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patchworkbunny's review against another edition
3.0
I think this is my favourite of the series so far. The character of Raphael gets more rounded, Morgan deals with her relationship with Lugh and Brian finally starts to get an edge. As before, a really easy read.
ckjaer88's review against another edition
3.0
this was only an okay read for me. the plot was kinda blah and dermed like a mcguffin to get Morgan to drop her walls. Hope the next one is better.
athenaevarinya's review
4.0
Morgan still annoys me a bit. She let's emotions rule her too much that she's impractical a lot of the time.
melanieg123's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
sunnydee's review against another edition
5.0
5 von 5 Sternen
*Kurzmeinung:*
Zu diesem Buch gibt es nur eine kurze Meinungsäußerung von mir, da es der 3. Teil einer Reihe ist und ich mit fast jedem Wort was ich zum Inhalt sagen würde, alles aus den Vorgängerbänden verraten würde. Diese Reihe ist allerdings so genial, dass ich niemanden, der die Reihe noch nicht kennt, den Genuss versauen möchte. Diese Reihe ist eine einzigartige und extrem gut geschriebene Urbanfantasy-Reihe. Es ist eine Schande, dass der Knaur Verlag nach 3 Bänden das Übersetzen der Reihe eingestellt hat. Ich werde die Reihe ab dem nächsten Band dann auf Englisch weiter lesen. Zum Inhalt der Reihe lest bitte meine Rezi zum ersten Teil!
Der Schreibstil ist locker, lustig und herrlich sarkastisch. Morgan, die weibliche Hauptprotagonistin, spricht den Leser sogar manchmal direkt an und ihr Humor ist großartig. Hier ist einfach kein Wort zu viel.
Die Emotionen kommen sehr gut beim Leser an und man hat fast das Gefühl in Morgan zu stecken.
Das Buch ist sehr spannend. Die Grundhandlung der Serie wird enorm vorangetrieben und man erfährt wieder jede Menge über die Pläne der Dämonen auf der menschlichen Ebene. Ich konnte das Buch fast nicht zur Seite legen. Es gibt wieder jede Menge tolle Actionszenen.
Die Charaktere sind der Hammer. Ich liebe einfach jeden einzelnen, obwohl hier wirklich jeder seine Fehler hat und auch manchmal echt unsympathisch werden kann Trotzdem sind sie einfach alle so faszinierend. Neben- oder Hauptcharakter sind sehr gut ausgearbeitet und die einzigartige Art und Weise wie die Dämonen denken und handeln ist sehr interessant. LEST diese Reihe!!!
Liebesgeschichten spielen hier eher eine Nebenrolle, aber trotzdem sind sie interessant geschildert. Die erotischen Szenen sind spitze und es gibt jede Menge anzügliche Bemerkungen, die der Story noch einmal Würze geben.
Warnungen: explizite erotische Szenen, Gewalt (Action)
Grundidee 5+/5
Schreibstil 5+/5
Emotionen 4,5/5
Spannung 4,5/5
Charaktere 5+/5
Liebesgeschichte 4/5
Erotik 4,5/5
*Lesergruppe:*
Vor allem UrbanFantasy-Liebhaber werden hier auf ihre Kosten kommen. Außerdem bietet diese Serie genau die richtige Mischung aus Humor, Spannung und tollen Charakteren.
*Fazit:*
5 von 5 Sternen
Ich liebe diese Reihe. Es ist die beste UrbanFantasy Reihe, die ich je gelesen habe. Die Grundgeschichte ist super originell und spannend. Die unglaublich interessanten Charaktere und der sarkastische Humor runden das ganze noch ab. Ich kann euch diese Reihe uneingeschränkt empfehlen!!!
