Review: Mad Hatter Reads Review The Demon's Desire
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher in exhange for an honest reviewThe Demon's Desire continues Kendra Leigh Castle's fabulous series about a group of fallen angels seeking redemption while protecting the night races inhabiting Terra Noctem. Each book focuses on a different member of the Fallen and their love interest. In The Demon's Desire it's Meresin and Dru's turn.Meresin is one of the most enigmatic of the Fallen, keeping to himself while the rest of his brothers have formed a cohesive group. On top of that, his angelic power over lightening and his ability to cope with others is rapidly becoming more and more unstable. The horrors that Meresin has to face broke my heart and I wanted more than anything for him to have his HEA. Dru shows again and again that she's willing to fight for Meresin and their HEA, even if it means fighting his own inner demons.The Demon's Desire is darker than book one, The Demon's Song, but considering Meresin's tortured past it's not that surprisingis story would be more somber. There's tons of action and both Meresin and Dru prove to be excellent warriors. Kendra expands her fantastic world-building by taking Meresin and Dru out of Terra Noctem and into mystical realms. Kendra's trademark snark isn't as prevelant in this installment, but she does give us a couple of gems:..."He has to go to a place and do a thing, and shazam! Awesome happens in an incredibly nonspecific way, maybe even involving a rainbowfarting unicorn! Except probably not, because you obviously think he's going to die!"She saw Justin jerk his head to the side and glare at her, but that didn't stop her from saying what she felt. She wasn't afraid of Levi."That's a ridiculous human myth. I ate a unicorn once," Levi said calmly. "There were no rainbows inside of it."~Dru, Justin and Levi"I've got lots of things to plot, for your information. Business opportunities for the city. Fostering diplomatic relations between the night races. Meetings that need to happen, meeting that shouldn't have happened and need to be rectified. My social calendar. Oh, and world domination. That answer your question?"~Dru to MeresinThe Demon's Desire can easily be read as a stand-alone, but I recommend the entire series...we're only on book two so you can easily catch up (plus if you start with The Demon's Song you can meet my book boyfriend, Phenex).