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heabooknerd's review
5.0
DEMONBANE hit the perfect fantasy romance spot for me and I loved how fiery Minerva and Cazien were together. Their chemistry jumped off the page and I thoroughly enjoyed their fighting as foreplay mentality. I mean they have a running joke that Cazien's fantasy is pleasuring Minerva while she holds a knife to his throat. These two were absolute fire!
Cazien might be feared with a dangerous reputation that precedes him everywhere he goes but Minerva had no issues going toe-to-toe with him. I also loved how tough Minerva was on her own and how she could take care of herself and kick some serious butt.
I will say that the overall world building was a bit light in some areas and Minerva and Cazien's personal histories were sparse but the fast paced action, adventurous treasure hunt, and steamy romance more than made up for that in my eyes.
Content Warning: past attempted rape
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Favorite Quotes:
Gods, his voice was sin and my cheeks flushed with anger and desire. So I did what I’d done to other men who thought they could get me between the sheets with a few words. I slid a dagger the length of my palm from the bandolier and threw it. It landed in the lip of the chair exposed by his spread legs. A clear threat.
Instead of shock, or instinctual panic, Cazien’s eyes grew hotter and his smirk turned positively lustful. “Violence, my favorite form of foreplay.”
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“Why do you call me that?” Our voices had dropped to a whisper, hardly heard above the storm battering the ship outside.
“Because I like the way you look at me when I say it.”
I raised an eyebrow. “With annoyance?”
The left side of his lips quirked up, like he knew a secret I didn’t. “With challenge. No one, especially women, look at me the way you do. The only people who look at me the way you do are on the battlefield.”
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“The first time I met you, I knew you were beautiful and full of so much fire. And when you threw that dagger between my legs, I wanted to beg you to do it again.”
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His lip curled into a smirk, twisting the embers of arousal inside of me until they burned towards my heart. “I doubt you’ll ever need a hero, Min.” Oh, I liked it when he called me that. “Perhaps someone to watch your back. But you’re not a damsel in need of rescuing.”
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“I see you, Cazien.” I wanted to wrap my arms around him, but his grip was adamant. “I see the darkness inside of you. The monster you hide behind. But I see the good, too. The good you refuse to believe in.”
Cazien might be feared with a dangerous reputation that precedes him everywhere he goes but Minerva had no issues going toe-to-toe with him. I also loved how tough Minerva was on her own and how she could take care of herself and kick some serious butt.
I will say that the overall world building was a bit light in some areas and Minerva and Cazien's personal histories were sparse but the fast paced action, adventurous treasure hunt, and steamy romance more than made up for that in my eyes.
Content Warning: past attempted rape
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Favorite Quotes:
Gods, his voice was sin and my cheeks flushed with anger and desire. So I did what I’d done to other men who thought they could get me between the sheets with a few words. I slid a dagger the length of my palm from the bandolier and threw it. It landed in the lip of the chair exposed by his spread legs. A clear threat.
Instead of shock, or instinctual panic, Cazien’s eyes grew hotter and his smirk turned positively lustful. “Violence, my favorite form of foreplay.”
- - - - -
“Why do you call me that?” Our voices had dropped to a whisper, hardly heard above the storm battering the ship outside.
“Because I like the way you look at me when I say it.”
I raised an eyebrow. “With annoyance?”
The left side of his lips quirked up, like he knew a secret I didn’t. “With challenge. No one, especially women, look at me the way you do. The only people who look at me the way you do are on the battlefield.”
- - - - -
“The first time I met you, I knew you were beautiful and full of so much fire. And when you threw that dagger between my legs, I wanted to beg you to do it again.”
- - - - -
His lip curled into a smirk, twisting the embers of arousal inside of me until they burned towards my heart. “I doubt you’ll ever need a hero, Min.” Oh, I liked it when he called me that. “Perhaps someone to watch your back. But you’re not a damsel in need of rescuing.”
- - - - -
“I see you, Cazien.” I wanted to wrap my arms around him, but his grip was adamant. “I see the darkness inside of you. The monster you hide behind. But I see the good, too. The good you refuse to believe in.”
liviiemarie's review
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
5.0
First five star rating of the year. I typically don’t like slow burn romances, I’m too impatient for them, but I loved this book. The adventure was awesome. The whole treasure hunt thing only made the story more enticing. It’s made me excited to read more.
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