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How much is your soul worth? 

This book was the third book I have read by Maureen Johnson. While the two previous ones; 13 little Blue envelopes and the last little blue envelope was more leaning towards ‘realistic’ fiction, Devilish was more directed towards the supernatural. 

Jane Jarvis and Alison Concord are both seniors at Saint Teresa’s Preparatory School for Girls. Jane, the main protagonist is strong willed, smart and stubborn, while her best friend Alison is somewhat of a nervous wreck, always wanting to become more popular .The pair have always been close and open but after an embarrassing day involving Alison and puke, everything changes.. Suddenly Alison has the right hairstyle,is wearing the right clothes, becoming more confident and etc. It doesn’t take Jane to figure out something is a miss and with the help of a wise freshman Owen, they both encounter something out of this world. 

It did take me sometime to get into the story, this book is definitely something different from Johnson’s previous work. The synopsis from the book was definitely intriguing enough, but personally I felt that while reading the book there were in parts wherein I got confused and hard to follow, but despite that, the book is comical and has an air of sarcasm, laden with dark comedy- and in true johnson style puts us (the readers) back into perspective. 

I picked this book up because I wanted to read more of Maureen Johnson’s work and I was lucky enough to have my local library stock both this and Girl at Sea (which I will be reading after). Despite not being able to fully appreciate Devilish, I still hold true to the value of ‘read at your own choice’  and will recommend it to all readers, just because it has some pretty funny and girl power scenes.

RATING: 2.5/5 (fairly alright)