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Vicious Circle

Mike Carey
Grand Central Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780446580311
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (6/08)

Mike Carey is the author of The Devil You Know. I have not read that book as of yet, and I don’t know if I will. That’s the honest truth. In this novel is the story of Felix Castor, a well-known friend of many, and an exorcist. Felix does some work with the cops, and for him it’s a way to make some extra money. Felix has quite a few friends and enemies in this novel. He has a friend named Rafi, who is possessed by a demon. This was the result of an exorcism gone wrong one night by Felix. Instead of Felix getting the demon to come out of Rafi, he somehow entwined the two souls together. Not good for his friend Rafi, as you will see. He has a friend from hell by the name of Juliet. Juliet is a succubus, Ajulutsikael, who was supposed to be hunting Felix, destroy him, and then eat his soul. Somehow, Felix and Juliet came to some kind of agreement. I am not sure how that happened, as I don’t remember it in the book. She doesn’t seem to want to eat Felix anymore. Strange friends indeed!

Felix gets a call. It’s a call that he takes seriously; two people who claim to truly love their daughter allege that her spirit has been stolen. They are willing to pay anything to get her back, and so they hire Felix to find her for them. It turns out to be such a twisted tale, that I found myself lost more than once. The only part that I found truly interesting was the end.

“Vicious Circle” is exactly what it sounds like. I found that this novel was going around in circles so much it was hard to keep up. The plot of the story was fascinating, but I feel as though the book overly long and the storyline was stretched out too far.  I loved the character of Felix, he was very humorous and exciting, but his adventure was somewhat boring at times.

Of course, this is only one opinion and it is mine. Some of you may love this novel. It is filled with demons and ghosts and funny looking creatures that may fascinate you. Felix Castor will definitely capture your attention. I would not recommend this book for anyone underage, as it has a great deal of profanity in it; I suppose that goes along with the demons from hell.

  

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