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I wanted to love this, so maybe I'm a bit biased. Despite my initial goal, I was afraid to read it and I have two reasons:1)Some rather negative reviews2)The age gap and the way the author might deal with it -snort-Now, just throw something at me. Ha, I'm so stupid. The way the author might deal with it? I'm talking about Kelley Armstrong here! How could I have expected something other than absolutely mind-blowing? Yes, I know. I know, I'm fanwhoring. But I love her and the way she handles situations/writes conflicts.Out of all the Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy novels I've ever read Hope and Karl might yet be my favorite age-gap-couple. Personal Demon left me wanting more, though, and I feel like I'm rating the potential and not just the novel. ;)Why I loved Personal Demons:It wasn't a selfish book. - Let me explain that one. Some authors tend to write books where everything is just about how well the guy understands the heroine while she doesn't even bother about how he feels, how he thinks etc. But Hope and Karl both thought about eachother, about their needs and so on.The relationship was real and lovely, which sounds stupid but it really was.When I read the novel, I hadn't read their novellas and now in hinsight I didn't miss anything too important. (Although you won't do anything wrong if you read Chaotic in Dates from Hell, which is set before Personal Demons) But I'd have loved to read more about Hope's and Karl's history as well as their shared one.The plot was wow! I liked it and wouldn't have expected such a storyline. I thought Hope did deserve a book fully written in her POV, but Lucas' was so interesting to read (especially the whole Cabal-thing and his probably future involvement in his father's business as his heir) that I didn't mind after all.The way Karl was portrayed was something I really liked, but I wish there would have been more of him. I later read one novella in his POV and that didn't satisfy me either. Damn. (I'm not allowed to make the Llamas with hats joke two times, right? Damn.. Why did I need to use it in my Bitten review? D:)Now, I want to see more full-blooded demons. Mhee! Gimme some demons! Now now now! (Maybe in 13?)It took me some time to figure out who the villain was, but I think that part was actually predictable enough. Thinking about it now (one month later) the plot wasn't very unpredictable at all, but I was so focussed on the other stuff that I simply overlooked the little signs until it was too late.In short: Buy, Read, Reread, buy new copy because you reread it too often. No.. it wasn't that epic, but I loved the characters for some reasons. :>