TBT: To All the Books I've Hated Before--The Witching Hour

 I've been hating books for a really long time, so it felt appropriate to do a TBT series of the books that still make me mad years after I read them. Mostly, I don't own these books, so this is all from memory and I'm too lazy to look anything up.

Sweeping Family History, Curses, Spooky Things, Witches, New Orleans~ 100,000+

Anne Rice~ 500-

A lot of people love Anne Rice and the "Vampire Chronicles". I've read many of them, and they're okay. I didn't feel moved by them at all, but I got it. I've also read a few of her romance novels (Belinda, anyone?), and liked those slightly more, but in general I'm indifferent. So, I didn't necessarily go into reading this book with high expectations, even though it had many things I enjoyed. And, I know this shouldn't count since this is something I knew/cared about after, but she famously hates fanfic. If you don't like fanfic, I don't like you *shrug emoji*

A Big Dull Dud~ 5,000-

The love interest contractor guy? He's just kind of boring. Oh, maybe that's why she succumbs to the demon.

This. Book. Has. Everything~ 750,000+

You know what I love? A sweeping family history. Gimme that shit right now. I used to go crazy for those Sweet Valley books that were, like, the Wakefield Saga or whatever. When this book was recommended to me, I went to the library immediately (libraries are good~ Several Million+) to get it. I loved every second of reading about the family history and the protagonist learning her magic. I was LOCKED in. And then. 

There's a Demon in Me~ 1.5 million-

The women in this family are cursed by a demon, Lasher, who has spent centuries seducing them, and brought them nothing but ruin and downfall. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LONG-ASS BOOK, the protagonist is told not to have sex with the demon. So what does she do as soon as Lasher shows up? HAVE SEX WITH THE DEMON. I had less than a hundred pages left and I was too disgusted to finish. I know, I know, he's a demon, he seduced her, etc, etc, etc. But I don't care. I have never loved a book so much to be let down so hard. 

Verdict: Booooooooooooooooooooooo