um, no. ( )

I don't know why it is that I'm not burning through this series the way I did with the Demonica books. I like it. I enjoyed this book and all the pain and self-sacrifice and angst and everything. I'm excited for the next one to come out. But for some reason, I'm not salivating. (3.5 stars) ( )

When he is sent to Hell for stealing a kiss from Limos, an immortal beauty who is engaged to Satan, Arik Wagner uses all of his military training to survive demon torture and prove to Limos that they belong together. Easier said than done.

First sentence: "Arik Wagner had to hand it to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; they threw one hell of a party."

This is the first book I have read in this series, and I expected to be confused as all get out given all the various players, but Larissa Ione did an excellent job of working the backstories in without taking away from the current one. I'm now madly in love with the Horsemen (and woman) and look forward to going back and reading all the books in this series.

This book definitely brought the heat, and although there was violence and gore, it was balanced out with humor and emotionally charged scenes. The plot was engaging and the various settings were described very well. The characters were well written and the writing kept me on the edge of my seat, promising myself just one more page over and over and over until the end.

All in all, I enjoyed this book very much, and heartily recommend it to others.

5/5 stars.

*** I would like to thank Grand Central Publishing and Larissa Ione for the opportunity to read and review this book. ( )

Totally enjoyed this tale of Limos, the only female rider of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and how she came to fall in love with Erik of the Aegis. Limos has the unfortunate circumstance of being betrothed to Satan (poor girl) and any time a man gets close to her, there are bad consequences. So when Erik tries to kiss her one night at a party, he is dragged down into the underworld and tortured.

A good chunk of the book focuses on PTSD and Erik’s recovery, which was interesting, and also Limos had to right a lot of the wrongs she had made in the past. This book also featured the set up for two characters I assume will feature in the next book, another of the horsemen (Death) Thanedos, who reminds me a lot of Zsadist from the BDB, both in manner and appearance, and Reagan, also from the Aegis. They promise to be a spicy couple, and the way their story was set up to start in the next book really ends on a cliffhanger!

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
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2.5 stars rounded up. This one was a bit weaker, it seemed like constant drama with lots of secrets and betrayals, torture and abductions. Instead of sucking me in deeper it just felt more over the top and tedious as it went along. I didn't feel the relationship really developing and having cute moments and things, but it could be that those moments were there but they just got lost amidst all the drama. The story checked in with, it seemed like, ALL the characters past and present, lol, but I didn't mind that. These stories are really intertwined, which I kinda like, but it would make it harder to get the same quality of story if you read them out of order I think. ( )