Demon in My View

Demon in My View


By: Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Reviewed by: gothiclolitamaiden, 16
Rating: Really liked it


“Seventeen-year-old Jessica Allodola discovers that the vampire world of her fiction is real when she develops relationships with an alluring vampire named Aubrey and the teenage witch who is trying to save Jessica from his clutches.”

I was slightly disappointed when I read Demon in My View. I enjoyed Hawksong immensely, and thought that it was a fairly well-written book, but Demon in My View does not quite match up to it. Both books are rich in descriptive detail, a trademark of the author’s style, but Demon in My View suffers from a couple of flaws that Hawksong did not possess.

The first flaw is the characters. They have the same sarcastic wit as those in Hawksong, but some of the characters in Demon in My View are Mary-Sue-ish and therefore less believable and relatable. Jessica and Aubrey are the two characters who exhibit these traits most of all. I will concede that it is a short novel, and that there is little time for character development, but both Jessica and Aubrey are intelligent, attractive and haughty, which does not make them very likable characters. There are few other characters (partially due to the fact that the novel is relatively short), and they don’t appear very often, so they are not developed.

Despite some problems with the characters, the plot is very interesting, and the portrayal of the vampire world is different (no sparkles). The vampire world as described by Atwater-Rhodes is savage, brutal, and lawless, far from ideal.
Demon in My View is worth reading for Atwater-Rhodes’ beautiful prose and riveting plot, but if you’re looking for fully-developed, complex characters, look elsewhere. I liked reading it, even if I had some issues with the characters.


Recommended to: Vampire, horror and fantasy fans 13+