Personal Demons

by Lisa Desrochers

      Personal Demons is yet another paranormal romance book with a love triangle (two hot, otherworldly guys lusting after an ordinary American high school girl) so popular among teens these days.

This time the guys are a demon (Luc for Lucifer) and an angel (Gabe for Gabriel) and the girl, Frannie. a lapsed Catholic dealing with her own personal demons: the accident that killed her brother and shattered her belief in God.

The premise of the story is interesting. Both Heaven and Hell are trying to tag Frannie's soul because she has some mysterious quality they both want to use for their own purposes. But soon the conflict is simplified to Frannie's choice between two guys. And when it turns out the demon is not so evil after all, other demons are thrown into the story to spice the plot.

The story has a dual point of view: Luc's and Frannie's. Both point of views are not distinctive enough, in my opinion, to be convincing and this device doesn't help build suspense as we know both sides of the story.

Despite its defects, Personal Demons will probably appeal to its intended demographic of high school girls who have not yet tired of paranormal stories.