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4.0 3
Young Adult Fiction
349
Winner of a 2008 Printz Honor Award
(Updated: June 28, 2026)
Overall rating
5.0
Plot
5.0
Characters
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Reader reviewed by Brenda
Kiriel is a fallen angel, sometimes called a demon. He decides that he needs a vacation from tormenting the damned and plans to borrow a body of teenaged slacker seconds before his death. A repossession. Hes planned this well, he wanted an American, so that he wouldnt have to worry about food or shelter, a teen so that he wouldnt have to worry about a job or a wife or anyone who might notice him acting strangely. After all, teens all act strangely dont they? Except maybe he didnt plan quite as well as he should have. He didnt plan on how to deal with his disconnected little brother, or his best friend or the girl he knows has a crush on him. Will he have time to sample all the 7 deadly sins before either The Boss, or The Creator or one of the Unfallen comes looking for him? After all, somebody must have noticed that hes gone, right?
A quick and FUNNY read. Kiriels attempts to understand what humans do and why they do it are very amusing. This book has some depth to it, with Kiriels musings on The Creator and the Fallen and Unfallen.
Kiriel is a fallen angel, sometimes called a demon. He decides that he needs a vacation from tormenting the damned and plans to borrow a body of teenaged slacker seconds before his death. A repossession. Hes planned this well, he wanted an American, so that he wouldnt have to worry about food or shelter, a teen so that he wouldnt have to worry about a job or a wife or anyone who might notice him acting strangely. After all, teens all act strangely dont they? Except maybe he didnt plan quite as well as he should have. He didnt plan on how to deal with his disconnected little brother, or his best friend or the girl he knows has a crush on him. Will he have time to sample all the 7 deadly sins before either The Boss, or The Creator or one of the Unfallen comes looking for him? After all, somebody must have noticed that hes gone, right?
A quick and FUNNY read. Kiriels attempts to understand what humans do and why they do it are very amusing. This book has some depth to it, with Kiriels musings on The Creator and the Fallen and Unfallen.
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