I know villains always pay the price, I just didn't think it would cost my heart. I did everything that was asked of me. I gave up my freedom. I broke the heart of the one who loves me more than himself. I risked everything and lost more than I bargained for. Reeling and broken, I'm left to pick up the pieces while war looms on the horizon. Lucifer and the angels intend to finally wipe out life as we know it. It took all seven of my demons to hold him prisoner, but I'll make him regret waging this war. I'm no longer the woman I was. I'm not even human anymore. Now I must master my powers or lose what I have left. But I cannot fight all sides of this war. We need allies. Men and monsters that will stand with us against the army whose only goal is slaughter. Old grudges and debts must be satisfied first, and I fear my pockets aren't deep enough. My Demon Lords Demon in My Veins Demon in My CellDemon in My Heart Demon in My Soul TBA
I devoured the first 3 books but this one dragged for me. It was sooo long and I felt like nothing really happened during it just for it to end on a cliffhanger (go figure). Not sure I’m going to continue with this series as the other books come out.
I decided to write this review because I just have to vent. Seriously, it’s been ages since I read a book that totally, absolutely let me down! My blood pressure is still up. I’ll ignore the typos—because that’s a small detail compared to everything else that went wrong. This book has over 700 pages and introduces ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NEW. Reading it felt like wading through fluff, not a story. The whole thing could have fit onto 200 pages, and nobody would have to wait for the next volume (which will probably take another year!). What was the point of stretching it out like this? What's worse, the characters are becoming increasingly annoying. What hooked me on them up until book three is now starting to just get on my nerves. What is most exhausting is her absolute hypocrisy regarding morality. Throughout books two and three, she preaches morals about forgiving and forgetting actions committed out of ignorance or by people who have changed, yet she herself holds a grudge against two other characters for reasons that make no sense. Her reasons for anger are absurd, while she hands out forgiveness for major issues to others. I feel like the author is just repeating content from previous books and then trying to force a relationship that she gave absolutely no foundation for. Example? The relationship with Oriax. When she tells him she loves him, I felt nothing but emptiness and zero emotion. No chemistry, no believability. And the timeline? It is a total mess! Sometimes I feel like weeks have passed, and it turns out it’s only been a few hours. By my calculations, these whole 700 pages cover a maximum of 6 or 7 days of action, yet it feels like months! And this is not a clever device—it’s just chaos. The characters are like kids lost in the fog. They are ready for nothing, prepared for nothing, and just constantly trying to patch up holes. I have to ask: How am I supposed to believe that such powerful beings can’t come up with one single, sensible plan?! It’s just incredibly frustrating and unbelievable.
In summary: Save your time and skip this massive brick of a book.
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I really love this series but you can tell that this book was rushed. I subscribe to Sydney's newsletter and she moved the release date pretty soon after finishing her first draft of this book, and there were a few glaring typos and parts that could have been cut as a result. I understand an editor is expensive but I feel she could have gone through this once more before releasing it. Still really enjoyed hense the high rating, but needs an edit