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Maggie Donovan was living a normal life
until the day she finds a demon eating her soon-to-be
ex-boyfriend. She somehow manages to kill the demon, but
her day is not done being strange. A gorgeous fairy warrior
appears in her kitchen and tells her she is destined to grow
her latent fairy powers and defeat, Mab, the Queen of
Otherworld.
Culhane has been waiting for Maggie for
centuries. Mab has been ruling Otherworld with an iron fist
and her defeat at Maggie’s hands will set them free. But he
has to talk the stubborn Maggie into it, first. As much as
she infuriates him, he can’t help but be attracted to her
spirit.
Neither one wants to like the other,
but they need each other if they are to defeat Mab.
While overall, I enjoyed
Bedeviled, at times I felt like I was reading two
different stories: one, a fun, chick-lit style romance and
the other, a more serious paranormal romance. When told in
the point of view of Maggie, it was full of silly asides,
sarcasm and humorous moments. When told from Culhane’s
perspective, it was more solemn. I realize that it may have
been done that way to kind of highlight those differences in
the characters, but it was distracting. But it was fun
watching them struggle to do their duty as they fight the
attraction between them.
However, I enjoyed the story, and the subplot involving
Maggie’s sister. I will be looking for the continuation of
the story, BEGUILED, coming out in August,
2009. |