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By Claudia Lux and Claudia Lux

Book Overview

A darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who works in Hell (literally) and is on the cusp of a big promotion if only he can get one more member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul.

Peyote Trip has a pretty good gig in the deals department on the fifth floor of Hell. Sure, none of the pens work, the coffee machine has been out of order for a century, and the only drink on offer is J?germeister, but Pey has a plan--and all he needs is one last member of the Harrison family to sell their soul.

When the Harrisons retreat to the family lake house for the summer, with their daughter Mickey's precocious new friend, Ruth, in tow, the opportunity Pey has waited a millennium for might finally be in his grasp. And with the help of his charismatic coworker Calamity, he sets a plan in motion.

But things aren't always as they seem, on Earth or in Hell. And as old secrets and new dangers scrape away at the Harrisons' shiny surface, revealing the darkness beneath, everyone must face the consequences of their choices.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593545761
• ISBN13: 9780593545768
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Really Good Book

Great book, a must read.

Ending Fell Flatter than a Pancake

I really wanted to like it, but the human storyline wasn't just weakly thought out but had no backbone whatsoever. It was an accidental death that got hyped up as some deep family murder-shame when it was just drunk teens on a float. The "action" sequence with the girls didn't flow well and made little sense. The ending was...an ending. Genuinely disappointing, no payoff for all the build up. Instead of Peyote getting a completely new lease on life/new body like the book seemed to be going for, he just gets sucked back into his mortal body from before he made his own deal. The only interesting part was the actual structure of Hell itself.

Predictable

I really wanted to love this book, but the human story was too predictable. I really enjoyed the hell aspect of it.