The first time I heard my mother curse, it was because I refused to collect a human soul. See, my mom’s the Devil. And I don’t mean that in any metaphorical sense. She is quite literally the Devil.

When Kiera lands at Miss Molly’s School for Troubled Teens, she learns that someone is dead set on de-throning the Morningstars by any means necessary, including stealing the key and opening the Gates of Hell.

Now, demons are free to roam the earth–and both Kiera and her mother are in danger.

Even stripped of her powers, Kiera refuses to be a meek princess. With the help of angels, saints, and an oddball group of human friends, she sets out to recover the key and close the gates.

But what she finds instead could change Heaven, Hell, and everything in between.

Well, I have to tell you that this book was a pleasure to read! It was well-written, the plot interesting, and it was hard to put down. Yes, there were times it was a little over the top, but those times made the book even more fun than it already was.

With a sigh, I selected a low-cut, dark copper dress encrusted with garnet around the hem. I snapped my fingers, and my flannel pajamas flecked with 666—or were those nines?—vanished from my body. In their place was the gown that Mom had given me for my last birthday.

I found Kiera/Kasey to be a sheltered demon, but not without smarts, someone who didn’t know much about the world (any of them), but wasn’t TSTL, and I really enjoyed her dealing with her exile to Earth.

Beyond the common area were the Gates of Hell, now locked, which led to Purgatory. Beyond that, a sort of curtain led to the Nest. Despite those runaway demon “accidents” that happened in the movies, Hell was a secure place.

One thing I also really enjoyed was how her and her friends came to be friends.