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A review by cressida
Legacy of Temptation by Larissa Ione
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Before I begin, I want to say that I got an eARC from Netgalley for this book and I appreciate being entrusted with that responsibility.
This book is the beginning of a spinoff series where we follow the previous series' children. I did not know this when I requested the novel, and I have not read that series. I am very happy to report that you can enter the world through this novel, and while things are referenced from past stories you will not be lost.
This novel specifically follows Eva, a human working for Aegis -a supernatural hunting company that is very antidemon - and Logan, the son of Regan and one of our four Housemen. Within the first few chapters I worried that this book was not going to be what I had hoped, but I kept coming back to it and choosing it over the other novels I am reading. Very. Bingeable. I enjoyed a lot of the side characters and can see a book in the future with some of these as main characters and would pick those up too. It was fast paced, had a lot of action and some spice and kept me turning pages.
Which brings me to why this rating isn't higher: the plotline (this will be spoiler free) involving heaven did not make as much sense to me as I hoped, and is the only part of the novel that makes me think perhaps I needed to read the other series prior to this. Mostly this subplot felt unnecessary right up until the end. The near ending was not as satisfying to me as I had hoped, as it felt like a deus ex machina in order to force the HEA. It was still a good read despite this, but it does prevent me from rating it higher.
This book is the beginning of a spinoff series where we follow the previous series' children. I did not know this when I requested the novel, and I have not read that series. I am very happy to report that you can enter the world through this novel, and while things are referenced from past stories you will not be lost.
This novel specifically follows Eva, a human working for Aegis -a supernatural hunting company that is very antidemon - and Logan, the son of Regan and one of our four Housemen. Within the first few chapters I worried that this book was not going to be what I had hoped, but I kept coming back to it and choosing it over the other novels I am reading. Very. Bingeable. I enjoyed a lot of the side characters and can see a book in the future with some of these as main characters and would pick those up too. It was fast paced, had a lot of action and some spice and kept me turning pages.
Which brings me to why this rating isn't higher: the plotline (this will be spoiler free) involving heaven did not make as much sense to me as I hoped, and is the only part of the novel that makes me think perhaps I needed to read the other series prior to this. Mostly this subplot felt unnecessary right up until the end. The near ending was not as satisfying to me as I had hoped, as it felt like a deus ex machina in order to force the HEA. It was still a good read despite this, but it does prevent me from rating it higher.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Child death and Vomit