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***Review copy provided by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for my honest review*** ( )

Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy

DEMON'S FURY, DEMON'S VOW, and INNER DEMON were published as part 1,2, and 3 which was a clever idea although I got all three together so I didn't get to experience the effect and anticipation of waiting for what happens next in the final book of The Asylum Tales. DEMON'S FURY brought us back to Gage and his tattoo parlor where many unique sorts of characters come in to get a magically enhanced tattoo or two. This series has always had a whole lot of grit and character to it and nothing has changed with this last book.

The big bad(s) rampaging through Low Town were pretty darn evil considering pregnant women and children were the targets so I was really interested and invested in Gage's mission to put a stop to this crazy killing. There was so much going on in this story from Gage's involvement with the towers, to Trixie's issue, Lilith and the demons, the aforementioned killers. I was shocked that this story wasn't longer. The end was odd, dissatisfying and really did not feel like an end to a series.

I fully admit that if I had a choice in an ending I would always pick a happy ending and I understand and sometimes even like ambiguous or slightly sad endings. This ending is not a happy one, nor a hopeful one, it just hangs there waiting for more something to be happening. My hope is that the new detective character, Serah who Gage teams up with in this story gets a spin off series and we hear about Gage secondhand in some way. I also want to know what happens to Bronx and just about every other character I've become attached to in this trilogy. ( )