the demon catchers of milan by kat beyer

This book is SO beautifully-written and so INCREDIBLY interesting!īeyer is a deft, sure-handed writer with a great sense of language and an even better sense of place. Now I have to wait until the next book is out to see what happens to Mia and to the Demon Catchers of Milan. I enjoyed this story immensely and read it in a single weekend.

Mia's growth as a character and our coming to know the family and the city creates the arc of this first book. I found the action scenes to be riveting, but even more so, I found watching Mia move from scared girl out-of-her-depth to confident young woman ready to take her part in the family business compelling. The author does an amazing job of balancing gripping action (Mia is involved with several possession cases) with coming to know her family, her new city, and herself.

This story is about Mia finding herself in Milan. That possession and her danger from the demon comprise the action of the larger trilogy. But we soon learn that the demon is just waiting, liable to take her at any time unless vigilance is maintained. It takes the efforts of her estranged family from Milan (where demon catching has been the family business for centuries) to free her from the demon. The story introduces us to Mia, a teenager from upstate NY, who gets possessed by a demon. Kat Beyer's debut novel makes me eager to read the next two books in the trilogy.

The demon catchers of milan by kat beyer