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The Devil's Lover #1
The Wish
"An eternity is such a long time to rule alone. Will you join me in Hell?"
The Archangel Lucifer, Sovereign of Hell, was awakened ahead of his time by the blood of a teenage girl. To satisfy his curiosity, he revived her from her untimely death and granted her a final wish worth dying for.
Kali's life had been one tragedy after another. Orphaned since the day she was born, Kali was brought up by her unfeeling grandmother. She too passed away shortly after Kali turned fourteen. The world was too big of a place for a small soul like her to survive on her own. Kali had no choice, but to rely on her childhood friend, Chevalier, for financial support. The two clung to each other, and together they tried to survive the undercurrent beneath the murky water in the sea of life.
But that is only the beginning. Just weeks before her sixteenth birthday, Kali would meet a man who would ruthlessly tear the sheer fabric of her life and thrust her into a world far more dangerous than anything she could fathom.
A fast-paced novel.
The Archangel Lucifer, Sovereign of Hell, was awakened ahead of his time by the blood of a teenage girl. To satisfy his curiosity, he revived her from her untimely death and granted her a final wish worth dying for.
Kali's life had been one tragedy after another. Orphaned since the day she was born, Kali was brought up by her unfeeling grandmother. She too passed away shortly after Kali turned fourteen. The world was too big of a place for a small soul like her to survive on her own. Kali had no choice, but to rely on her childhood friend, Chevalier, for financial support. The two clung to each other, and together they tried to survive the undercurrent beneath the murky water in the sea of life.
But that is only the beginning. Just weeks before her sixteenth birthday, Kali would meet a man who would ruthlessly tear the sheer fabric of her life and thrust her into a world far more dangerous than anything she could fathom.
A fast-paced novel.
184 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2011
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January 5, 2012
With such a spell-binding plot, excellent world-building, as well as enchanting and entrancing characters, I can easily forgive the little grammar mistakes.
Lu can whip up a fabulous love-triangle that had me rooting for one boy, then the other until I gave up and just hoped for the best.
I enjoyed how the author fictionalized Heaven and Hell, giving it a Greek Myth feel.
The love of son for mother had me crying--great job for making me cry! ;) The author has a real knack for having the reader fall in love with everyone--both the good and bad.
I'd like to thank you, Dahlia Lu, for sharing your wonderful talent with this absolute page-turner.
Lu can whip up a fabulous love-triangle that had me rooting for one boy, then the other until I gave up and just hoped for the best.
I enjoyed how the author fictionalized Heaven and Hell, giving it a Greek Myth feel.
The love of son for mother had me crying--great job for making me cry! ;) The author has a real knack for having the reader fall in love with everyone--both the good and bad.
I'd like to thank you, Dahlia Lu, for sharing your wonderful talent with this absolute page-turner.
May 13, 2012
So thankful that this was free, because if I had spent any amount of money on this I would have been very upset.
The story and concept is the one that drew me in because I am a sucker for this sort of thing. Lucifer falling in love sounds like it would pretty interesting, that is if it is written correctly. This wasn't. The writing was very simple, and not in a good way. It felt more like an amateur fanfiction story then a true novel, it was plain and uninspiring story that tried to hard to be a intelligent and embellished one. It felt as if a thesaurus was practically crammed into it, it just didn't flow like a naturally. The conversations felt scripted, like a soap opera. The plot moves way to fast so the character development is more instantaneous then anything.
There are few issues with the amount of spacing between paragraphs, especially when there is a time skip. It kept throwing me off and I had to go back and see what I had missed.
I didn't want to finish it but I did, and now I'm going to put this in a folder in my kindle and forget about it.
The story and concept is the one that drew me in because I am a sucker for this sort of thing. Lucifer falling in love sounds like it would pretty interesting, that is if it is written correctly. This wasn't. The writing was very simple, and not in a good way. It felt more like an amateur fanfiction story then a true novel, it was plain and uninspiring story that tried to hard to be a intelligent and embellished one. It felt as if a thesaurus was practically crammed into it, it just didn't flow like a naturally. The conversations felt scripted, like a soap opera. The plot moves way to fast so the character development is more instantaneous then anything.
There are few issues with the amount of spacing between paragraphs, especially when there is a time skip. It kept throwing me off and I had to go back and see what I had missed.
I didn't want to finish it but I did, and now I'm going to put this in a folder in my kindle and forget about it.
January 16, 2012
Da eff? I gotta say this was one of the most frustrating books I have ever read! I mean I don't even know if it was a sad or happy ending. I can't decide!
