Silver on the road

Big read review time! silver on the road by laura anne gilman

So I absolutely dove into this book.  The devil is picking up teen aged girls as sidekicks. It feels like the next sentence should be "what could go wrong?" But, to be fair, on the devils side he's actually making a great choice. Isobel grew up in his saloon, and she is the one who comes to him to be his hand, so it's more like "teen aged girl volunteers to be devils sidekick".

Isobel's adventures were fresh and interesting. Shes heading out into the great wide yonder with a guy she just met, to learn the territory and to do a good job. A job she has no instructions for and only her up bringing to gauge things off. Welcome to adult life Isobel.

The characters are well written, even the ones we only see shortly. Gilman writes an interesting devil, he seems to run his territory well, while still being the devil. Much more of the crossroads style demons from supernatural than the biblical devil. He's expecting Isobel to be his hidden power in the darkness, keeping his territory strong. Isobel wants power and respect and to be a part of something bigger. She heads out onto the road with Gabriel Kasun, a good looking advocate. He's got the knowledge of the territory and some errands to run, giving them a reason to be out and about.

 It's a weird mesh of western and dark fantasy and it works really well. It's not fast paced action, but the plot moves along deftly.

A Plus read, 10/10, I definitely recommend this.