RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 15TH, 2021.
SYNOPSIS
Shy, introverted Lucy Dennings lives a quiet little life in New York City, working for a nonprofit and keeping to herself. Every afternoon, she goes home to her empty apartment and Edgar, her houseplant, and every night, she loses herself in the pages of her beloved romance novels. Her lonely heart seeks solace in tales of passionate, enduring, all-consuming love, but more and more, Lucy feels she’s not just reading for pleasure but searching for a lost piece of herself in the pages. As if she once touched something beautiful but it’s been ripped away.
Until one day Lucy discovers a dead body in the alley behind her apartment. Even if it’s too late, her first instinct is to help.
Her second is to run.
Because the dead body isn’t so very dead, and suddenly, her little world isn’t so little but one in which dreams feel like memories, “inner demons” actually lurk in dark alleys, and a beautiful creature of darkness with amber eyes and wings like night might hold the key to what her heart has been aching for…if she doesn’t fall down the path of eternal damnation first.
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Emma Scott, comes an emotional paranormal love story of passion, sacrifice, and the soul-deep love of a lifetime…more than one.
TRIGGERS: DEATH OF FAMILY MEMBER, MISCARRIAGE, SEXUAL CONTENT & SLIGHT VIOLENCE.
HERO: 5
HEROINE: 5
SEX: 5
PLOT: 5
WOULD I READ AGAIN? PROBABLY.
WOULD I READ FUTURE BOOKS FROM THIS AUTHOR? YES.
REVIEW:
This was my first read by Emma Scott, and I’m completely blown away by how excited I was for this book. Usually, I’m never this excited for a book from an author I’ve never read before, but somehow when I saw the ARC reviews, I knew I needed it.
Lucy wasn’t one of those perfect heroines, she was flawed with her own insecurities, and that’s what made this book so interesting. You see a hopeless romantic female who wants so much more for herself than just being alone, but her demons often held her back. I think we can all relate to the voices in our heads sometimes and how difficult it can be not to overthink certain things.
But the intensity of that kind of love, the kind of love where you feel lost without the other person. Where your strengths bolster each other’s weaknesses. Where you grow and are made better by loving them and being loved… Yes, I want that. And now that I’m saying it out loud, I realize I’m drawn to love stories because there’s something in them that I recognize or connect to, despite never having been in love myself.”
Cas was the perfect match for Lucy despite him being a demon. At times all I wanted was to hug the guy so badly because to him, he cant be saved. His love for Lucy was the reason why he did everything he did. It was his reason to go on. Like any tortured hero, his past weighed heavily on him, and like Lucy, he also had his own insecurities but was still confident in some of the things he did.
Casziel shrugged. “I’m a demon. I never professed to be fair.”
This is a story about soulmates that fought for their love.
