I thoroughly enjoyed this book: from page one and the - apparently! - quite tedious summoning of a demon, which, as we all know, is the first step in gaining an audience with His Sulphuricness. 
 For all his flaws, and I'm convinced that he, the main character (I hesitate to use the word protagonist), is well aware of most of them, Johannes is really easy to like. Well. Semi-easy to like. In a certain light, with a pinch of unquestioning belief that there is some acceptable reason for his actions. 
 I picked up this book because I have a certain fondness of creepy carnivals, and I love a comic twist towards the dark; 
 Jonathan L. Howard 
 has a truly entertaining way of writing, describing things bordering on the absurd in the most matter-of-factly way (like Johannes' dealings with the Hellish - pun intended - bureaucracy), or the existence of the Necronomicon: The Musical and the fortune of its creator. 
 I can't wait to get started on the second book of the series!