Sunday, August 3, 2025

Post from the past...

 I was searching my blog the other day for a certain book set in England and ran across this one instead...and for a moment I couldn't even remember reading it. Sad when you can't remember a book you read only three years ago. Good thing I wrote about it. So, just for fun, I'm re-posting my short review of it, because I think it's worth remembering. 


Title & Author:  Friend of the Devil by Stephen Lloyd

Setting:  Danforth Putnam, an elite boarding school located on a private island off the coast of New England.

Main characters:  Sam, an insurance investigator and former marine who's tough, perceptive, sarcastic, haunted, and funny; and Harriet, a teen reporter with epilepsy who's determined, smart, and spunky, Sam's looking into the theft of a rare book, and Harriet's investigating an incident of bullying when their paths intersect. Dark and strange things at Danforth Putnam surprise them both.

My thoughts:  This book is a fun combination of mystery, detective fiction and supernatural horror. There's good suspense and lots of humorous moments, and it reads fast. I loved Sam's snarkiness and Harriet's stubborn fearlessness. And there's a very explosive demonic twist at the end that I was NOT expecting. But I thought it was a good one. I ended up really liking this book. It's an entertaining summer read. 

Happy Reading!


(Review first posted on this blog on August 25, 2022)

17 comments:

  1. Sometimes I can't even remember the details of a book I read a few months ago. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 This sounds like a great story. I always love the combination of mystery with the supernatural.

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    1. I love that combination, too! And I remember really liking these characters.

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  2. I've read so many books that I probably wouldn't remember all of them either.

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    1. They do tend to all blur together after awhile...especially if they have similar plotlines.

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    1. Sometimes I feel like past posts need a little extra love. ;D

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  4. Oh dear... I'm glad I'm not alone! I occasionally stumble across the titles of books I"ve reviewed within the past few years, and have no idea at this point what they were about! Reposting older reviews is a great idea!

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    1. It's funny, I can remember books I read as a kid sometimes better than a book I read last week. My mind must be too full of busy-ness these days. Another reason to keep blogging!

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  5. I very often have trouble remembering the details of books that I read years ago. In fact, it is one reason I started writing reviews. Now I have something to jog my memory!

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    1. Trying to remember better the books I read is one of the reasons I started blogging. Though apparently I'm still forgetting a lot of books. ;D

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  6. I think that is another good reason to keep a book blog because I wouldn't remember the books I read in 2018, 2019 etc without it.

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    1. It is one of the reasons I decided to start blogging in the first place.

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  7. I may still have this on my Goodreads TBR, it sounds like my kind of book😁

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    1. I liked it...even if I momentarily forgot about it. ;D

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  8. It's kind of scary how often this happens! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It looks like one I'd like too!

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    1. Just shows how tired my brain is these days. ;D

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  9. I have blanked out about books I've read in the past, too! This does sound like a good one! :)

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