(4.0 Stars)

Thank you to #NetGalley for making this story available for reading and review.

This was a good story. The narration was really good, and the pace was excellent. There was great character development, and the plot was very interesting.

It was "told" in a style of interviews and what felt like journal entries. This author can write, and really keeps you engaged.

The weird thing about this author is that all his stories have some odd religious element that is crucial to the plot. It isn't overly preachy, but it is always a big part of the story, and this book is no different.

I reaaaally wanted to like this :/ the audio version had the fantastic idea of making this live action style with a full cast of voice actors and format styles (interviews and news articles and such), which should have worked so well but because the chapters were so short and the narrators where switching back and forth so fast the experience was extremely jarring and gave me whiplash trying to keep up with what was going on and timelines and characters and such :/

Too much too fast I could have benefited from longer chapters with more content so I could get my footing with the plot.

Thank you for the advanced arc copy,

Publishes : July 1st

Story of how one woman (Lily) gets involved with the antichrist (Drake) unknowingly. Told interview style and mainly focuses on the building and forming of a band. And how Drake (antichrist) helps shape and create what becomes of that band, their music and the effects it has on their fans.
Slow story like an informative documentary.
Lots of 90s music references which I enjoyed!
But over all not super enthralling.

Audio was fantastic! Full cast audio performance with a rotating character point of view. Done very well with great voices and clarity.

This was an awesome read, and I loved how Craig DeLouie talks about the antichrist through a rock band. Set in the format of an interview in the present with Lily Lawlor (aka Lily Lawless), Lily recounts how she and Drake Morgan started a punk rock band in the late 90s. The interview is told through multiple POVs about incidents that occurred while they were in band. I absolutely enjoyed this book because it was an interesting unfolding of how the antichrist comes into being. There is also a POV from a priest who describes the essence of what the being would be going through. I noticed themes of people who were trying to find themselves amidst what others felt they "should" be doing. It is also about music and how it can make you happy, and it can also make you miserable if you do not follow your heart. Lily and her band members go on a journey that helps them to realize, or not realize, the path that will make them happy.

I have been wanting to check out this author for a while. Author of Episode Thirteen and How to make a Horror Movie and Survive, My Ex, the Antichrist is told mostly in inteverview format. As an audiobook it worked very well and kept me interested and entertained the entire time. With a full cast everytime, you could call it duet style as everytime you get to that character part that narrator takes over. With singing, just a very minuscule amount in the beginning, and even the producers putting an effect in such as the sound of a mic being pushed away when someone saying “this interview is over”. I really thought the audio was very well done.
Now the story. Lily and Drake formed a punk band. They end up breaking up and Drake forms another and Lily is informed that her ex is the Antichrist. Now this is told in interview format like a documentary on what happened. This format just works for me. I loved all the other books that have been similar to this and I really enjoyed this one too. I really think the audio made it shine even more. Now I am going back to the other two books I mentioned in the beginning as I own them and read those as well!

Thank you to Hachette Audio for the complimentary listener copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own!

Thank you, NetGalley and Hachette Audio, for the advance audiobook in exchange for an honest review!

When I saw this was a book about a band, death, and the devil… I knew that I had to read it!! The book follows Lily, who is religious and a college dropout, and wants to start a band with her hot boyfriend. The only problem… the hot boyfriend is the anti-Christ. In 1998, Drake and Lily formed their band The Shivers, then in 1999, they had the battle of the bands, which caused a riot and ended up with three people killed. Now, in 2009, Lily and her band are starting to come out and let people know their side of the story, and what really happened with Drake.
I appreciate the uniqueness you saw from each of the characters in the book, and how you get to hear the book in an interview style. I felt that it really brought the whole book together, and it felt like it worked well. Being able to hear the book in interview style made it seem more real and like the book actually happened. It ends up leaving you with such an uneasy feeling in the best way. It leaves the reader feeling like this could happen to them, which also leaves an uneasy feeling.

I liked Craig DiLouie's take on religion and the devil in the book as well. The book gives satanic panic, like in the 70s with Manson. I'm not sure why, but I keep getting Manson vibes from Drake. The main theme is not religion, but DiLouie gives you his take, without lingering on it too long. While I'm not someone who is super into 80s music, this is still a book that any horror/thriller fan would love!

Overall, this was a really fun book, and I highly recommend it. 4/5 stars!

“If The Omen, Daisy Jones & The Six, and American Satan had an emotionally unstable, demon-summoning baby, this would be it.”

I listened to the and I have just one question:
Am I okay?
No.
Was it worth it?
Also yes.

This was so stupidly fun and unhinged in the best possible way. Imagine:

A full cast audiobook so good it felt like Satan himself directed a Netflix radio drama.

Characters who are deeply broken, a little hot, and somehow still trying to navigate heartbreak during the literal apocalypse.

A pace so fast you feel like you're running from a cult while clutching your ex’s mixtape.


📖 The book blends dark humor, emotional whiplash, religious trauma, and rockstar chaos into something that shouldn’t work… but somehow works gloriously. Every character POV felt like a new track on a cursed album. You laugh. You cry. You consider summoning something. Then cry again.
THE AUDIO??
Game. Changer. I usually get overwhelmed by full casts, but this was seamless, immersive, and weirdly comforting for a story about the Antichrist. Every voice nailed their character’s chaos and emotional wreckage. 10/10 would let this audiobook ruin my week again.

If you want a story that feels like a breakup text wrapped in barbed wire and set to a guitar solo in a burning church, My Ex, the Antichrist is calling. And honestly? You should probably answer.


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Recommended for fans of:

Offbeat apocalypse fiction

Dysfunctional exes with god-tier drama

Full-cast audio excellence

Stories that make you question everything and then dance about it in eyeliner

⚠️ Warning: May trigger unholy thoughts, emotional spirals, and the urge to scream “I could fix them” at literal demons.

I made it about 1/4 of the way through the audiobook and was unable to continue. The interview style of the narrators made this book too much like a documentary. When done correctly this can make for an immersive read, but this book came off disjointed and hard to follow. This made it hard to care about any of the characters or the plotline of the story. Maybe it would work better in print rather than audiobook.

I loved the interview style of the book and how immersive the audiobook was - it was certainly unique and unlike anything I've read before, a very unique mix of a music documentary/interview and horror

This was such a fun listen! The story itself is already super unique — equal parts dark humor, action, and just enough emotional weight to keep you invested — but what really made it shine was the audiobook production. The full cast narration? Absolute game changer. Having different voices for each character made the multiple POVs flow seamlessly, and honestly, it felt like I was listening to a perfectly paced radio drama rather than just an audiobook.

The full cast brought so much personality to each scene that I never once felt lost, even as the plot jumped between perspectives. And because the book itself moves at such a quick, bingeable pace, the immersive audio made it ridiculously easy to fly through. If you’re someone who gets overwhelmed with multiple narrators, don’t worry — this cast makes it feel effortless.

If you’re looking for something clever, fast-paced, and just a little bit offbeat (in the best way), I highly recommend giving this one a listen on audio. It elevates the whole experience.

I didn't know I wanted to read Daisy Jones and the Six, but make it evil, but I definitely did! I loved the interview style of this story and it was a fast-paced, engaging read. I will definitely be reading more from Craig DiLouie!