I'm about seven chapters into this book as I'm writing this and I just am not sure at this point if I'm going to finish it. I love the plot idea. I COULD easily love Rafe and Lucy - I really, really want to - but I am not a fan of Ms. Ayers's writing style. At this point pretty much every character seems one-dimensional. Don't get me wrong - there is some serious potential here for a fun story, but it's like the author is spending too much time trying to be "funny" using bad cliches and cardboard dialogue. Additionally, there have been numerous times when the author mentions a reaction to something that she has not done a good enough job explaining for me to understand why the reaction is appropriate.I'm going to give this another chapter because it really does have potential to be a fun read, but if things don't improve, I don't think I'll have any problem putting this book down. Ugh, where do I start?I loved the cover, I loved the tag-line, I loved this incredible idea that....fell flat on its face.Lucy is a rather successful hair stylist, who is dull, dimwitted and cliche to the ninth degree. She is an over confident idiot with very little personality that uses all the lame lines and insults in the book...no real pun intended. I feel like she is a knockoff of a geeky mean-girl still trying to make her way through junior year. Her friend, who is a supporting but rather absent character, was more interesting and WAY less annoying. Rafe is suppose to be this amazing demon, but is as dull as old whitewash, even in his funny moments. He spends so much time doubting himself and falling all over Lucy that I have a hard time believing he is our hero. The only characters I did like were Squeaky and Frankie and they were only featured for a total of about 30 pages between the two of them!Gerardo and Frankie are too stereotypical of gay guys for my liking. They're flaky and flamboyant with no real sense of being their own persons.The writing was choppy. It was also a terrible two-perspective, it jumped all over so much that I had a hard time keeping up with who was the lead and an even hard time keeping up with who was even talking in the scene.7 Overused Phrases or Overdone Items on Every 2 pages that I NEVER want to hear or see again:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------**'Like a WWE Wrestler' - Really? Really. (to quote my favorite WWE wrestler) REALLY? I get it, they are rolling around on the ground, bashing into the crap that clutters your salon, destroying things, pummeling each other, beating the snot out of each other, throwing punches that could rival a kung-fu panda. Anything, ANYTHING except "Like a WWE Wrestler" 10 or 12 times in the same 2 chapters. This is repetitive and obnoxious and a complete waste on anyone who doesn't know what the WWE is. **'Blood hell' - initially only used by the Paladins and demons but soon used by Lucy as well, on every other page.**'Very well then' - used by all Paladins and demons at least once, in every conversation**'Tool' - Lucy calls EVERYONE a tool, like a tool. She's such a twit it's overly irritating**'Whatever' - Really? You insult a demon and they say "Whatever" and turn the other cheek? To me, this seems like a lack of forethought on the author's part. Instead of coming back with something to keep the story rolling she cops out and leaves us wanting...and feeling about 50 points lower on the IQ scale.**Tucked a stray hair/Ran a finger through a strand of hair/Ran his/her hands through curls etc, etc - Everyone in this book is CONSTANTLY flipping, moving, smoothing or playing with their hair. I understand that Lucy is a hair stylist, that it is her passion. However, would her hair REALLY be that unruly if #1 she was that great of a stylist and #2 The women constantly fixing their hair are sexubi? Aren't they images of perfection, never a hair out of place or a chipped nail? This makes no sense to me and the fact that I have to read some variation of it every 10 pages sends me over the edge. People just don't fix stray hairs that frequently.**Enrapturement - In any way shape or form. Everything that everyone in this book feels they either chalk up to being enraptured or fear that it is because they enraputred the other person. Can't people feel things? And why, oh why is everyone full of so much self-doubt? It's depressing.These are a very small sampling of what I found horrifying about the book. The one saving grace that managed to get this book 2 stars is the fact that it was such a great idea. It had so much potential but it just fell so, so flat. I feel like the author tried to cram too many ideas into one book and had to glue them together with fluff just to get them all in. The worst part is that it isn't even a quick read. It's a whopping 401 pages that you have to force yourself to trudge through. This is one of the longer reads I've had in awhile. A book like this generally only takes me 2-3 days to read, this one stayed in my purse for about 8.I only recommend this book to people who don't mind flaky and under-thought.
What do You think about Demons Prefer Blondes (2011)?
It was a fun, fast paced book that I really enjoyed. Not your typical demon book.
—lostdreams816
can't wait for the next book...awesome read
—bhagya2912
