I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review. I would like to give this book 5 + Stars because I enjoyed it that much. This is one of the funniest books from Cassandra Lawson that I think I have read yet.
The concept of this book Is that Beatrice LaCroix and Lucifer become acquainted and become a couple. The depiction of Lucifer as an okay guy while the angels are depicted as not very nice is amusing, to say the least. Much of the humor in this book revolved around the concepts we have regarding Heaven and Hell, good and evil, and so forth. The reader comes to the realization that, although Lucifer is not a good guy, he's not as bad as we probably thought he was. On the other hand, the Archangel Michael is “kind of a dick.”
There were too many funny bits to include them all in my review, but here are just a few:
Lucifer: “I’m not a good person. The stories of me starting a rebellion among the angels are true. I didn’t have some noble reason. I wanted power, and I didn’t care who got hurt.”
Beatrice: “That’s ancient history,” I said, waving off his warnings. “You’ve changed. I’m not saying you became a nice guy, but you aren’t the same person you were back then either…..”
Beatrice: “You have restaurants, ice water, and a strong internet connection,” I mused. “What next? A snowball fight?”
Lucifer: They needed to put a time limit on these speeches. I might hire Beatrice’s father as head torturer . Him yammering endlessly would be what I’d now see if locked in the nightmare room.
Persephone: My call going to voicemail was almost enough to make me use a very unpleasant word. I didn’t use the word, but I thought it.
Lucifer: Was he honestly referring to himself in the third person? It seemed Michael had gotten even more annoying as the years passed. I made a mental note to tell my friends to kill me if I started acting that way.
I have only one complaint about this book. Persephone’s mom comes and goes without any explanation. I won't say more for fear of spoiling the book, but it was something that niggled at the back of my mind for the rest of the bok. Despite what I might normally consider a serious flaw, I loved this book so much that I highly recommend it!