Beauty and the Demon (Hell Bent, #5)
Aurora Ascher
In this story, he’s the villain, not the hero… Murmur, the nefarious Necromancer, is losing his mind. His army of souls screams in his head, and his dreams are filled with bone-chilling visions of his approaching death. But a villain always has a plan, and his will unleash a torrent of destruction unlike anything Hell has seen before… But for his plot to succeed, he requires one final ingredient: the blood of a certain headstrong witch, who quickly becomes a complication he never saw coming. This heroine can rescue herself… Suyin, leader of the Montreal coven, hides her dread beneath a tough exterior. Unusual abilities she can’t explain are taking over her life, and she’s haunted by ominous dreams. Her fears are realized when she’s captured by a demon with bloodshot eyes and a scorpion tail. Murmur plans to leave her in his dungeon, but Suyin has no intention of making this easy for him. Bargaining with demons is dangerous business, but she’ll do anything to survive. Enemies may become lovers, but fate has other plans. Forced into close proximity, things begin to shift between Suyin and her captor. But as the Necromancer’s machinations reach a pinnacle, he is faced with an impossible choice: achieve his master plan, or free the woman who resurrected his dormant soul. Beauty and the Demon is a villain-gets-the-girl paranormal romance featuring a half-mad demon with questionable morals, a goth witch who kicks ass and takes names, and a magical library in a castle in Hell. It contains violence, explicit scenes involving ghostly bondage, and excessive profanity. Abandon hope all ye who enter here.
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5!!!!!
I've been trying not to make my reviews too long so here are some notes I took while reading and some of my favourite quotes.
"Men were dicks everywhere in life"
-I'm not mad at Suyin for being angry at Iris especially when she felt that Iris wasn't taking her seriously.
-They need to leave Bel alone, they just keep stressing and harassing him. LOL
-Love the chapter names, which I've rarely seen in books.
"Alright. I'll bite, Let's bargain, witch."
-The tension between Suyin and Murmur was blazing at 32% in and I couldn't wait for the first touch or kiss.
"Suyin," he said gently. "As fascinating as the sight of your mental breakdown is, might I suggest you speed up the process a little? I'm rather bored." LMAO
-The spice (MY GAWD) the spice.
"Keep struggling, I enjoy it"
-I don't know eh but if my best friend said she's gonna be taking some time off to practice wards in a quiet place away from interference and I don't hear from her in a couple of days or weeks after, I'll be texting down her phone. A whole month passed and not a text from anyone not even her best friend.
But it's okay because they made up in the end.
-Find me a man like Murmur who can do what he did with his scorpion tail.
More of my favourite quotes can be found on my bookstagram.
The plot as well as the worldbuilding in all of Aurora's books are always so good (the plot is plotting), she is really talented and I'm really glad that I joined her ARC Angels in the beginning.
Beauty and the Demon is the 5th instalment in the Hell Bent series and it follows Suyin and Murmur. The series is nearing to an end with Belial book next and I'm excited about that book as I've been waiting to read it since book one.
I advise that you read the books in order as they all lead up to the final book.
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