Author: Stacia Stark
Series: Deals with Demons Series Book #1
Category: Paranormal Romance
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
To be completely honest, I’ve attempted to read this book more than once without success. On the surface, it sounds right up my alley, but every time I picked it up I ended up putting it down after the first couple of chapters. Sometimes a book just doesn't grab me quick enough and I move on.
But I kept getting recommendations to read this one, thanks Kindle Unlimited for relentlessly featuring this series, so I tried just one last time. After committing to giving this one a chance, even if I needed to skim the beginning chapters, I finally found myself pulled into the story and I am so glad I came back to it.
Samael is a high demon who gives zero fucks about anything but his own agenda. He is massively arrogant, but with good reason considering his power. The weight of a demon rebellion sits on his shoulders, but his sole obsession with revenge soon shifts to include a defiant witch who refuses to bow to him.
"I would push this woman until she was the best she could be, even if she fought me the entire way. Even if I had to drag her through hell to watch her rise like a phoenix on the other side." - Samael
Danica has an obsession of her own and will do anything to get the answers she seeks for her mother's death. In a bid for answers, her path crosses with Samael and she is given no choice but to bond herself to him or face death. Even with these odds, Danica is fierce enough to go toe to toe with the Demon so used to getting his way.
"I held the knife up to the light. Tiny, sharp, and deadly. Just like the woman who wielded it." - Samael
The chemistry between them is delicious and he tempts her maliciously. He wants her for her feisty spirit, but her backbone is the reason she refuses to give in. And while she may cross lines she wished she wouldn't, Samael has a huge battle in winning her heart - if that's what he wants in the end.
"Samael was dangerous. Not in a loose cannon kind of way, but in a strategic, out-for-himself, Machiavellian kind of way." - Danica
This was a great start to the series, both mysterious and action-packed. I loved the different paranormal fractions in this world and the undercurrent of tension building in their society. There were so many characters who I wanted to get to know better! Bigger complications are in store for both Danica's and Samael's hunt for revenge, and the lengths they will go to to get it as the series continues in book two. Expect more book reviews to come from the Deals with Demons series!
Tropes and Themes: Enemies to Lovers, Demons, Hell, Fated Mates, Bonds, Paranormal Romance, Magic, Witches, Shifters, Dystopia, Urban Fantasy.
Blurb
I hunt demons.
I don’t work for them.
And I promised my mom one thing before she was murdered: Under no circumstances, would I ever go near the high demons.
But I’ll break that promise over and over again if it helps me avenge her death.
When my only lead winds up dead in the middle of demon territory, I’m suddenly in deep shit. Violence in Samael’s club is a death sentence… unless he can use you.
And it turns out that the scariest demon in the Triangle has a use for little ol’ me.
Demons are being slaughtered. His demons. And as a bounty hunter, it’s up to me to find out who would dare hurt his people.
I’ve got two weeks to find the killer, and if I fail, I’m bonded to Samael. Forever.
Samael’s certain that I’ll be his, but I’m not the kinda girl who risks her freedom for a demon.
I’m the kinda girl who won’t let anyone get in the way of her vengeance— not even the Machiavellian control freak who thinks he can run my life.
The problem? I’ve pissed the wrong people off.
Now I’m the one being hunted, and someone’s coming for me with everything they have.
But I’m never more dangerous than when my back is up against the wall.
And I’m ready to come out swinging.
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