Review by

Cheyenne

Good vs. Evil Plot That I Couldn't Get Enough Of!

Will Hunter is use to being the new kid. He's moved several times in the past few years and you'd think it would get easier. Well, maybe not when you're a sixteen-year-old demon hunter who's always on the alert. As always, Will is at a new school scoping out any potential demon teens but he's thrown off balance when he meets the strong-willed and beautiful Natalie. He's never had problems with getting girls, but it's just too much of a risk to get people involved in his life. But his mind keeps wandering back to her. Then his quick rescue of a nerd from bullies, inadvertently leads to his first ever true friendship. When Will begins to make exceptions for the first time, more and more follow. When the demon teens and their leader begin their newest attack, Will knows it's too late. His new friends' and the entire world's fate rests in his hands once again. The New Kid, ridding the world of evil, one high school at a time.

The New Kid relied on its good vs. evil plot, and I couldn't get enough of it!

In the beginning, modern slang and stereotypes were exaggerated to the point where they seemed fake and silly. These exaggerations smoothed out pretty quickly in the following pages though.

All the characters were great. They could be thought of as 2-D, floppy characters because they rarely stepped into the spot light and were blind to what was in front of their faces. I would instead like to refer to them as hard-boiled eggs whose outer shells only break off in jagged pieces.

The action was fantastic. The fights appeared in my mind just like thriller movies. I personally would have enjoyed even more of them. Call me an adrenaline junkie if you will, but Will's fights never ceased to captivate me.

The New Kid was also unique in the aspect that this book wasn't filled with frivolous pixies, but evil, crazed and dangerous demons from the bowels of hell. Pure evil. The horrendous demons were not the only things making the good stand out. What really made the good stand out was that even though the good sinned, made mistakes, and were tempted, they stuck to their guns. They never forgot the difference between right and wrong and didn't stop trying to do their best. If their best wasn't good enough, they still fought on because it was the right thing to do.

The New Kid wrapped up most of the loose ends and main problems well enough to be a stand alone. BUT if this turns out to be a series, The New Kid was one of the greatest and strongest beginnings to a series I've read. There are so many things I still want to know! I truly hope this will be a series, if not . . . I'm going to have to contact the author and beg for another installment.4 out of 5 stars

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