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ebookreview
One of my Kind: a demon slayer romance by Val St. Crowe
Genre:
Romantasy, Romance, Fantasy, Demons, Contemporary, Reimagings, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance
Publication Date:
October 23, 2025
Page Numbers:
337
Read/Finished Date:
December 4th, 2025
Rating:
DNF'ed @ 25%
Premise:
Into every generation, three women are called to slay, to sing the demons to their doom.
According to the demon who’s blackmailing Monroe Kang, she’s always been killing her own kind.
Monroe has never really thought of it that way. She’s never thought of herself as half-demon, though she’s always known a demon contributed to her DNA by forcing himself on her mother, and she’s always hidden that fact. She’s always thought demons were monstrous and soulless, barely better than animals. She certainly never thought they were capable of blackmail.
As a member of The Trine, Monroe is an international pop sensation, but it’s just part of the job. She and the other members perform to fund their demon slaying. It’s a tradition that stretches back a thousand years.
Now, suddenly, everything seems confusing.
One thing she can always count on is the other members of The Trine. They’re all best friends. They sing together, slay together, and most especially snack together. Snacks are very important. So, together, they are going to get to the bottom of this demon scheme.
Monroe has to get close to the demon to find out his secrets. She has to pretend to be sympathetic to his side. It shouldn’t be easy. He’s cocky and insulting. Of course, he does have dark hair that falls in waves around his cheekbones and a deep, husky voice.
Not that she finds him attractive.
She does not.
And no matter what he says, she’ll never believe that she’s truly one of his kind.
Review:
I wanted to like this book, I really did, because who wouldn't love the idea of a grown-up version of K-pop Demon Hunters? The story carried the same feel as the animated show: a group of girls who sing, love food, and slay demons to keep their world from being invaded. Unfortunately, one of the girls carries a secret--her parent was a demon. Same sort of script. The only difference is that the characters, the world-building, and the storyline fell flat.
I'm really sad about this because I had such high expectations for this novel. Extreme expectations since I loved the film, and I thought this novel would be pure fun for me to read. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