Reihe:
Dämonenkuss
Dämonenjagd
Dämonenzorn
Speak of the devil
Devil's Playground
*Kurzmeinung:*
Zu diesem Buch gibt es nur eine kurze Meinungsäußerung von mir, da es der 3. Teil einer Reihe ist und ich mit fast jedem Wort was ich zum Inhalt sagen würde, alles aus den Vorgängerbänden verraten würde. Diese Reihe ist allerdings so genial, dass ich niemanden, der die Reihe noch nicht kennt, den Genuss versauen möchte. Diese Reihe ist eine einzigartige und extrem gut geschriebene Urbanfantasy-Reihe. Es ist eine Schande, dass der Knaur Verlag nach 3 Bänden das Übersetzen der Reihe eingestellt hat. Ich werde die Reihe ab dem nächsten Band dann auf Englisch weiter lesen. Zum Inhalt der Reihe lest bitte meine Rezi zum ersten Teil!
Der Schreibstil ist locker, lustig und herrlich sarkastisch. Morgan, die weibliche Hauptprotagonistin, spricht den Leser sogar manchmal direkt an und ihr Humor ist großartig. Hier ist einfach kein Wort zu viel.
Die Emotionen kommen sehr gut beim Leser an und man hat fast das Gefühl in Morgan zu stecken.
Das Buch ist sehr spannend. Die Grundhandlung der Serie wird enorm vorangetrieben und man erfährt wieder jede Menge über die Pläne der Dämonen auf der menschlichen Ebene. Ich konnte das Buch fast nicht zur Seite legen. Es gibt wieder jede Menge tolle Actionszenen.
Die Charaktere sind der Hammer. Ich liebe einfach jeden einzelnen, obwohl hier wirklich jeder seine Fehler hat und auch manchmal echt unsympathisch werden kann Trotzdem sind sie einfach alle so faszinierend. Neben- oder Hauptcharakter sind sehr gut ausgearbeitet und die einzigartige Art und Weise wie die Dämonen denken und handeln ist sehr interessant. LEST diese Reihe!!!
Liebesgeschichten spielen hier eher eine Nebenrolle, aber trotzdem sind sie interessant geschildert. Die erotischen Szenen sind spitze und es gibt jede Menge anzügliche Bemerkungen, die der Story noch einmal Würze geben.
Warnungen: explizite erotische Szenen, Gewalt (Action)
Grundidee 5+/5
Schreibstil 5+/5
Emotionen 4,5/5
Spannung 4,5/5
Charaktere 5+/5
Liebesgeschichte 4/5
Erotik 4,5/5
*Lesergruppe:*
Vor allem UrbanFantasy-Liebhaber werden hier auf ihre Kosten kommen. Außerdem bietet diese Serie genau die richtige Mischung aus Humor, Spannung und tollen Charakteren.
*Fazit:*
5 von 5 Sternen
Ich liebe diese Reihe. Es ist die beste UrbanFantasy Reihe, die ich je gelesen habe. Die Grundgeschichte ist super originell und spannend. Die unglaublich interessanten Charaktere und der sarkastische Humor runden das ganze noch ab. Ich kann euch diese Reihe uneingeschränkt empfehlen!!!
Reihe:
Dämonenkuss
Dämonenjagd
Dämonenzorn
Speak of the devil
Devil's Playground
janinaloli's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
book_whispers's review
5.0
Thoughts:
Black's exorcist series has been my guilty pleasure read for a quite a while. The Devil's Due is another solid entry into a world where demon's are among us and some humans willingly allow themselves to be possessed. It's hard to beat the crazy fabulous ending from the previous book, The Devil You Know, but Black comes close to it.
The constant battle of Morgan—our loud mouthed exorcist—and Lugh—the yummy demon king--has been the highlight of reading this series. This time around Lugh and Morgan are trying to find some middle ground, because Lugh possessing her and there's no way he's leaving. Of course this search for middle ground doesn't mean there's really any peace, so look forward to some more head butting sass. The struggle for Morgan to allow herself to let Lugh take control of her is really amusing, and in the end it may cause her more harm then frazzled nerves.
A mother hires Morgan to figure out why her son was possessed legally by all illegal means necessary, and perhaps get Morgan to illegally exorcise it. Soon Morgan finds herself not only trying to save an unwilling demon host, but diving deeper into the mystery of the human experimentation. Soon she finds another demon run experiment had more success then the one Morgan was spawned from. Leading to a very creepy and chilling conclusion.
