My Ex, the Antichrist

 Book 67 of my 2025 Reading Challenge

read from August 29 - September 7

My Ex, the Antichrist by Craig DiLouie

published 2025

Summary (via the book jacket)

1998: Lily Lawlor and Drake Morgan form a punk band. Drake inspires faith in some. Fear in others. Lily is a believer.

2010: At the height of her stardom, Lily walks into a police station and confesses to a murder.

Now: The band has refused to talk to the press about their riotous past, Lily's confession, or anything else. It's been over a decade, but Lily has finally agreed to an interview. And the band is following her lead.

What follows is a story of prophecy, death, and apocalypse. A story about love found and love lost. A story about the Antichrist. Maybe it's all true. Maybe none of it is.

Either way, this is their story. And they're sticking to it.

My Opinion

4 stars

I picked this up from a bookstore on vacation.  It read quickly and was entertaining.  I'm sure there were religious imagery/metaphors/philosophical commentary I missed because of my lack of knowledge but even at the surface level it was a good story.

I will definitely read this author again but I hope this book was a standalone.  It arced nicely and explained everything but there was a little of "the end?" (which you have to say as "the end question mark" when talking about it); I hope this was not a teaser for adding more to the story in another book.