About the Book:
The Demon is now in full possession of the Girl's body, and she is starting her journey in Berkeley, California. She should be thrilled and ecstatic—the plan worked!
Except she doesn't remember the plan. The Demon has memories of the Girl's life and vague impressions of a deal made with the Filipino warrior LapuLapu. She reconnects with her former master, Death, and discovers that her bargain went against his will.
Death's punishment is beyond her comprehension - enduring the cruelties of mortality and leaving her imprisoned in the former Girl's university life. Life experiences, toxic friendships, emotional and physical attachments, and finally, heartbreak prove sadistic even for a Demon.
Can a demon have an identity crisis? What happens when the Demon shows more independence of thought and understanding of the cycle of dependency?
Death isn't the only one waiting to find out...
Review:
The demon has now fully taken control of the girl's body; however, the demon is being punished by it's master, Death. The demon has no memories of their plan to control the girl, but does have brief memories of the girl's life. Death says the demon must continue with the girl's plans of attending college at Berkeley. As the demon attempts to navigate the human world, it slowly regains memories of it's name, Hukloban, and history while trying to maintain their magic. The classes are no problem for the demon, but friendships, relationships and the girl's awful family prove troublesome. Hukloban's memories return, but so does her humanity.
Picking up right after book one, The Girl, The Demon, jumps right in with Hukloban taking over the girl's body. I was surprised by Death's punishment, thinking that the girl would now be a powerful and dangerous force. It was an interesting turn of events to find the demon near powerless having to deal with college, friends and relationships. It was fun to see Hukloban dealing with friends and romantic partners, although I did feel that this dragged on for a while with no real plot development. The best parts of the story for me were Hukloban's memory flashbacks to their time as a human, their creation and their time as Death's right hand. This helped to answer a lot of questions from the first book about the curse and the demon's purpose. I also liked the setting of Hukloban's origins of the early Austronesian people exploring new lands. The ending was unexpected and leaves room for the possibility of another book in the series.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
Find the Review of Book One, The Girl here.
The Demon is now in full possession of the Girl's body, and she is starting her journey in Berkeley, California. She should be thrilled and ecstatic—the plan worked!
Except she doesn't remember the plan. The Demon has memories of the Girl's life and vague impressions of a deal made with the Filipino warrior LapuLapu. She reconnects with her former master, Death, and discovers that her bargain went against his will.
Death's punishment is beyond her comprehension - enduring the cruelties of mortality and leaving her imprisoned in the former Girl's university life. Life experiences, toxic friendships, emotional and physical attachments, and finally, heartbreak prove sadistic even for a Demon.
Can a demon have an identity crisis? What happens when the Demon shows more independence of thought and understanding of the cycle of dependency?
Death isn't the only one waiting to find out...
Review:
The demon has now fully taken control of the girl's body; however, the demon is being punished by it's master, Death. The demon has no memories of their plan to control the girl, but does have brief memories of the girl's life. Death says the demon must continue with the girl's plans of attending college at Berkeley. As the demon attempts to navigate the human world, it slowly regains memories of it's name, Hukloban, and history while trying to maintain their magic. The classes are no problem for the demon, but friendships, relationships and the girl's awful family prove troublesome. Hukloban's memories return, but so does her humanity.
Picking up right after book one, The Girl, The Demon, jumps right in with Hukloban taking over the girl's body. I was surprised by Death's punishment, thinking that the girl would now be a powerful and dangerous force. It was an interesting turn of events to find the demon near powerless having to deal with college, friends and relationships. It was fun to see Hukloban dealing with friends and romantic partners, although I did feel that this dragged on for a while with no real plot development. The best parts of the story for me were Hukloban's memory flashbacks to their time as a human, their creation and their time as Death's right hand. This helped to answer a lot of questions from the first book about the curse and the demon's purpose. I also liked the setting of Hukloban's origins of the early Austronesian people exploring new lands. The ending was unexpected and leaves room for the possibility of another book in the series.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
Find the Review of Book One, The Girl here.
About the Author:
Victory Witherkeigh is a female Filipino/PI author originally from Los Angeles, CA, currently living in the Las Vegas area. Victory was a finalist for Wingless Dreamer’s 2020 Overcoming Fear Short Story award and a 2021 winner of the Two Sisters Writing and Publishing Short Story Contest. She has print publications in the horror anthologies Supernatural Drabbles of Dread through Macabre Ladies Publishing, Bodies Full of Burning through Sliced Up Press, and In Filth It Shall Be Found through OutCast Press. Her first novel, set to debut in December 2022 with Cinnabar Moth Publishing, has been a finalist for Killer Nashville’s 2020 Claymore Award, a 2020 Cinnamon Press Literature Award Honoree, and long-listed in the 2021 Voyage YA Book Pitch Contest.
Victory Witherkeigh is a female Filipino/PI author originally from Los Angeles, CA, currently living in the Las Vegas area. Victory was a finalist for Wingless Dreamer’s 2020 Overcoming Fear Short Story award and a 2021 winner of the Two Sisters Writing and Publishing Short Story Contest. She has print publications in the horror anthologies Supernatural Drabbles of Dread through Macabre Ladies Publishing, Bodies Full of Burning through Sliced Up Press, and In Filth It Shall Be Found through OutCast Press. Her first novel, set to debut in December 2022 with Cinnabar Moth Publishing, has been a finalist for Killer Nashville’s 2020 Claymore Award, a 2020 Cinnamon Press Literature Award Honoree, and long-listed in the 2021 Voyage YA Book Pitch Contest.
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