Review: darker, grittier
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
Belphagor and Vasily have moved on from thier blip in Book One, and Vasya continues to push Beli to his limits. BUT when Belphagor uses Vasya in a scheme to shut donw an underage brothel, Vasya is pushed to his. And it leaves both demons broken hearted but unable to try to fix it. When said scheme leaves Beli with a gunshot wound, hearts are opened and the true depth of their emotions AND the depth of the underage smuggling ring that spans both Heaven and Earth is revealed. Can their relationship be saved? can the "lost boys" be found in time?Darker than book one, mostly due to the subject matter, children being sold to demons and angels, then discarded as worhtless. It was hard to read at times, because of this, but its the scenes in the Fletchery that were the most difficult. These children KNEW why they were there, and had very little control over who bought them. BUT once that place is shut down, its a chase across Heaven and Earth to find the boys (the girls disappear completely and are never found) before they are disposed of. On Earth we meet back up with Lev and Dmitri and Lev and Bel get up to no good, once again riling Vasya, sending him into the arms of another.And there were lots of others, for them both, as usual, these men will use themselves in any way they see fit, with whoever they want. Or at least in the early part of the book. After Lev and Bel share a hand job, and Vasya's pain is evident at that, Bel surprises me, and turns it all off. His sex and his emotions, at least on the surface. I get that its mostly a front, and he needs to put on airs and graces, but both men are feeling each other's pain at this seperation and when they come together?? explosive!m/m, m/m/m scenes, its steamier in parts than book one, I thought! I swear, Heaven has a whole different meaning to me now!I understand that this set of three is a prequel to another, previously publsihed set of three, and I have added those books to my wish list. I should like to see how these demons get on with their life! But before that, I have book three to read, Master of the Game.