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A Demon Inside

Rick R. Reed

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Jan 26, 2016 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it it was ok

Shelves: what-male-protagonist, what-suspense-thriller-action, what-modern-fantasy, how-ebook, what-mm, what-mm-read, what-mystery, where-grr-mine, what-lgbtqia, what-horror

This started out strong enough even though very trite with common tropes. The suspense was good and the story interesting. But the story didn't hold up. It remained trite and predictable. I didn't like the omniscient POV. I don't mean being in the mind of the crazy thing because that's pretty standard and was at least a subjective POV, but just overall when the narrative jumped from third person to omniscient and back again.

I ended up not caring for either MC, especially Hunter, so I didn't rea This started out strong enough even though very trite with common tropes. The suspense was good and the story interesting. But the story didn't hold up. It remained trite and predictable. I didn't like the omniscient POV. I don't mean being in the mind of the crazy thing because that's pretty standard and was at least a subjective POV, but just overall when the narrative jumped from third person to omniscient and back again.

I ended up not caring for either MC, especially Hunter, so I didn't really care what happened to him. He was an ass over and over again and I never saw what anyone would see in him, especially the main character to whom he was mean over and over again. I felt that everyone--including Hunter--was way too pushy, forward, and inappropriately familiar with others, except when it came to sex and in that he was inconsistent. His reactions were often bizarre but not in the way they should have been considering how isolated he had been his whole life. The relationship just wasn't a relationship and then suddenly it was all intense for no apparent reason and no provocation to make it so. You have to read it to get what I mean and I don't recommend the book. I got my hospital scene and I didn't even care.

The one thing the story did well was the suspense, and when I read alone in the dark, it had its scary moments. But that wasn't enough to save the story for me. Reed can write well and he comes up with interesting plots with great suspense and dramatic moments, but his characterization is terrible and his narrative inconsistent.

Nitpicks:

They're in the dark but he looks good?

If Beaumont House was pristine, why did he need to do do much work in it? I'm glad it takes time, though, and the work wasn't done overnight.

If the other house is two football fields away and they're both at their houses, how is he seeing the other guy's expression and the muscles bunching under his skin?

Why is Michael out there alone if he thinks it's weird to be out there alone?

He put almost 2 million dollars into that house??

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No, just no.

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Jul 29, 2025 OkayKim rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, mystery-suspense, spooky-ghosts, docs, m-m-romance, dark, dubious-consent, icky-ex, hfn, caretaker

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Dec 22, 2013 Malini marked it as to-read

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