4.5 out of 5 stars
E-book. Kindle Unlimited. 254 pages. Published August 6th 2020
Blurb:
I work for Lucifer. Only, it’s not as cool and satanic as it sounds.
The truth is, I’m an admin assistant who applied for a job that sounded kind of interesting and ended up working for the Community of Species Government. I’m the only human in the office, and basically I ride herd on a team of rambunctious shifters and demons.
I also spend a lot of time avoiding Gideon Bailey, the demon I had a one-night stand with right before I took this job. He hates me, and I really want to avoid being murdered. But I’ve been offered a promotion that will mean working with him, so we’re both going to have to get over it.
Plus, people are going missing. Pregnant people. And the word is that someone is dabbling in genetic experimentation. Putting a stop to that is more important than the sexual tension Gideon and I have been ignoring… isn’t it?
Likes:
- Interesting world building.
- Hooked me fast.
- Good introduction to Sam and his situation.
- Sam and Gideon, together and separately.
- Hot smut.
- Funny.
- Good non-romantic plot.
- Liked the team.
- Kept me hooked.
Dislikes:
- Wish the side characters had been rounded out more.
- Sam doesn’t have a lot going on in his life.
- I have some questions.
- Could have used some scenes showing the world.
I picked this book up because it was on the ‘readers also enjoyed’ list of a book I liked. The blurb caught my attention, and the urban fantasy vibe seemed right up my alley. And it definitely was. This book has some of the most unique world building that I’ve come across in a while, while also following a common trope of introducing the main character to a secret side of the world he never knew existed.
The book does a good job of explaining Sam’s situation and the situation he’ll enter into with his new job. It doesn’t feel like an info dump, even though it’s a lot of information all at once. Sam was easy to like right away. I just wish we’d gotten to see him really exploring everything. While the time jump worked with the story, I still had questions at the end of the book, like how exactly shifters can get through any lock.
The simmering sexual tension between Sam and Gideon was on-point, as was the smut. There was never any doubt that they’d get together, and I enjoyed watching how Gideon was drawn to Sam even though he fought it. Gideon did come across as a jerk, but it was easy to see that he did have his good points.
The non-romantic plot was good, and kept me hooked. It set up the next book well. Not everything was resolved, but I expect those dangling threads to be dealt with in the next book.
I do wish the other team members had been rounded out a little better. I liked them, but don’t know too much about them other than their most basic traits. The story is almost too closely focused on the plot, so much so that Sam doesn’t seem to have much of a life. His and Alistair’s friendship could have been filled out, as well as showing some scenes of community members who weren’t part of the CSG.
I am definitely looking forward to the next book. My heart goes out to Noah, and I hope his life gets easier.
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