The Devil in Disguise (Bad Things book 1) - Cynthia Eden
Time passed. The boys grew up. They lost their humanity and became something far, far more.
One was good...wings spread from
His back. Angels bowed to him.
And his brother...
He had a really fucking good time as he did his very, very bad things.
Not the intense smut I was expecting but I still devoured it in one go. He's the devil. Lord of the dark, no soul to speak of, and commands the dark beasts of our world. She's abtemptress with the unique ability to make any man do whatever she wants, just by asking them nicely. There were plenty of vampires, werewolves, shape shifters and dragons to satisfy the paranormal geek in me, and just enough smut to keep it interesting.
Although the book is written in 3rd person, the book changes perspective between Luke (the devil) and Mina (the siren) throughout which bugged me a little. I find these types of books much more interesting from a man's perspective, partly because it's nice to get out of a woman's head for a change! His passages are sultry, sexy and he pretty much growls everything. Hers started with "she could not let the walking sex god beside her realise just how terrified she was." No one thinks or talks like, I don't care how good looking he is. These books always seem to overdo the cheese.
I liked the paranormal element, I thought it was well done. Nothing original but the story wasn't overpowered by pointless sex and really was about the power struggle between humans and the supernatural. I liked the secondary characters Rayce and Julian. I liked how Eden got the right amount of humour in, dark and blunt, to make me chuckle throughout.
Easy, super quick read if you're looking for something to get out of a reading slump or just looking to pass away a couple of hours in the afternoon. 6/10
Thanks for reading!
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