Devil of a book

Just a quick word on the book I just finished – Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow. It’s dark urban fantasy, of the demons and magic variety. Take 2 parts Buffy, 1 part Repairman Jack, a squeeze of X-Box, a twist of Highlander and a liberal splash of Nine Inch Nails and you’d be pretty close to this cocktail. I think “propulsive” is the right word. Not perfect (the language can push the florid for the sake of florid boundary, and the characters flirt with cliché). But I’ll forgive some small quirks for a damn good story that travels down the highway at a full tilt boogie, driven by one bad-ass heroine. And it’s the first in a series, so I have every hope that things will tighten up in the next book (which I’m going to hunt for as soon as I get off work). If you decide to pick it up, do it forewarned that you will be pissed off by the end of the book. But in a good way. You’ll be pissed off because you care what happens.