Azagoth- Larissa Ione (Demonica Underworld)
Pages: 231
Reading Time: Approx. 4.5 hours
Rating: ★★★★★
Do you like the Grim Reaper?
Okay, sure, he’s typically a bony dude in a black dress, with a big ol’ scythe, right? Well, what if he was a smoking hot fallen angel with tattoos and abs? Riiiight? You get it.
Azagoth has been the overseer of naughty human and demon souls for thousands of years, locked away in Sheoul-gra and unable to ever leave. After thousands of years being a glorified sperm donor for Heaven to create Memitim, angel hybrids, Azagoth has decided he’s had enough. No more unwilling angel maidens will be sent to his door. The next one that does, he intends to permanently keep with him in Sheoul-gra, as his mate.
Lilliana is a time-traveling angel who broke some rules that were, quite honestly, pretty damn stupid rules. I won’t spoil it, but she has reasons for breaking the rules. Unfortunately, Heaven and the other angels are real sticklers about their rules. When the archangel Raphael calls Lilliana to him, she expects her punishment, but what she doesn’t expect are the two choices he gives her.
Either go make happy with Azagoth in Hell, permanently, or get angel-lobotomized and be a miserable peon the rest of her very long existence. Lilliana isn’t a dumb ass. She knows about Azagoth, at least the rumors about him, but he’s still the lesser of the two evils. Just as she’s mulling it over, Raphael gives her a third option. She has 30 days to make up her mind in Sheoul-gra and, if she steals Azagoth’s chronoglass, an object that lets him look into time, Lilliana will be free to return to Heaven and continue doing whatever it was she normally did without being angel-lobotomized.
Thus, the beginnings of the spark between Azagoth and Lilliana. This book is a relatively short read, but that doesn’t mean it’s boring or feels incomplete in the least. I devoured this book, found myself groaning and laughing, and wishing I could shake some sense into both of the main characters’ heads. You get to see some old characters return and have their brief time to shine, but it’s more about Azagoth and Lilli’s quick, steamy romance. Both characters go through a transformation and you really get a beautiful, satisfying ending to the book without too much blood or tears having to be shed. The world-building, even as narrow as the setting was, is still incredible. Larissa’s storytelling never fails to entertain, and I had a great time reading this book from cover to cover.