One thing I loved about this installment is that not only does Morgan realize that she trusts Brian, and loves him enough to work things out. She also accepts that she's placed Brian on a pedestal and that he's human and will make grave decisions that may not be morally right. The relationship with the sadistic Adam takes a different turn. Sure they still hate each other, Adam tries at every turn to make Morgan uncomfortable and blush, but there's real progress. Morgan even gives Adam a sympathy hug, as the two understand each other just a tad more.
Black shows demon's at times can be human, Adam's love for his unpossessed boyfriend Dominic over powers his demon nature to obey his King, Lugh. Then at other times Black brings home how alien demon's really are, there ability to justify all actions for the need of there cause. Unable to understand why morals should stop them from achieving what they want.
The final paragraphs from The Devil's Due are some of my favorite, but I'll just leave the final two to sum things up.
The fate of the entire human race rests on the ability of this council of angry, antagonistic misfits to work together, to be honest with one another, and to watch each others backs. I have two words for you.
We're doomed.
Bottom Line:
This is a hardcore entry into the fantastic world of Morgan Kingsley, for any reader's who've had doubts about the series this should lay them to rest. These characters are growing, not just in the book, but on me. For those of you who have yet to try this series out, do it's one of the few demon/exorcist series out there and it does the UF genre proud.
Sexual Content:
This one is not as heavy on the male on male action as previous books, in fact I don't think there's much besides a few sweet kisses and dirty talk. However some readers may not like it. There are some other graphic sex scenes, but mainly between Morgan and her boyfriend.
Rating: 5/5- Fabulous, a beautiful obsession.
Black's exorcist series has been my guilty pleasure read for a quite a while. The Devil's Due is another solid entry into a world where demon's are among us and some humans willingly allow themselves to be possessed. It's hard to beat the crazy fabulous ending from the previous book, The Devil You Know, but Black comes close to it.
The constant battle of Morgan—our loud mouthed exorcist—and Lugh—the yummy demon king--has been the highlight of reading this series. This time around Lugh and Morgan are trying to find some middle ground, because Lugh possessing her and there's no way he's leaving. Of course this search for middle ground doesn't mean there's really any peace, so look forward to some more head butting sass. The struggle for Morgan to allow herself to let Lugh take control of her is really amusing, and in the end it may cause her more harm then frazzled nerves.
A mother hires Morgan to figure out why her son was possessed legally by all illegal means necessary, and perhaps get Morgan to illegally exorcise it. Soon Morgan finds herself not only trying to save an unwilling demon host, but diving deeper into the mystery of the human experimentation. Soon she finds another demon run experiment had more success then the one Morgan was spawned from. Leading to a very creepy and chilling conclusion.
One thing I loved about this installment is that not only does Morgan realize that she trusts Brian, and loves him enough to work things out. She also accepts that she's placed Brian on a pedestal and that he's human and will make grave decisions that may not be morally right. The relationship with the sadistic Adam takes a different turn. Sure they still hate each other, Adam tries at every turn to make Morgan uncomfortable and blush, but there's real progress. Morgan even gives Adam a sympathy hug, as the two understand each other just a tad more.
Black shows demon's at times can be human, Adam's love for his unpossessed boyfriend Dominic over powers his demon nature to obey his King, Lugh. Then at other times Black brings home how alien demon's really are, there ability to justify all actions for the need of there cause. Unable to understand why morals should stop them from achieving what they want.
The final paragraphs from The Devil's Due are some of my favorite, but I'll just leave the final two to sum things up.
The fate of the entire human race rests on the ability of this council of angry, antagonistic misfits to work together, to be honest with one another, and to watch each others backs. I have two words for you.
We're doomed.
Bottom Line:
This is a hardcore entry into the fantastic world of Morgan Kingsley, for any reader's who've had doubts about the series this should lay them to rest. These characters are growing, not just in the book, but on me. For those of you who have yet to try this series out, do it's one of the few demon/exorcist series out there and it does the UF genre proud.
Sexual Content:
This one is not as heavy on the male on male action as previous books, in fact I don't think there's much besides a few sweet kisses and dirty talk. However some readers may not like it. There are some other graphic sex scenes, but mainly between Morgan and her boyfriend.
