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Deal With the Devil by Lark Taylor
5.0
Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.
Was it bad of me to like a bit of jealousy? To want to drive Mori so out of his mind that he’d go all caveman and stake his claim on me? If that made me bad, I never wanted to be good. I wanted to be owned. Possessed.
Damn, this one really had everything and I hecking loved all of it. It was a little sad, had some solid angst, good groveling, super sexy with physical wrestling as foreplay, external action, etc. Just the full package. River is a snarky power-bottom mage who knows exactly what he wants. He's a little reckless, a lot powerful, and he wants Mori. Mori is the silent and stoic type, a thick lumberjack-y redhead who is deathly afraid of putting his heart on the line again after losing his partner many decades before.
They are both flawed and it takes them a moment to figure out their dynamic, to really *accept* it, but once they do it's just fireworks. They rile each other up and love to fight for domination in bed, which usually leads to River having trouble sitting down the next day, but that's exactly how he likes it.
It was just 100% entertaining and hot, but also set up future books. Can't wait to get to know Lucky and find out what the huyck is going on with Dimitri and Dagon.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Forced proximity
Fated mates
Demon/magic
Widower
Past Trauma
Tattooed MC
Snarky banter
Power struggle (the sexy kind)
Rope play
Face-sitting
Power bottom
Demon/mage pairing
Paranormal
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Death of partner (past)
MC finds partner dead on page (not other MC)
Explicit sexual content
Graphic violence
Homophobic unnamed character
Homophobic slur
Mentions of past murder of MC’s parent (few details)
On-page murder
Severely injured MC
Suicidal thoughts (side character)
Physical fight between MCs (sparring as emotional release)
Brief mentions of the death of SC’s parents (past)
Restrained during sex (consented to)
Torture of a bad guy (some details)
MC abducted and tortured (off page, details)
Details of anxiety (side character)
Self hatred and suicidal thoughts (side character)
Death of a side character on page (introduced only moments before)
Side character recounts past domestic abuse
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Paranormal romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 153 and 'eons'
Series: Interconnected series, overarching plot
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 386
After fussing over the cat for an obscene amount of time, River stalked back into the room and plopped onto my lap. “Oof,” I said. “Stop throwing yourself on me like you’re a twink. You’re literally the same size as me.”
Cue more guilt. With the amount I now had laying on my shoulders, you’d be forgiven for assuming I was Catholic.
I scanned the selection with my lips pursed. What would Lucifer’s grumpy and utterly fuckable son like in his mouth? Aside from my dick, of course. I mean, he didn’t want it now, but give me time.
“Tasting, you say?” Mori’s tongue flicked over his lips. “Yes. Straddle my face. Sit on me. Suffocate me. Let me bury my tongue deep inside you while you ride my mouth.”
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Was it bad of me to like a bit of jealousy? To want to drive Mori so out of his mind that he’d go all caveman and stake his claim on me? If that made me bad, I never wanted to be good. I wanted to be owned. Possessed.
Damn, this one really had everything and I hecking loved all of it. It was a little sad, had some solid angst, good groveling, super sexy with physical wrestling as foreplay, external action, etc. Just the full package. River is a snarky power-bottom mage who knows exactly what he wants. He's a little reckless, a lot powerful, and he wants Mori. Mori is the silent and stoic type, a thick lumberjack-y redhead who is deathly afraid of putting his heart on the line again after losing his partner many decades before.
They are both flawed and it takes them a moment to figure out their dynamic, to really *accept* it, but once they do it's just fireworks. They rile each other up and love to fight for domination in bed, which usually leads to River having trouble sitting down the next day, but that's exactly how he likes it.
It was just 100% entertaining and hot, but also set up future books. Can't wait to get to know Lucky and find out what the huyck is going on with Dimitri and Dagon.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Forced proximity
Fated mates
Demon/magic
Widower
Past Trauma
Tattooed MC
Snarky banter
Power struggle (the sexy kind)
Rope play
Face-sitting
Power bottom
Demon/mage pairing
Paranormal
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Death of partner (past)
MC finds partner dead on page (not other MC)
Explicit sexual content
Graphic violence
Homophobic unnamed character
Homophobic slur
Mentions of past murder of MC’s parent (few details)
On-page murder
Severely injured MC
Suicidal thoughts (side character)
Physical fight between MCs (sparring as emotional release)
Brief mentions of the death of SC’s parents (past)
Restrained during sex (consented to)
Torture of a bad guy (some details)
MC abducted and tortured (off page, details)
Details of anxiety (side character)
Self hatred and suicidal thoughts (side character)
Death of a side character on page (introduced only moments before)
Side character recounts past domestic abuse
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Paranormal romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 153 and 'eons'
Series: Interconnected series, overarching plot
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 386
After fussing over the cat for an obscene amount of time, River stalked back into the room and plopped onto my lap. “Oof,” I said. “Stop throwing yourself on me like you’re a twink. You’re literally the same size as me.”
Cue more guilt. With the amount I now had laying on my shoulders, you’d be forgiven for assuming I was Catholic.
I scanned the selection with my lips pursed. What would Lucifer’s grumpy and utterly fuckable son like in his mouth? Aside from my dick, of course. I mean, he didn’t want it now, but give me time.
“Tasting, you say?” Mori’s tongue flicked over his lips. “Yes. Straddle my face. Sit on me. Suffocate me. Let me bury my tongue deep inside you while you ride my mouth.”
You can find most of my reviews on Instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/booksafety?...
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