Spellbook Saturday: I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell by Mackenzie Reed

I’m not much of a YA reader, and so today’s author was previously unknown to me, but this week’s #spellbooksaturday, their first adult novel, was a lot of fun…

I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell by Mackenzie Reed
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When staying late at the office leads to witnessing an exorcism, Brie Benson’s mundane life takes a hellish turn…literally. After her parents’ death, twenty-seven-year-old Brie has mastered the art of compartmentalization to survive her mind-numbing routine as a receptionist at a life insurance company. But when she accidentally catches her hot, uptight boss, Luke, performing an exorcism on Debra from accounting, her carefully ordered world implodes. Swearing Brie to secrecy, Luke reveals he’s from a line of demon hunters and that demonic activity is spiking. But when her emotional support coworker vanishes, Brie is determined to find her. With nothing left to lose, she convinces Luke to let her join his rescue mission. The problem? Their destination is hell. And the entrance is in Times Square. Now Brie and Luke must navigate a corporate underworld of monsters and bureaucratic nightmares while racing to save their colleague and repair a tearing veil between worlds. All before their growing feelings become irrelevant and hell claims them forever.
[source: bookshop.org]

As stories of underworld journeys go, Reed’s is surprisingly unique, offering readings a propulsive narrative with a wry look at contemporary office culture (of course the devil lives in Silicon Valley!). Have you read I Hope This Email Find You in Hell? What were your thoughts? Share in the comments!

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