Review: The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver

Summary:

It’s the year 2018, and with human society seriously disrupted by the economic upheavals of the previous decade, Lucifer has increased the number of demons in all major cities. Atlanta is no exception. Fortunately, humans are protected by Demon Trappers, who work to keep homes and streets safe from the things that go bump in the night. Seventeen-year-old Riley, only daughter of legendary Demon Trapper Paul Blackthorne, has always dreamed of following in her father’s footsteps. When she’s not keeping up with her homework or trying to manage her growing attraction to fellow Trapper apprentice, Simon, Riley’s out saving citizens from Grade One Hellspawn. Business as usual, really, for a demon-trapping teen. When a Grade Five Geo-Fiend crashes Riley’s routine assignment at a library, jeopardizing her life and her chosen livelihood, she realizes that she’s caught in the middle of a battle between Heaven and Hell.

My Rating:
4 stars

Thoughts:

                I loved this book. First off, Riley was just the right mix of spunky and interesting. She did what she wanted to do, and her decisions made sense (most of the time). The world Oliver created was believable, and I liked the intermingling of all different types of paranormal creatures throughout the story. There are witches, demon hunters, demon trappers (there’s a difference), demons, necromancers, and even hints at vampires, werewolves, and other things that go bump in the night. And I loved the originality of demon trapping. Everything from the types of demons, and the way they were caught was unique, which made the story that much more interesting, since I didn’t really know what to expect.

Most of all, this book was interesting because it turned out to be so dark, but in a very good way. Horrible things kept happening to Riley (and I mean horrible) but her ability to pull through them made me like her that much more as a character. The part about this book that amazed me the most was that romance wasn’t a huge part of this book, and I still loved it (this is weird for me, because I usually get bored with books that aren’t romance centered – maybe it was just the promise of romance to come in the next books that kept me going). The only problems I had were that I had trouble keeping track of all the trappers, and Riley’s romance with Simon seemed to move kind of fast. Other than that, this book was amazing, and was a great start to what is sure to be an amazing series. I can’t wait to read the next book, and I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to read an amazing YA book.  


Author's Site:
http://www.janaoliver.com/