Modern realism clashes with traditional horror and fantasy conventions to produce a novel that is refreshingly original. Skipping through time and space, The Devil’s Dreamcatcher is a wonderfully rich portrayal of the traditional battleground of good and evil. As Medusa gains true friends and a purpose in the afterlife, she pays the price of having to face again the nightmares of her life before death.

Even worse, the thief is Medusa’s step-father: the brutal wife and child beater whose nature was so vile that he was deemed unfit to walk amongst other Devils, and was locked away by the frighteningly vicious Skin Walkers. No Devil can escape from Hell, so how could Mitchell have visited her on earth decades before he was even born? In her search for answers, Medusa will unwittingly become a part of TeamDEVIL – the group of friends working closely with the Devil’s accountant Septimus – as they travel through time and supernatural dimensions, trying to unravel one of the greatest heists of all time: the theft of the Devil’s dreamcatcher. Which is odd, because Mitchell was born in 1992, and died in 2009. In fact, Medusa has been searching for Mitchell ever since she got to Hell because in 1967, when she was still alive, she caught a glimpse of him, outside her home, along with two other devils. Mitchell is very cute – but that isn’t why Medusa is interested. Now what she wants more than ever is a better job: one that doesn’t involve sweating for eternity in Hell’s kitchens, and one which gets her closer to the mysterious Mitchell Johnson. She’s been dead for a long time, and she’s come to terms with it. Medusa has long since gotten used to surviving in hell. Of course there are some differences: the heat is enough to ruin any hairstyle, and when the alarms sound, the Oval Office drips with blood. Devils fill out job applications stamped with their date of death, and if they are lucky they work for more important devils, and one of the top jobs is being an intern for the Devil’s accountant.

Devils dorm with other devils and steal their clothes, and gossip. It has jobs and apartments, shopping, and meat-feast pizzas. What is Hell really like? According to Donna Hosie’s second novel in the TeamDEVIL series, The Devil’s Dreamcatcher, it’s a bit like any modern-day city. What to expect: Horror, Supernatural, Adventure, Devils, Magic

The Children’s Book Review | November 9, 2016 The Devil’s Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher novel review