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* BilingualBonus: Readers who know Ancient Greek may spot early on that Cora's misgivings are off the mark, because the Agathodaemon's name translates roughly to [[spoiler: "good/noble guardian spirit".]]
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* BilingualBonus: Readers who know Ancient Greek may spot early on that Cora's misgivings are off the mark, because the Agathodaemon's name translates roughly to [[spoiler: "good/noble [[spoiler:"good/noble guardian spirit".]]spirit"]].
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Cal and James, who are eighteen at the ''oldest'', both die, and James confirms that other teens under the Daemon's watch have died before.]]
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Cal [[spoiler:Cal and James, who are eighteen at the ''oldest'', both die, and James confirms that other teens under the Daemon's watch have died before.]]
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Played with. Having your heart removed stops your body from physically changing as long as its out; for instance, the Daemon tells Dee she'll stop aging while she's under contract. (However, since she's only eighteen and the contract is only for two years, it won't be noticeable to anyone, so this isn't a problem.) One side effect Dee notes is that she stops having her period, as well. Gremma comments that this is almost enough to make her consider taking a deal.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Played with. Having your heart removed stops your body from physically changing as long as its it's out; for instance, the Daemon tells Dee she'll stop aging while she's under contract. (However, since she's only eighteen and the contract is only for two years, it won't be noticeable to anyone, so this isn't a problem.) One side effect Dee notes is that she stops having her period, as well. Gremma comments that this is almost enough to make her consider taking a deal.
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* ObviousCrossoverMethod: The way demons work in this world makes them fit seamlessly into any previously non-magical setting. Now all your favorite characters can trade their body parts away for a wish!
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* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Cora and her gun. Lampshaded by another character who notes that she got a concealed carry lisence as soon as she turned eighteen.
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* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Cora and her gun. Lampshaded by another character who notes that she got a concealed carry lisence licence as soon as she turned eighteen.
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** TheChick: Dee, the OnlySaneMan who tries to keep everyone else from killing each other.
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** TheChick: TheHeart: Dee, the OnlySaneMan who tries to keep everyone else from killing each other.
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* HypotheticalCasting: The author used a gif of Creator/MattBomer to represent the Daemon in one blog post. A fan also proposed Creator/TomEllis as a possible choice, which she approved of.
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* MixedAncestry: Dee is half-white, half-Latina.
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* {{Transgender}}: Riley is a trans girl.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Cal and James, who are eighteen at the ''oldest'', both die, and James confirms that other teens under the Daemon's watch have died before.]]
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Averted. Cal and James, who are eighteen at the ''oldest'', both die, and James confirms that other teens under the Daemon's watch have died before.]]
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* HeartSymbol: Used on the cover, to represent the concept of physical hearts.
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:The Daemon isn't exactly fun to be around, but he turns out to be trying to save the world, and in the end, treats Dee fairly.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler:The Daemon. He's not actually evil, he's just sort of a prick.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler:The Daemon. He's not actually evil, he's just sort of a prick.]]
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* HypocriticalHeartwarming: The Daemon is pretty dismissive towards the heartless troop, and makes dry remarks at their expense frequently, but he defends them to other demons. It's partially because of this that Dee believes he does care about them, at least a tiny bit.
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** "Daemon" is short for "Agathodaemon." [[spoiler:In Greek mythology, the Agathodaemon is a benevolent spirit who provides luck, health and wisdom. So maybe we shouldn't be surprised that the Daemon was GoodAllAlong]].
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* BilingualBonus: Readers who know Ancient Greek may spot early on that Cora's misgivings are off the mark, because the Agathodaemon's name translates roughly to [[spoiler: "good/noble guardian spirit".]]
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Cora doesn't assist in the final battle. The second her contract is up, she's out.]]
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A 2017 YA novel by Emily Lloyd-Jones.
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A 2017 YA novel by Emily Lloyd-Jones.
Creator/EmilyLloydJones.
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* {{Transsexual}}: Riley is a trans girl.
