Devil's Apprentice 4/5

Where to start....

The title? <s>The Devil's Apprentice</s> more like <u>Precocious Pre-Adult Lawyer: The Adventures of House-Sitting</u>. Like really? The title is far from the mark.

This is the first book I have read by this author and I found it quite refreshing. The writing style is quite developed and somewhat complex. However, this author wrote the story from different narratives throughout the book, and while this is essential for the story, I do not like this style. Therefore, it took a concerted effort at times to continue with the book as the narratives changed, but if you like this, then go for it!

I don't typically read books that include time-travel, but this book takes a new approach to time travel, in the way the characters interact with the past. Like I said, this could be standard for the genera, but I enjoyed it.

Onto character development! The author does not provide us with a lot of insight. While there are monologues that are from the character's perspective, they seemed fairly basic and their thoughts predictable.

Now the title is a little misleading, yes, it is sort of about the devil's search for an apprentice, but that doesn't factor in until the latter 1/3rd of the novel. Also, it doesn't mention it here, but is this part of a series? It doesn't need to be, but if not, there was a whole lot of plot development for something that played a minor role. I hope for a sequel and would read it, but the ending didn't seem to indicate that.

Also, if you are into action, action, action (as I am), this book will be a little slow, given its length, this is understandable, yet I desired either more action and/or character development.

Now I am going to split it up into what I liked and didn't like (pro/con)
Pro:
-Introduces the idea of Time-Travel
-Includes magic and demon characters
-has a dog
-Main Character is intelligent and not all emotional (a little too precocious..)
-Includes fighting
-Well developed plot line


Con:
-slow plot
-subplots
-possible future (if sequel is in the works) love triangle
-has a cat
-not a whole lot of development, feels like it could have been shorter


Overall, I recommend this book to those that enjoy subplots and good writing.