Given the choice between burning to death and hell, Dora chooses to return with Kieron to hell. At first it all seems cool as Dora manages to learn to cast spells and even pick up a pet demon. It isn't long however that Dora learns that the cost of being in hell is losing her pure soul and the love she has for Kieron.
In many ways, Demonic Dora is your typical angsty YA novel. Both Dora and Kiernon have troubled family history and it very much informs their view on the world and actions. There is a lot of poo in this book and yes I mean it literally. It felt like someone was flinging poo at someone else on almost every single page. It was so bad that at one point Kiernon even mentioned Dora's fascination with throwing poo to defeat her advisories. At first, these situations were absolutely funny but over time became puerile and irritating. As this book is meant for an audience far younger than I, I can sort of give this a bit of a past. I further didn't understand how an entire town could get together to decide to just make a pyre and burn one of their citizens on it. This was never explained and made little sense to me. I did however giggle about the fact that Dora was chastised for using the word "holy" and encouraged to say "fuck" instead.