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* {{Transsexual}}: {{Transgender}}: Riley is a trans girl.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: In the first chapter, Dee meets the Daemon outside the hospital, and berates him for camping out at a place where people and their loved ones are sick, injured, and dying -- and thus, desperate enough to make a DealWithTheDevil. She accuses him of going for low-hanging fruit... and he shuts her up by informing her that the only people who can spot demons for what they are are people who ''want'' to make a deal.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Dee is obviously very into James, but she spends a lot of time admiring other girls' looks. Especially Gremma, who actually ''is'' gay.
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* OhCrap: Everyone's response when the Daemon explains that [[spoiler:the ''last'' place the burrowers managed to get through the void was
''Pompeii''. And they live in an area with lots of volcanoes...]]
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* OhCrap: Everyone's response when the Daemon explains that [[spoiler:the ''last'' place the burrowers managed to get through the void was
was ''Pompeii''. And they live in an area with lots of volcanoes...]]
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* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Dee has to learn how to balance her academics with working for the Daemon. Justified, since she loves Brannigan, and her desire to stay there is the reason she made a deal in the first place.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Dee is a brunette, and is incredibly distant from other people, even Gremma, her best friend. However, she's never mean about it, and she gets better about opening up as the story goes on.
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** The Daemon is a male version. Unlike Dee, he never fully defrosts.
** Dee is a brunette, and is incredibly distant from other people, even Gremma, her best friend. However, she's never mean about it, and she gets better about opening up as the story goes
** The Daemon is a male version. Unlike Dee, he never fully defrosts.
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* BookEnds: The story begins and ends with Dee talking to the Daemon as he sits outside the hospital, knitting.
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* BookEnds: The story begins and ends with Dee talking to the Daemon as he sits outside the hospital, outside, knitting.
* CreepyBlueEyes: The Daemon has bright blue eyes, which add to his handsome-but-unnerving appearance.
* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler:The Daemon is viewed as a foolish extremist by most of his kind, and considering two people wind up dead because of his methods, and the fact that he's willing to break the no-killing rule to make deals, they may have a point. However, it's his methods that wind up working.]]
* FieryRedhead: Gremma has bright red hair, and a hotheaded personality to match.
* LackOfEmpathy: The Daemon has very little regard for his charges on a personal level, and only seems mildly annoyed when they nearly die. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted, as it's implied that he's either intentionally throwing up a mask over his true feelings, or that he's just bad at expressing them. Many lines give the distinct impression he ''does'' care on some level, though.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: Subverted. [[spoiler:The Daemon's kind all ''think'' he's this, since he breaks the rules and works closely with humans, who are quite unpredictable. However, it's his methods that work, and by human standards, he's ruthlessly pragmatic.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: Subverted. [[spoiler:The Daemon's kind all ''think'' he's this, since he breaks the rules and works closely with humans, who are quite unpredictable. However, it's his methods that work, and by human standards, he's ruthlessly pragmatic.]]
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler:Demons as a whole. They're not ''nice'', but they're far from villainous. They're making deals not for any nefarious reason, but because they're trying to protect the world -- partially because, you know, ''they live there''.]]
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''Pompeii''. And they live in an area with lots of volcanoes...]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: The Daemon appears as an attractive man in his mid-thirties, but his real age is implied to be somewhere in the ''millennia''.
''Pompeii''. And they live in an area with lots of volcanoes...]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: The Daemon appears as an attractive man in his mid-thirties, but his real age is implied to be somewhere in the ''millennia''.
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* PetTheDog: Every now and then, the Daemon will hint at a slightly kinder side underneath. Giving Dee ''way'' more money than she needs is a standout, as is [[spoiler:him letting her go at the end when she and James find a loophole in the contract]].
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* PetTheDog: Every now and then, the Daemon will hint at a slightly kinder side underneath. Giving Dee ''way'' more money than she needs is a standout, as is [[spoiler:him letting her go at the end when she and James find a loophole in the contract]].contract. He also turns up to see Dee at the end, despite having no reason to do so]].
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: The Daemon has pale skin and black hair. Dee describes him as "absurdly attractive" at one point.
