immediate and dangerous. Stirrings in the paranormal world uncover a plot to call forth the ancient Mayan god of destruction using the blood sacrifice of a teenage human. Maggie is assigned to protect her. This was an interesting plot with some humor and lots of action. I show more particularly enjoyed Maggie's living bejeweled black widow spider tattoo. show less

My thoughts:

Where to start, we have a witch and a demon, some crazy Mayans, and doom on the horizon. Ok back to the beginning. The book is about Maggie who is a witch and works for the Hellion Guards. They keep the supernaturals in check and sees to that no humans know that elves, gnomes, trolls, warlocks, or anything like that exists. She is kick-ass, 700 years old, and can take care of herself. She has attitude and I liked her. Not to mention that she has one awesome side-kick, a tattoo named Ella that can talk and walk around (talking about a spider here.) Ella brought humour to the book.

Then there is Declan whom she meets while investigating a case at his club. He is a firedemon, hot (yes literally), but he is also nice, and I fell show more at once. Gotta love a demon that is in touch with his human side. These two want each other at once, but since demons and other beings do not mix it's slow, and it builds up.

It's a nice world, where you can find a bunch of different supernaturals, and humans do not know about them. And in this one something dark is coming, Mayans wants blood sacrifices to bring forth some evil God called the Destroyer. Oh I like a good evil god now and again.

The side characters are fun, mostly Ella, cos she rocks, but the elf Sybil is nice and has a sense of humour, and then there is the teenager Maggie has to protect, and she was one cool kid.



Here and there people are mentioned, I did not mind but I did realize that they are from this other series she has written. For me it worked even though I didn't know them.

Conclusion:

I ended up liking this book, I think it was all cos of Declan, he was just so hot and sweet. And like the title says, demons are a girl's best friend. The book has passion, ass-kicking, humour, and a good plot.

Rating:

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Summary from Goodreads:

"Feisty witch Maggie enjoys her work as a paranormal law enforcement officer—that is, until she’s assigned to protect a teenager with major attitude and a sleazy boyfriend. A group of satanic Mayans priests has decided Courtney has a drop of divine blood in her—making her just the virgin sacrifice they need to release their God and rule the world. "

My Thoughts:

I've been in the mood for a good romance lately and this book fit my mood perfectly! It was a book that I couldn't put down and I thoroughly enjoyed. One of my favorite things about this book was the storyline itself. I loved the mix of demons, ancient Mayans, evil gods coming back to life, and a supernatural law enforcement team that didn't have to show more play by any rules. Maggie was a kick-ass character that wasn't afraid to be herself and get what she wanted. She was vulnerable enough that the romance that developed between her and Declan was both sweet and refreshing. I thought that both main characters were well developed and helped to make the novel that much better.

I've read books by this author before but thought that this was going to be a separate series. Instead, it turned out to be loosely tied in with her other books (characters from previous books were mentioned briefly) but this novel had a darker feel to it. I thought that it was also more suspenseful than my previous reads by her, and I really liked the change that this book provided. I hope that she writes more books with Maggie and her supernatural team in the future as I just didn't get enough. This was a really good addition to the paranormal romance genre in my opinion, and I will be looking forward to reading whatever books that this author writes in the future. Recommended without hesitation!

Disclosure: This book was sent to me for review by Danielle at Sourcebooks. My many thanks for the chance to read and enjoy this book! show less

I couldn't finish this one. The main character didn't make sense to me-for a powerful witch to live as long as she had, she was very immature and acted like a teenager. The story didn't make sense and the love connection was very tepid.

better than I expected from the cover - (short way in) - the mixed form mythos and the significant ages of the main characters don't fit with the 20 something vibe -

Good writing. Reminds me of MaryJanice Davidson and Molly Harper.

Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend is the latest paranormal book from Linda Wisdom.
She has written Hex in High Heels and Wicked by Any Other Name to name a few.
The story takes place in an alternate society where vampires, witches, demons and other creepy crawly creatures.

Maggie, the lead female character is a witch who works for the Hellion Guard.Her job is to keep the demons in line.
Declan, the lead male character, is a half demon who is the new owner of a club called Damnation Alley.
In this club is a portal leading to the underworld and Declan is responsible to keep the creatures from leaving the underworld and creating havoc.

Sparks fly when these two people meet and end up working on a case together.
Enter Courtney, a teenager with show more lot's of attitude and her boyfriend who isn't who he appears to be.
Maggie is ordered by the Hellion Guard to protect Courtney.
See, Courtney has a bit of Mayan blood in her and she has been chosen to be the virgin sacrifice.
What ensues is a story with lots of passion, danger and the beginnings of a steamy romance.
This was my first book by Linda Wisdom that I have read and I enjoyed it a lot.
This book should be read by anyone who loves a great paranormal romance. show less