Review: Hellfire and Tinsel by A.M. Rose
If Beau were to write a letter to Santa he’d ask for a friend. Instead he writes to Satan and summons a demon.
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Review.
This was a buddy read at our GR group. This book is a very good example of why it is so hard for me to find holiday stories that please me. I do read holiday stories mind you, but it needs to be a story where the sweetness amount is just right and not so sugary that I would hurt my teeth from it. This one was well written, but Beau was way over the top for me. Too sweet, too lonely, too angelic and his soul shined so bright. Beau felt so lonely all his life and eventually he summoned a demon to be his friend and to help him be less lonely during the holidays
The fact that he summons a demon should have spiced up the story, but nah, did not happen for me. Kassel was fun, but Beau’s being so sweet and lonely and angelic just captured him so quickly.
I think I know why the authors decided to portray Beau as so pure of heart. I mean I am just speculating, since I have not read the first book in the series, but sounded as if Oren (Lucifer’s lover) was a mostly good person but with the touch of darkness and that was what allowed him to get into Hell after his death? I suspect the authors did not want to write the exact same human character here so they made Beau so pure and angelic. As an aside, ravishing a human virgin is so not my cup of tea I cannot stress that strongly enough.
Obviously, the Hell portrayed here cannot be considered as anything remotely resembling the “official” Christianity version of Hell (understatement of the century) and I love when authors play with the religious dogma, but I found it hilarious that Beau apparently made himself famous for eternity by creating Purgatory? I found this was the funniest most creative moment in the story.
Grade: B-