Rating: 5/5- Fabulous, a beautiful obsession.
audiobookmel's review against another edition
4.0
Review originally posted at BooksOfMyHeart.net.
So, I’m continuing my reread of Jenna Black’s Morgan Kingsley series. I still really enjoy this series.
In The Devil’s Due, Morgan is approached by a well-to-do woman who asks Morgan to exorcise her son. This woman is sure her son didn’t agree to be possessed. He was a member of God’s Wrath, which is a demon hate group. They believe in killing the human hosts, along with the demons. Problem is, if Morgan exorcises him, she can be charged with murder of the demon (humans believe that exorcising a demon kills them, when it just sends them back to the demon realm).
We also learn a lot more about what the demons on Earth have been up to. They want more malleable hosts and were using genetics to accomplish this. Lugh, the demon king, is just now learning about all of this. His brother, Raphael, knows about some of it, but not much, or so he says.
Lugh has also determined that he needs to set up a demon council on the Earthly plane, since he is stuck here for the foreseeable future. This makes for finding hosts for a demon that needs to be summoned, which doesn’t sit well with Morgan.
Adam, the demon cop, also continues to be a pain in Morgan’s rear. Dom, former demon host and Adam’s boyfriend, is still as sweet as ever. Brian, Morgan’s human boyfriend, is present a lot too. There’s times I love him and there are times when I want to shake him.
Speaking of shaking, Morgan needs her head pounded into the wall or something. She is a trainwreck. She just can’t seem to keep from pissing everyone off around her.
This continues to be an action packed urban fantasy story. There is the part about of the possessed hate group member which adds a nice mystery to the story, in addition to the overall story arc. I can’t remember how this is all wrapped up, but I have two books left in this series and I can’t wait to get to that point.
So, I’m continuing my reread of Jenna Black’s Morgan Kingsley series. I still really enjoy this series.
In The Devil’s Due, Morgan is approached by a well-to-do woman who asks Morgan to exorcise her son. This woman is sure her son didn’t agree to be possessed. He was a member of God’s Wrath, which is a demon hate group. They believe in killing the human hosts, along with the demons. Problem is, if Morgan exorcises him, she can be charged with murder of the demon (humans believe that exorcising a demon kills them, when it just sends them back to the demon realm).
We also learn a lot more about what the demons on Earth have been up to. They want more malleable hosts and were using genetics to accomplish this. Lugh, the demon king, is just now learning about all of this. His brother, Raphael, knows about some of it, but not much, or so he says.
Lugh has also determined that he needs to set up a demon council on the Earthly plane, since he is stuck here for the foreseeable future. This makes for finding hosts for a demon that needs to be summoned, which doesn’t sit well with Morgan.
Adam, the demon cop, also continues to be a pain in Morgan’s rear. Dom, former demon host and Adam’s boyfriend, is still as sweet as ever. Brian, Morgan’s human boyfriend, is present a lot too. There’s times I love him and there are times when I want to shake him.
Speaking of shaking, Morgan needs her head pounded into the wall or something. She is a trainwreck. She just can’t seem to keep from pissing everyone off around her.
This continues to be an action packed urban fantasy story. There is the part about of the possessed hate group member which adds a nice mystery to the story, in addition to the overall story arc. I can’t remember how this is all wrapped up, but I have two books left in this series and I can’t wait to get to that point.
I’m just not as nice as Brian. I hold grudges and nurse my anger like a well-loved baby. Why a man like him loved someone like me was beyond my comprehension.
“I know you’re not the enemy,” I murmured against his collarbone as he returned my embrace. “And I’m sorry I’m such a bitch. I just… I want my life back, and I know I’m not going to get it, at least not anytime soon.”
“I understand,” he assured me. “And I love you even when you’re being bitchy.”
I couldn’t help laughing. “Good thing, that.”
His lips brushed the top of my head. “Yup.” I laughed again, slapping his chest and taking a step back. “Jerk! You didn’t have to agree with me.”
Raphael visibly bristled. “I thought I’d just passed your test of loyalty. Apparently, I was mistaken.”
“I believe in your loyalty,” Lugh said with a sardonic smile. “Your honesty, however, is still very much in question.”
lunajinxruby's review
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.0