Red Devil

By: Kyell Gold

Narrated by: Jay Maxwell

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's Summary

When Alexei seeks the help of a ghost to deal with a swaggering bully, he gets the strength and confidence he hopes for. If in the process, he hurt his best friend Sol, well, he can make it up to the wolf later. Things get worse when the ghost, an old Siberian soldier, demands that Alexei give up his gay life, which Alexei fled his home country for. The young fox is resolved to send the ghost away--until his sister, left behind with their abusive parents, falls into mortal danger from which only the ghost can save her. Now Alexei must choose between living the life he risked everything to have and rescuing his beloved Caterina from death...or worse.

Red Devil follows the characters from the acclaimed book Green Fairy in a brand-new adventure.

©2014 Kyell Gold (P)2014 Kyell Gold

A fantastic modern day ghost story

This audiobook exceeded my expectations, even surpassing the prior one for Green Fairy.

The narrator's performance was wonderful, and really brought to life each individual character's voice and mannerisms.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in the gay themes of the story, even if they're not already interested in the furry nature of the book.

A great sequel and an intelligent twist

This is the best installment of the three books in this series. Whereas Sol's naivete was important to the Green Fairy, it did start to wear on the reader after awhile. Alexei is such a refreshing protagonist. Mixing themes of trauma from family with trauma from country, Gold widens the appeal of this series really masterfully. There was a lot of risk that it could be a tired retelling of Green Fairy, but Alexei's ghost couldn't be more different than Sol's. Highly recommend.

Deeper, darker and arguably better than the first

This sequel took the magic and mystery of the first installment and brought a depth and darkness that was surprisingly good! Be prepared for a story of melancholy beauty like that of a Siberian winter night. This is a must read for anyone who enjoyed Green Fairy!

I love how this book starts off and ends.

This book at first gave me the chills. But overall, the ending was very good.

good overall

I did encounter several playback/ editing errors that made the story hard to follow at times, but it still was good overall.

Master peace!!

Makes me want to cry knowing there's only 1 last book please kyell gold write more let this series return

Worst of Kyell Gold

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Very disappointed in this book given that Kyell Gold has written other books that are great.

Any additional comments?

As a fan of other Kyell Gold's books, I found this one to be very disappointing in comparison. It is very hard to get into. I found Green Fairy to be alright, not his best but still enjoyed listening. This sequel (and I use that term somewhat loosely) was dry and seemed to drag on needlessly in several points.

An amazing sequel

If you could sum up Red Devil in three words, what would they be?

Scary, honest and bittersweet.

What other book might you compare Red Devil to, and why?

Best comparison would be Green Fairy, as this book is the sequel to it, it follows the same characters but from the point of view of Alexei, previously a side character, and the in depth parts about his home country are really fascinating.

What about Jay Maxwell’s performance did you like?

I love the accents he gives to characters, they all sound perfect and fit them so well, I'm glad he narrated this sequel.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I had to remind myself to sleep on multiple occasions, but I just felt so strongly for the characters I had to keep listening for another chapter or two!

Any additional comments?

Red Devil is an excellent sequel, it is highly recommended that you listen to/read Green Fairy first however, as otherwise you may find yourself confused at certain points, but I am also greatly looking forward to the sequel Black Angel which will be releasing next year!