I believe this story also raised moral questions. Ella felt pushed aside, and I believe that can happen in long term relationship, when the couple get comfortable, they tend to take for granted the things that they lived for at the beginning. Jonathan no longer puts Ella first, everything he does is for his demon master, and all he cares about is fame, fortune and immortality. I feel like it also kinda of illustrated the run of a lot of relationship, if you take the demons and the magic out of it of course. The whirlwind of emotions between Ella wanting to do the right thing, wanting to try and save Jonathan and hoping that he wasn’t completely lost to her, and also wanting to save Matthew once he got involved. I really felt for Ella, and the author did a fantastic job of making you feel just how trapped she became. It was actually pretty deep when I think about it.
I was originally thinking that this would’ve been a pretty mediocre story, but I was wrong. This wasn’t at all what I was expecting, and I’m glad. I’ve had it sitting in my TBR for a while now, and decided I should read it. Wow, I was pleasantly surprised by this book. When Jonathan signs a deal that she just can’t stomach, it’s a race against the clock to try and find a way out of it, without losing her soul or putting the people she cares about in danger. Catapult into the future a few years and Jonathan is The Demon Magician, and Ella is his girlfriend and trusty assistant. Jonathan ends up selling his soul and putting himself in servitude to the demon Belphagor. The audition turns out to be nothing more than a ploy, they’re not interested in his show, they’re interested in his soul. The day of the audition roles around and she finds herself a bit terrified of the three people Jonathan has to impress to be a part of this club. She soon finds herself really getting to know the quiet boy she brushed off, and finds herself becoming attracted to him.
She states he’s not allowed to talk to her in public, text or call her in public, acknowledge her at all in public, and he is definitely not allowed to tell anyone that she’s agreed to help him with his magic show. I received a copy from the publisher, The Red Telephone, via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.Įlla is popular, pretty and pretty full of herself, so she is reluctant to help Jonathan, a nerdy outcast who does magic tricks, when he asks for her help to make a great performance for an audition to become a part of an elite, underground club for magicians.
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