Just when things were going well, something happens that just makes you scream "the sh!t has hit the fan" arghhhhh!
On the bright side, the premise is quite interesting and I'm curious as to how their love will end up
Just when things were going well, something happens that just makes you scream "the sh!t has hit the fan" arghhhhh!
On the bright side, the premise is quite interesting and I'm curious as to how their love will end up
June 7, 2012
i loved this book i have read it for the first time and the ending made me burst into tears and so did parts in the middle, christ it was cooli want to read the next one but i cant get it on my kindel aww too bad i guess i'll just have to wait
February 20, 2012
Wow! It was an amazing read. I Never thought I would feel sorry for the devil...but I did. It truly touched my heart.
November 21, 2011
Ok, this was different. I don't think I have read a book where the devil might be in love. No that is not the main theme but it caught me by surprise. The character were well thought out and very rememberable. I judge a book on whether I can remeber everyone name and a good idea of their character after I finished a book. In this one I had no problem remember all the characters but also having a great feel for each character. I am looking forward to book two.
October 13, 2011
I can usually get over grammatical and spelling errors pretty easy- I read fanfiction A LOT. However, I got this book off of Amazon and although interesting, it had so many errors that I couldn't just read the book and it finally got too frustrating. Did the author even proofread??
April 3, 2012
This book is really interesting. I'd rate it a 3.75/5. I'm wondering how it ends and it looks like there is another book maybe wrapping up the story.. The only disturbing thing is that the Kali is 15 when all of this goes down. Kinda hard for me to digest a 15 year old with someone who is 22 or older. But that's my own personal hangup. Once I got started, it was hard for me to stop and I reaad straight through.
October 3, 2012
As much as I loved the story I just couldn't fathom Lucifer having feelings for a mortal. We are taught his is so evil and everything he does is deceitful that to even imagine he could love was throwing me off. :smirk: Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I'm interested to see what happens next on his quest for his beloved. This is a brand new author that I will say is constantly catching me eye.
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September 26, 2011I've marked this book as read but, honestly, I couldn't get any further than the third chapter. The glut of misused words and grammatical mistakes were absolutely unbearable. Don't waste your time... unless, of course, you fancy being irritated.
December 10, 2013
This is an excellent novel. Very good plot and extremely likable characters. It's really sad that Dahila thanks her editor on the dedication page and yet the amount of grammatical errors almost make the book unreadable. Even with all the errors it was well worth stumbling through.
December 20, 2012
I thought this book was really well written. That the storyline was very good, it was interesting and flowed quite well I am looking forward to reading the next book.
February 28, 2013
Who knew the Devi could be so in love.
This is a beautiful story about a girl who didn´t have anything, didn´t ask for anything but was loved beyond measure.
This is a beautiful story about a girl who didn´t have anything, didn´t ask for anything but was loved beyond measure.
January 10, 2019
Dahlia Lu is one of the most genius authors I have ever had the chance to read. Her story of Lucifer and this human girl Kali is genius because if you know mythology than you know who owns the name Kali. One of the most complex goddesses in Hindu mythology is Kali, the Goddess of Death. She also happens to have the power to transform one's ego, which she does to the almighty Lucifer. This little girl manages to not only enchant the lord and ruler of all of Hell, but also manages to make him learn how to love. As much as I wished she could have loved Chevalier in this story, Chevalier btw means knight, because he was her knight in shining armor, it was just not meant to be. He saved her from so much that it was heartbreaking when she couldn't return those feelings because she was already in love with Lucifer. Anyways, my point was that Dahlia Lu is a brilliant author because she makes this story so raw and real that it just is impossible to put it down. I love this story so much I have been trying to find hard copies of it, but I guess there isn't any. I also wished that Dahlia had continued the story, but I guess the end of the second book is meant to be left to everyones' imagination. All in all Kali's story throughout these 2 books is one of my all-time favorite stories, and I wish I could thank Dahlia for giving me this story.
October 22, 2022
Kali is a normal HS girl who is a loner by nature is severely picked on by other students. She lives with a man, Chevalier, who has been raising her since her grandmother died. What she doesn’t know is that he loves her and can’t wait till she is an adult to tell her. While on a field trip she is left behind because of a prank by other students. As she tries to get away from some men she falls into a crevasse and her blood awakens the King of Hell himself, Lucifer. She awakens in a hospital but with strange dreams of a man but when she first meets Lucien she believes that she knows him. Things progress throughout this story of the love that is possessed by everyone that meets Kali and what this does to her and them in the process.
August 20, 2023
Loved Kali and Lucien. Chevalier was awesome too.
