Blog Tour & Giveaway: Demons for Tea by Kate Morgan

Book Blurb:

Demons for Tea by Kate Morgan

Genre: Supernatural Thriller

Publisher: Omnium Gatherum Books

Date of Publication: Sept. 10, 2018

Kicking ass and eating ramen: An exorcist’s life ain’t like the movies.

Ex-priest Denis Kaine's surviving on ramen and kicking otherworldly creatures off this planet. It's all noise to fill his chasm of hate and guilt inside from letting his twin brother blow his brains out because he’d been possessed. Denis should’ve known. He should’ve seen. He should’ve… everything.

His survival techniques are no match for Emma Koroleva, the 1200-year-old entity he freed from imprisonment in Rome. She's powerful, she's got major attitude, and she hates ramen.

She changes into various poltergeists and forces Denis to "exorcise" her. Denis gets paid, they eat real food, and she toys with seducing him. Denis starts to think he's living in the sitcom from hell until he learns his dead brother's become the plaything of something big, strong, and evil. Screw sitcoms. Denis is about to prove why his rep is legendary in the spirit world.

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Someone knocked at the door.

On a Sunday afternoon? If it was a Girl Scout, she’d be disappointed. My entire liquid income consisted of the twelve dollars and three quarters in my wallet.I pulled off the Roman collar, so she wouldn’t get a bad impression of priests in general and unbolted the door.

It crashed open with a blue-green-flowery gust of wind. I spun around and slammed it shut. My messenger bag stood ready within arm’s reach on the kitchen table. All I had to do—

“It is ridiculously cold outside. Where is your fireplace?”

A black-haired woman as tall as—no, taller than me by an inch or two—strode into my living room and back again.

“Bah. Are you a herder of reindeer that you can stomach this cold without a fire? I am not. I require heat and coffee and food.”

Her flowered dress looked more suited to August than late March. Her windblown hair reached below her waist, the fluorescent light striking midnight-blue highlights from it. The colors of her energy reminded me of something, but I couldn’t place it.

“Look, whoever you are, I didn’t invite you here.” I opened the door, which put me even nearer to my messenger bag. “Out.”

She laughed.

One beat: I flipped open the front of the messenger bag. Two beats: I snatched the squeeze bottle I kept holy water in. On the third beat I popped the nozzle and squirted the perpendicular strokes of a cross at her.

“Merda.” She shivered and vanished.

Whatever she was, she moved faster than most entities. As I repacked the holy water, it hit me that she’d said “shit” in Italian not like she was angry. More like she was annoyed because I’d gotten her dress wet.

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My Review:

5 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Ghosts, Mystery, Scary, Supernatural, Suspense--

Priest Dennis Kaine has been in a funk since his twin, fellow Priest and exorcist Xavier, died in the Vatican 8 months prior. Dennis goes through the motions of living, performing his job of ridding the needy of evil for a nominal fee (because hey, he needs to eat too!) but without the will to live. When an entity he accidentally freed shows up at his door and inserts herself into his life, he wants nothing more but to get rid of her. But when that doesn't work, she devises a plan against his will to be partners- she causes havoc in wealthy homes and he gets hired to rid the house- perfect plan right? Well, Dennis is still not enthused about the situation, but it seems he has bigger problems brewing and they have to deal with his dead brother...

Demons for Tea was so much more than I even anticipated it to be! I went into the story expecting a demonic romp, but pretty vague on the details. I actually find demons to be a more terrifying concept when it comes to horror than anything else because there is that level of reality that exists (for those who believe in the good vs. evil situation). I am ever so happy to report that this was fantastic- it was a blend of the show Supernatural, the movies Constantine and The Exorcist (even though Dennis would hate that comparison), and a dash of the ridiculousness of The Frightners- oh and a dash of forbidden love. The plot was fast paced and I could easily get lost in the story without realizing it, the spooky was creepy enough to make sure the lights were on, and there were even moments of humor that I always appreciate in a book. Side note, while the cover is cute and quirky, it may be a little misleading as to what the book was really. And that was fantastic scariness. I could not have picked a better read to get me in the Halloween spirit.

The story is narrated by dark and tormented Dennis, a priest who seems to resent most things that his religion taught. After losing his brother, who he saw as the better twin, he wishes that he was dead instead. The first half of the story was filled with his angsty brooding, and interspersed by his mad demon fighting skills. I really liked how he studied all kinds of religions and their demons so that he could be prepared to handle the different forms of evil- not just that which the Catholic church sanctioned. The exorcisms were fantastic and so detailed, each scene completely different and spooky I could not put the book down. Oh, and let's not forget That Woman aka Emma, who was determined and thick skinned, completely mysterious, and yet charming in her own way- and can she come cook for me?? The changing dynamic between the two alone was enough to keep me reading.

Demons for Tea was my first book by Kate but I would love to see what other interesting ideas she can put together. I really enjoyed this dark twisty journey and based on the ending, I really hope there is more to come. I need to see what happens to Dennis and Emma next...because things just got weird...weirder.

I reviewed a complimentary copy of this title.

Author Bio:

Baker of brownies and tormenter of characters, Kate Morgan celebrates the the day she jumped the wall with as much enthusiasm as her birthday. She grew up watching Hammer horror films and Scooby-Doo mysteries, which explains a whole lot.

When she takes a break from inspiring nightmares, she writes ex-nun PI mysteries under her real name, Alice Loweecey. In her spare time she can be found growing vegetables in her garden and water lilies in her koi pond.

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