Book: The Many Lives of Samuel Beauchamp (a demon's story)
Author: Michael Siemsen
Given by: Fantome Publishing
Rating: 4/5 Won-derfuls (I loved it)
A prequel to A Warm Place to Call Home, this is a great book with solid plot and characters. It is a bit dark and twisty around the edges, but mostly it is the tale of a young demon discovering what it means to be a new member of the species.
Samuel dies as a child but his spirit sticks around and learns to move between different bodies. He works, he loves, he develops friendships, and he continues to live his life. In his twenties he begins dating his gorgeous, but sadistic, girlfriend. This is the point in the book where things start heating up. All I will say is there is a big fat plot twist at this point that makes the book well worth the read.
This story has some physical and sexual violence, which usually turns me off a book. In this tale, however, these scenes felt like critical elements to the overall story - not cheap or random ploys to shock the reader into an emotional reaction. Still, it is definitely an adult only read.
Interested? You can read more about it or buy it here.
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