The Devil's Intern By Donna Hosie

The Devil’s Intern, written by Donna Hosie, is a fictional novel that provides an view of the world that people enter after their untimely demises and explores the consequences of the alteration of their deaths by the use of time travel. Mitchell Johnson, the protagonist, is a seventeen-year-old boy who died from being hit by a bus after running into the road for a reason that he cannot remember. After being sent to Hell—a place that surprisingly resembles a modern city—he becomes the intern for The Devil and works in the accounting department of Hell. From this setting, Hosie unveils an unlikely friendship that brings together four young adults from vastly different time periods and reveals an opportunity for the group to change their deaths
In the beginning of the novel, the readers have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Underworld that Hosie presents and appreciate the humor that can be found in almost every description of Hell. Hosie connects the general audience’s concept of hell to her depiction by the use of irony, such as calling the Devil’s office “The Devil’s Oval Office” (Hosie). Through the use of terms that people can easily identify with, she is able to clearly communicate the setting as well as give refreshing details to the audience. Nonetheless, as the plot progresses and they begin to travel through time, the different attributes that each member of the team possesses from the time period they were from makes their interactions extremely interesting to read, and it was exciting to see their reactions to their deaths. Hosie also considers the concept of paradoxes, and the time traveling adds a twist to an already curious story with veritable characters that many can relate to. As John Peters asserts in his book review, “Mitchell may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but he does show sufficient measures of decency and loyalty along the way to a well-deserved redemption.” The characters have a propensity to draw the reader in because their deaths are situations that are fairly easy for people to sympathize with. The ending of the book is hard to anticipate and not the ideal resolution. Nonetheless, it is one that is emotionally appealing and oddly