Recent Reads: Beezer by Brandon Snider

Beezer by Brandon Snider
Narrated by: Fred Berman, Eric Yves Garcia, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Margaret Ying Drake, Ellen Archer, Steve Rimpici, Jennifer Van Dyck, Neil Hellegers, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Gabriel Vaughan, Josh Hurley

Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
Original Recording Audiobook
Release date: 01-30-20
Publisher: Audible Original
Categories: Kids, Fiction

 

Format:  Audible Audiobook

Source: Audible Freebie, February 2020

Rating:

Goodreads Synopsis: 

A lovely coming-of-age tale of Beezer navigating the pre-teen angst of family, feelings, and friends. So what if he’s a demon? For ages nine and up.

Beelzebub, the prince of demons, is bored. It's his destiny to one day rule the dark underworld known as the Red Realm, but it's sooo boring down there. All he wants to do is lay around all day in the lava pits (ahhh), boss everyone around (rude!), and maybe play a cruel prank (or two). But Beelzebub's father has had it with his son's nasty attitude. No one talks back to the Red King. NO ONE.

A disgraced Beelzebub is banished by his father and cursed to spend his days in the worst place either of them can imagine: EARTH. Now Beezer (his new name... which he hates) has to navigate a family (way too nice for his liking) that doesn't know the truth behind where he really came from. Oh, and his human body? Not a fan. Too many feelings! And it makes weird sounds.

What would Beezer do to get back home and reclaim his rightful place next to his father? Anything it takes. That is unless, he finds a new path (ugh, work).

Review: 
Let me say this right off, Beexer is a brat and I really hated him throughout this entire audiobook...but it was still an ok book overall. The story follows Beezer as he is kicked out of the Red Realm and sent to Earth for being  a brat to his father. Now he is stuck as an adopted son of a family, without powers, and no idea how to be a mortal. 

This book is only about 2 hours so it is hard to show growth of a character in such short of a time, but I think that the author did a pretty good job with it. Beezer's new family pretty much kills him with kindness and he has never had that before so it is a good feeling for him, eventually. The story is read by a full cast, and they all did a great job. There were laugh-out-loud parts and times I really wanted to wack Beezer over the head for being a pain, but overall this was an ok read. 

This was an Audible freebie, I think in the month of February, but it is available for free now for kids out of school at https://stories.audible.com/  (April 2020).