The first word I uttered after finishing Demon Inside by Stacia Kane was an expletive. Then another. She is officially Queen of the Cliffhangers and I’m now partially bald from pulling at my hair while searching for one more page. Just one…more…page…

Demon Inside focuses on Megan’s ability—or inability—to adapt with her new role in the world, a powerful force that’s targeting Megan’s Meegra, Greyson’s rise to power, and the Chase family secrets. And of course the brothers Brown’s fashion sense. At times there seemed to be too much going on; not enough to distract me from enjoying the story, but it easily could have been spread out more. Or maybe I’m just greedy.

Either way, Megan and her crew have a lot to deal with and not much time to do it. After her father’s death, she must return to her childhood home, complete with bad memories and spiteful mothers. What she finds there helps explain her rare abilities and the strange turns her life has made recently.

Demon Inside is a dark, sexy, emotional trip into a world where the darkness inside you may be just what you need to fight the demons you fear and I give it 5 tombstones, hands down. There is so much to enjoy in the world surrounding Megan Chase, psychologist by day and big, bad leader of a demon family by night. Megan herself is witty, comfortable with her weaknesses, and smart enough to understand that just because someone cares for you doesn’t mean they won’t stab you in the back.

Greyson Dante, her demon lover and guide through this other world, is a hero in the truest of senses. He may not be perfect, and he may have a few skeletons hanging in his closet, but I bet they all deserved what they got. Anytime I think I have him figured out, he does something to blow away my assumptions. He is the reason for the string of curse words after reading the last page. There is so much left for him to reveal, and I don’t have the patience to wait for another book to find it all out! I mean come on, a demon who’s willing to celebrate Christmas with his human lover? Swoon worthy.

One of my favorite aspects of the Stacia Kane’s writing is the well-needed humor infused into the pages. In a book where demons explode, heads are ripped off, and cannibalism is a shrug-worthy event, a good joke or funny line is appreciated. The one that sticks out is when Megan and Greyson are visiting the home of another demon. “Megan, accustomed to the homes of important demons being as opulent as imperial palaces, felt like she’d arrived at the gates of Hell and found Heck instead.”

Book Stats:

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (July 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439155070
• ISBN-13: 978-1439155073

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Books in the Megan Chase series in the order they should be read:
Personal Demons
Demon Inside
Demon Possessed

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