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Saturday, June 14, 2008 Other people who write

Eeeee! An advance review copy of Deja Demon just arrived from my pal and author Julie Kemmer (who has a kick-ass author web site, I might add)!

I am so excited–it’s exactly the sort of escape I need today. The gentle a-thump-a-thump of the clothes dryer in the background, the scree-scree-scree of some unidentified piece of metal scraping along the inside of the drum as it turns, the power tools going incessantly across the street. Ahh, suburbia. At least I don’t have to worry about demons and training my teenage daughter to be an apprentice Demon Hunter. Reporting to the Vatican and all that… I don’t think I could stand the micromanagement or the heart-stopping job requirements.

What is killing me at the moment is not knowing whether I read the third book in the series before I start this fourth. I know I read Carpe Demon, and California Demon, but I don’t know if I read Demons are Forever, because Deja Demon seems to pick up just fine, story-wise. But I am compulsive sort, and I searched five huge bookshelves in my house before deciding to just enjoy the one in my hand. If anything, I could just start all over again. They’re really fun… and sexy. I kid you not.

Oh! I just remembered that at least the first book I read in the series was unbound, on paper, so of course there isn’t a book in the shelves! Man. I wonder where that is. Maybe I should just purchase the collection, ya think? Gah, now I need to go read all the synopses!

Anyway, Julie Kenner is incredibly prolific and entertaining, two things that don’t necessarily go hand in hand. Her books always go straight to the top of my review pile (sorry). You can pre--order book 4 on Amazon now!