{"id":7607,"date":"2024-05-01T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=7607"},"modified":"2024-05-18T11:50:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T18:50:47","slug":"damned-if-you-do-teen-book-review-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2024\/damned-if-you-do-teen-book-review-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Damned If You Do – Teen Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Jasmine Sov<\/span>, age 17<\/span><\/p>\n

Damned If You Do<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>by Alex Brown<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ever since Cordelia Scott\u2019s abusive father left when she was ten, life has been pretty normal. Now in her senior year of high school, Cordelia has other concerns: stage managing the school play, crushing on her best friend, and keeping her grades up in AP Lit. Unfortunately for her, those concerns are about to get a lot more\u2026hellish.<\/p>\n

When she finds out that Fred, the new guidance counselor, is actually a demon from Hell, she doesn\u2019t believe him\u2014until he summons Hellfire at his desk. What\u2019s more, her father didn\u2019t actually leave: Fred killed him and sent him to Hell. And ten-year-old Cordelia made a deal with him to do so by giving him a part of her soul. Now, Fred\u2019s back to cash in on his end of the deal. If Cordelia doesn\u2019t help him subdue a rival demon, part of her soul will be lost forever\u2014and that rival will set an even more demonic plan into motion. Can Cordelia save her town, her soul, and most of all, herself?<\/p>\n

\u201cDamned If You Do\u201d bills itself as \u201cqueer Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Filipino folklore.\u201d However, it didn\u2019t include as much romance and folklore as I had hoped. There\u2019s one creature from Filipino myth present\u2014an aswang, which was both cool and scary whenever it showed up. Other than that, the novel mostly draws from the Bible. The queer romance between Cordelia and Veronica is definitely there, but I wish more had happened between them besides pining after each other for most of the book. The writing is mostly brisk and witty, but there\u2019s some gore midway through the book that shifts the tone to a more serious one. Soon after, the tone becomes comical again, which is a bit jarring.<\/p>\n

3.5 stars of 5 stars<\/p>\n

Find this book in our catalog: N\/A<\/p>\n

Catalog Number:\u00a0N\/A<\/span><\/p>\n

345 pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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