SYNOSPIS

Sick of her friends canceling last minute and feeling lonely, Rayna gets drunk and recites a spell from one of the fiction books she likes to read. She thinks it’s a joke and doesn’t think anything of it, until a demon actually shows up in her bedroom.

What could happen?

RECAP AND REVIEW

This is the first book in a romance, paranormal/fantasy series, with the second coming out in March. It’s told in the first person of Rayna, with a few chapters from Metice’s point of view.

After Rayna’s night with Metice, she begins running into demons while living her life, and learns that she and Metice’s souls are bonded. Because of that, Metice’s enemies want to kill her to hurt him. She visits hell so he can work out how to sever the bond so she can go back to her life.

Rayna and her inner and vocal dialogue were funny and she made me laugh at times. Other times I thought she was being ridiculous and stubborn. There’s mentions of a friend group she is a part of, but we only really see her friendship with Keri. Even though I know the story isn’t about them, I wish we got a little bit more of the friendship. Rayna was so forgiving and patient with Keri and I didn’t get why. Keri showed up for her in the end, but overall, I don’t think Keri treated her well at all.

Metice was considerate of Rayna majority of the time and there are parts of their time together I really enjoyed, even though, to me, there is instalove tied into the fated aspect of it.

Metice keeps some things from her though, and that reveal was underwhelming to me. After I read it, I was like, “you could’ve just said that.”

The book reads as a quest in some ways, and I enjoyed that aspect of it. I don’t know how I feel about the villain. She felt scorned and entitled and was extra because of that.

OVERALL

Overall, I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars off of vibes. There are parts of it I didn’t like as much, but what I did like made it worth it for me. If you’re looking for a little breaking of the fourth wall and a very unserious FMC in a Black paranormal/monster romance, I’d check it out.