A Top 100 Bestselling Fantasy in the United States, Canada, and Australia
#1 Bestselling New Adult & College Fantasy
“A FISTFUL OF EVIL is a super fast, positively action-packed read, full of demons, video game nerds, and lots of fun.” —Amazon reviewer
“Funny, scary, cute, good story, realistic people . . . altogether a great start to what I hope becomes a long running series. Now, if … hope becomes a long running series. Now, if only Amazon had a button for ‘Tell me when the next book comes out’!” —Australian Amazon reviewer
“I couldn’t put this book down. I loved the story and its characters. I recommend this book to anyone.” —Amazon reviewer
Madison Fox just learned that her ability to see souls is more than a sight: It’s a weapon for fighting evil. The only problem is she doesn’t have a clue what she’s doing.
On the positive side, her money problems are over, she’s possibly discovered her purpose in life, and her coworker is smoking hot. On the negative side, evil creatures now actively hunt her, and deadly experiences are becoming the norm.
When she thinks it couldn’t get worse, a powerful evil sets up shop at a local hotel’s video game convention, and it’s got its eye on more than the gaming geeks: it is hungry for Madison’s soul. Madison needs to become an expert illuminant enforcer overnight to save her job, her region . . . and her life.
If Stephanie Plum fought evil with magic, it’d look a lot like this. Grab your copy now!
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Ove anything written by this author.
A funny and engaging fairly-quick read.
Really fun read. It’s nice to come across an original idea in urban fantasy. Looking forward to reading the next one.
Loved the book. A new take on Vampire Hunters since Buffy showed up. Recommend it highly. Looking forward to book 2.
A very good read, great story
This book was a ton of fun! I highly recommend it.
An interesting story line. Found it to be very entertaining and easy to read.
I’d read a next chapter.
Good writing. Kind of humorous, but a real page turner too. Lots of heart.
~ 2 Fistful of Evil Stars ~
A Fistful of Evil is book one in the Madison Fox, Illuminant Enforcer series by Rebecca Chastain. I really wanted to like this urban fantasy novel. It was not bad, but not good either. It’s a little long and slow going throughout the novel.
My main issue with this book is Madison our heroine. I like POV’s, but I could not stand Madison. I have never been in love with young 20 something heroines. They make silly mistakes and don’t seem to learn from them. I think she was supposed to be portrayed as fiery, spunky, and sassy, but she came off as a whiny immature hormonal teen with no brains. She has this great gift, but does nothing to learn about it, until she comes into contact with this guy, Kyle, when looking for a job. Does she ask questions? Nope! She believes everything Kyle says, but she does not know him and she believes him right off the bat. Next her boss and coworkers don’t tell her anything about her gift, Soul-Sight or Primordium, keeping her in the dark which causes her to go off and make mistakes over and over again. What she needs is some hand to hand training and someone to actually tell her how to use her gift and what evil is out their instead of letting her run around like an idiot and getting herself into trouble. How did all the other Illuminant Enforcers learn there skills? Last every time a good looking man walks into the room she goes off into la la land and hormonal over drive, which leads her to forget what she is doing, to ask questions, or look into the Primordium (as she was told to do). As for the bad demon. Well it’s obvious who it is once they are introduced, but does Madison figure it out? Nope! She is to distracted in la la land to tape into her gift until she is in way over her head.
I kept reading hoping to see if Madison would learn from her mistakes, ask questions, and give us more insight into the Primoridum, but nope it did not happen. Each page was her jumping into trouble and a hot guy sending her into hormonal teenage overdrive.
A Fistful of Evil was not the book for me. If the blurb intrigues you, I urge you to give it a shot. Just because it did not work for me does not mean it won’t for you.
* Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy free of charge from Rebecca Chastain with the sole purpose of an honest review. All thoughts, comments and ratings are my own.
It was just ok. Probably won’t read the next one unless it’s a Bookbub special
I have gotten half way through this book and it has taken months. I just cannot get into it. I even have to refresh my memory when I go back to it. Right this minute I would have trouble telling you what it really is about. Sorry , just not interesting characters. I hate giving up on a book but I just may have to with this one.
Interesting plot quick action author downplayed the sexual aspect more than many authors of today. Enjoyed the book but the sequels are too expensive.
Looking forward to reading book two.
Solid. Author spends a bit too much time focusing on how much her protagonist wants to bang other characters.