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Monday, September 8, 2008

For Love of Evil by Piers Anthony

Rating: 3.0

What it's about:

The Man Who Would Be Satan

Parry was a gifted musician and an apprentice in the arts of White Magic. But his life of sweet promise went disastrously awry following the sudden, violent death of his beloved Jolie.

Led down the twisted path of wickedness and depravity by Lilah the harlot demoness, Parry thrived -- first as a sorceror, then as a monk, and finally as a feared inquisitor.

But it wasn't until his mortal flame was extinguished that Parry found his true calling -- as the Incarnation of Evil. And, at the gates of Hell, he prepared to wage war on the master himself -- Lucifer, the dark lord -- with dominion over the infernal realms the ultimate prize! -taken from Barnes&Noble.com

My thoughts:

For Love of Evil is the sixth installment of Incarnation of Immortality series. It's definitely not one of the better ones. It deals with the Incarnation of Evil starting from when he was a mortal man named Parry. When Parry becomes the new master of Hell, he finds his true calling as Satan. The novel is a little repetitious as it goes over some of the same events that happened in the earlier novels. We do get a different perspective at least, that of Satan. And the Satan in For Love of Evil is a pretty likable guy. This book has romance (lots of it), adventure, action and loads of craziness. Overall though I'd have to say it was pretty boring. Hopefully the next book in the series will be a little more interesting.

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