Years ago, during a war between demons, the Church stepped out and protected humanity from the evil creatures. They are intelligent, and live among the people.īut no fear! Because the Church is here to protect you. They will fucking suck your soul if given the chance. Step aside, hot demons with your forbidden love with more hot angels, because the demons in this book are LEGIT. The only other YA novel I can think of with these aspects and a similar haunting atmosphere is Eliza Crewe’s totally awesome Cracked, which I’m still waiting for the third book to come out.ĪNYWAY, back to The Stars Never Rise. We’ve had our shares of vampires, werewolves, ghouls here or there and even demons, but when you get the church involved, it’s a whole ‘nother playing field. SO OBVIOUSLY, I was super excited to start a YA series about exorcisms and demonic possession. Later on TV shows like Supernatural also came into play. Hellsing, Trinity Blood, D.Gray Man, Ao no Exorcist yes yes and yes (although the vampires in those anime are not the same you see in Twilight).

When I was in my otaku phase some years ago in middle school (but are we really out of it?), exorcists and demons and supernatural crap were my thing. She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her. Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can’t survive on her own. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie? To keep them both alive, Nina will need to trust Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. And Mellie’s sin has put her in serious trouble.

Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she’ll do anything to protect her. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago.

Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. Her town’s population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply.

Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she’s too busy trying to actually survive.

The stars never rise