Blue Smoke and Madness [Kindle Edition]

My Demon is great fun. I read it in one sitting and couldn't put it down once I started.

Alex is just a normal teenager with a job in a fashion shop until a session smoking dope reveals a demon to her. Not sure if she is going out of her head, Alex finds coping with her new 'imaginary' friend increasingly difficult. He sees the future and leads her astray.

He tells her she has a mission to save the world. She isn't sure he's telling the truth but he always has a good reason and he uses his powers to seduce and abuse to get her to go along with him.

The reader is left to figure out what's going on and we are not seduced, so we become increasingly worried for Alex as her demon leads her to the dark side.

A tale of death and destruction which is a parable on the danger of good intentions. I wondered how it could end in anything but despair, but Lisa manages a surprisingly upbeat and satisfying ending. This book would make an excellent film.

Well, my evening is shot, but not in a bad way. I've just spent it reading this chilling, enthralling book, and I couldn't put it down until I was done!
Alex is a typical girl at the onset of the book, but all that changes with the arrival of Clive, a self-professed demon who dresses like a cartoon character unless he needs to terrorize his new plaything.
My Demon is an amazing read, and it delves deep into the psyche of a teen on the brink of so many things: adulthood, self-discovery and madness. Alex is soon immersed into a nightmare that won't go away and the reader is thrust deeper and deeper with her, wincing, eyes pinched shut in certain spots, willing Alex to wake up and escape, ever knowing she can't. The climax is breathtaking and satisfying, and a huge surprise.
Author Lisa Hinsley forces us to care about Alex and paints such vivid pictures of the torment she suffers. There's ever a sense that Alex has been misled with blue smoke and mirrors and there is almost an Alice in Wonderland feel to it. The reader watches in horror as Alex is thrust down the rabbit hole to face her deepest darkest fears and the truth which comes too late.
I highly recommend the book to anyone who likes the delicious feeling of being petrified and terrified even as he or she is safe on the couch, snuggled in for a good read. My Demon delivers chills, thrills, and tight writing.

Although I found it took a while to get going (largely I suspect because the doings of teenage girls don't hold my attention these days!) I found the concept amazingly good. Alex, a nineteen year old girl, begins to see a demon who is visible to no-one else. The fact that he is devastatingly attractive helps him to persuade her to follow his suggestions. Later, as she tries to back out, he uses more forceful tactics. He informs her that humanity is being taken over by an alien species and she can tell by spotting the blue smoke coming from their eyes. He persuades her that for the good of humanity and for the sake of her own life, these people must be killed. This is a huge change of viewpoint on life for Alex. Is she delusional? Is he a figment of her mind or is is all true? She can, after all, see the blue smoke.

Once the demon began to exert his influence over Alex I found the tension and excitement mounted quickly for me. There are some 'hot stuff' moments when the demon uses his sexual influnce over her and some horrific scenes when Alex tries to resist. On one occasion he takes her out to prove it's all true and the results are gruesome. I was by then totally on her side and wanting a good outcome.

Eventually it's information from her past which comes to her aid. I didn't quite expect (but really enjoyed) the ending. There are still questions hanging after the book finishes but the sign of a good story is that you want more! A great read.