January 17, 2013
I read some of the reviews talking about the poor writing but I decided to read it anyway and I gotta say I'm not entirely sorry. The writing is indeed excruciating! The author writes only slightly better than a 3 year old child. It's too fast-paced to actually develop a sensible plot and it feels way too rushed. It's actually a shame because it has so much potential! The idea behind it is wonderful, smart and really interesting and it's pretty much the only reason why I endured all the wrong past tenses and other mistakes. They are, oh so many! But if you are somehow able to ignore all that...the idea is really great. This book really needs a serious revision! Also it wouldn't hurt to slow things down more. It would be better to have split the story for two books and had the details more developed.
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May 22, 2012
Honestly, the story in this book was amazing.
However, the structure was poor. This book had me agonizing over the smallest things because there were mistakes EVERYWHERE. There were mistakes in the words themselves (i.e. ignorance instead of ignorant; confident instead of confidence; "it is" and "is it" were confused in several places). Also, the story was not believable. This goes far beyond suspended disbelief. I cannot say how many times I had the overwhelming urge to throw my Kindle at a wall because I was so frustrated with what I was reading.
The only reason I finished this book was because I absolutely had to know what happened next.
Dahlia Lu, you are an excellent storyteller, but before you publish your next book, please do not forget to research, proofread, and revise.
However, the structure was poor. This book had me agonizing over the smallest things because there were mistakes EVERYWHERE. There were mistakes in the words themselves (i.e. ignorance instead of ignorant; confident instead of confidence; "it is" and "is it" were confused in several places). Also, the story was not believable. This goes far beyond suspended disbelief. I cannot say how many times I had the overwhelming urge to throw my Kindle at a wall because I was so frustrated with what I was reading.
The only reason I finished this book was because I absolutely had to know what happened next.
Dahlia Lu, you are an excellent storyteller, but before you publish your next book, please do not forget to research, proofread, and revise.
May 31, 2012
This was a bit strange, I mean apart from the grammatical errors. There were a few scenes that were never explained thoroughly and made me wonder why they were included in the first place (the scene with the monk, what?). There were also several instances where I was confused as to what was going on.
Apart from that the heroine suffers from "everyone loves me syndrome" which is something I cannot relate to and makes the story a little bit silly. There is also some slight pedophilia going on, she's only sixteen when the story starts.
I don't plan on reading it again, it only peaked my interest as it was a devil based story (something I want to write about myself) and wanted to see how other writers had tackled the subject.
Apart from that the heroine suffers from "everyone loves me syndrome" which is something I cannot relate to and makes the story a little bit silly. There is also some slight pedophilia going on, she's only sixteen when the story starts.
I don't plan on reading it again, it only peaked my interest as it was a devil based story (something I want to write about myself) and wanted to see how other writers had tackled the subject.
December 5, 2011
The book has an interesting premise but..l I believe it is in the forward that the author thanks her editor (sorry, too lazy to find the book again and double check). If I were the editor, I would be embarrassed to have my name associated with this book. I have never seen so many misspelled words, grammatical errors, words left out, wrong names associated with characters etc in my life. I would only hope that English is a second language for the author because there could be no other excuse.
January 11, 2012
I am one who has trouble getting through anything that has grammatical mistakes but this book pulled me in so much that I just mentally corrected all the mistakes and kept reading. I read it in a day and a half then searched the second one and read it in s day. Give it a chance and you may fall in love yourself.
November 11, 2013
I found this book and series to be decent I adore the love triangle and found it insane how I thought of Lucifer as a "good guy" the only down fall of this book I find is it has spelling errors, but if not for that I would have gaven this book a solid 4 stars.
August 26, 2011
This is like soap opeda to me, way too many dramas for my taste. Ugh. I don't like this book at all.
March 1, 2012
Yes the editing was poor, if nonexistent, but I liked the idea behind the story. Feels almost like a re-telling of a fable or fairy tale.
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August 19, 2012The introduction to the novel seemed appealing to me, but sadly I couldn't grap on the story as well.
February 25, 2013
This was pretty good - kept me engaged. And unlike most books, the ending was not totally predictable!
April 10, 2013
Reminds me of Gena Showalter's work
April 13, 2013
Love this book so much, it sink into my brain and I could feel the role each person..the grammar is totally fine with me...it help create the image perfectly..super duper love it....
October 19, 2013
Really enjoyed this book but I wish it could have been more in depth and not so rushed, the only problem now I can't get hold of the second part anywhere!!!
October 28, 2013
..the plot was simply amazing!!!!. Though it had some grammatical errors...well I guess nobody's perfect...
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