Multi-award winning series, published in 10 countries, movie rights optioned!Continuing the dark adventure that begins with The Devil’s Apprentice and The Die of Death.An unfortunate chain of events makes Philip responsible for the untimely death of the school bully Sam—the Devil’s original choice for an heir. Philip must return to Hell to find Sam and bring him back to life, so that fate can be … Hell to find Sam and bring him back to life, so that fate can be restored. But trouble is stirring in Lucifer’s kingdom and not even Philip can imagine the strange and dark journey that awaits him.
A journey that will take him through ancient underworlds and all the way to Paradise.
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The Great Devil War is a gripping and humorous tale about good and evil seen from a different perspective, making the reader laugh and think. It’s filled with biblical and historical characters and set in a world beyond your wildest dreams. Or nightmares …
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“One of the things I really like about these books is that you never really know where Kenneth will go with the story … Humorous and clever at the same time.” **
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“I love that this book has a trip to other underworlds. Very much worth the read.” ****
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Phillip is back in Hell. He is trying to resolve teen problems and supernatural ones at the same time. It is not an easy life and things take a turn for the worst as he struggles with the devil in himself. It is an engaging read and the emotional roller coaster is exciting. You will need the next book in the series to finish the story tho.
Summary
Following the events in the previous two books, The Devil’s Apprentice and The Die Of Death, Philip accidentally plays a part in the wrongful death of Sam, the school bully. Actually, if Sam had asked instead of helping himself with Philip’s stuff, the crises would have been avoided.
Being the good boy that he was, Philip returns to Hell to fix this mistake and bring Sam back and restore fate. If you expect a smooth journey with a happy ending, then you haven’t been paying attention to the first two boos in the series, have you!
Spoiler alert from The Die of Death!
In the previous book, Mortimer (a.k.a Death) makes all demons and creatures of Hell mortal at Lucifer’s request. If you want to know why read the book! While some of them welcomed the end of their immortality, many felt betrayed by Lucifer. That changed Hell.
The best way to summarize this is in Blackhorn’s voice:
“Old friends became new enemies.”
As Sam is not easy to find in this new Hell, Philip embarks on a journey much darker than his previous misadventures in the Underworld. He’s grown quite a bit from the last time we saw him and his feelings for Satina have deepened.
What I loved about The Wrongful Death
I loved to see Philip change, grow up, and develop and not necessarily in a good way. His previous experiences in Hell undoubtedly left a mark. He started out as an angel – the boy who never did anything wrong and helped others with abnegation. At home, he helped his mom with chores and in Hell, he helped random demons gaining their admiration and trust sometimes by simply being polite. I guess, please, and thank you take you a long way in Hell.
Back to the present time, although polite, Philip is no longer a goody two shoes. He can be selfish at times and even cruel when pushed too hard.
I loved this aspect most because it makes Philip real, a multidimensional character in a world where nothing is 100% pure or evil. He becomes the morally gray character that hides in each of us whether we care to admit it or not.
Also, I loved that Philip’s journey took us through different realms this time. We take a trip through Heaven and the Garden of Eden and see a little fun interaction between Lucifer and Jehova (God) – seeing them argue (more like friendly banter) was hilarious, especially since it was Lucifer who made all the good points. Also, the conflict between Lucifer and Michael was a nice addition to the story and fun to read.
We also get to visit Hades and catch a glimpse of Greek mythology. They pay the ferryman to cross them over the Styx river into Hades to search for Sam. Thus we get to meet Hades himself, Hercules, and Persephone, and Philip has fun with Cerberus.
What I wasn’t so crazy about
Kenneth B Andersen creates a compelling narrative paired with intricate world-building in this series. The amount of detail in his descriptions makes it easy to visualize the world he’s created. At the same time, with so many details floating in my head, it’s easy to get distracted or confused. One scene comes to mind, it’s when God explains Philip and Satina how to get to Hades and insists with the number of stairs and whether to take a left of a right and so on. But that might be more about me being impatient.
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Philip Engel has died twice. The first time was a mistake when the boy Lucifer picked for his heir is supposed to die, but Philip does in his place. After he’s restored to life he dies a second time when Mortimer (or Death) needs his help to find his lost Die. Now, Philip is back on Earth (again) when he has to die (again) in order to save the school bully (now his friend) from a death that he caused. So, Philip dies and when he goes to the Underworld he has to find Sam. Except the Underworld is vast and it’s next to impossible to find Sam on his own so he enlists the help of friends he’s made there. Except, even they can’t find Sam. Lucifer suggests that God should know where Sam is so off they go for a quick visit in Paradise. But their journey doesn’t end there. Grab a copy and join Philip on his 3rd death adventure.
This story just gets better and better. You’d think it would get a bit repetitive, having Philip die so many times, but it doesn’t. Not for me anyway, since I’m a Supernatural fan and we all know how many times people die and come back to life on that show. Anyway, Philip’s journey this time is a good one. He has to fix what he screwed up (Sam’s death) and I got to see way more of the Underworld than in previous editions. There’s trouble brewing in Hell, Paradise isn’t what everyone thinks, and in the end, Philip’s personal journey takes a huge leap. So huge that I’m dying (hehe see what I did there?) for the next book!
This review is going to be challenging to write because I can’t give too much away without spoiling this book. That frustrates me because there is so much that I want to write, but I can’t!! But I will try.
The Wrongful Death is the 3rd book in The Great Devil War series. The Wrongful Death is not a book that can be read alone. To understand what is going on in The Wrongful Death, you need to read the first two books. I can’t stress this enough for this series. You will get lost!!
The plotline for The Wrongful Death was slow to start. Usually, I wouldn’t like it. I would want the author to start the book off with Philip going back to Hell. But, in this case, it is needed. Philip’s state of mind and his friendships (mainly with Sam) needed to be explained. Plus, it was interesting to see Satina’s jealousy manifesting. After those couple of chapters, the book did pick up speed, and it flew to the end.
The author did a fantastic job of creating a Hell that wasn’t as evil as I thought it would be. He also did a tremendous job of showing a fractured Hell. A Hell where the demons were starting to split between Aziel and Lucifer. I loved it!!
I loved that the author also chose to write in Biblical stories, along with Greek myths. Which meant I loved it when Philip and Satina journeyed to Hades to rescue Sam. The condemned that they met, along with Hades and Persephone (who was scarier than Hades, in my opinion), was wonderfully written.
I enjoyed getting to know more about Sam in this book. As evil as he was on Earth, he was innocent in Hell (and Hades). He was shocked by what he witnessed. Even more so, he was shocked by Philip’s infamy down there.
Philip and Satina’s relationship was cute. I did raise my eyebrows at the whole sleeping in bed together but, and I stress but, nothing happened. There were a few innocent kisses, and that’s it.
I am still getting over the ending of The Wrongful Death. I was not expecting either things to happen. I was shocked and saddened. But, at the same time, I cannot wait to read book four because I have a feeling that everything is going to hit the fan in that book.