Son of the Morning by Akwaeke EmeziMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
I received this book for free, this does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review
The Kincaids had their own world, a world of sideways realities where they hunted down dangers in the thick of the trees.
Son of the Morning was a sex-on-a-stick insta-lust paranormal romance. The main star of the show was Galilee Kincaid, trying to establish some independence from the fierce Kincaid women, she moves of their land and tries to live a “normal” life. However, there's something even the favored Kincaids sense is wrong/different about Galilee, but their matriarch Darling Kincaid isn't talking and Galilee does her best to stifle any powers she may feel trying to bubble up. It's when she meets Lucifer Helel, there's no mistaking here, she knows he's the literal Devil, that Galilee gets put on a crash course of fate, truth, and embracing your power.
She wanted to be seized, and he had so many teeth.
This started off with some enticing magic and fantasy elements. The beginning gave us time to learn the characters, the Kincaid women, led by Darling Kincaid and Galilee's cousin Celestial, along with Galilee's friends, Bonbon and Oriaku, were deeply fascinating secondary characters in their own right and I missed them when they disappeared for a bit in the middle. There were also Lucifer's princes that gave enough that I wanted to spend more time with them all, we get the most out of Leviathan and while he has his own mini-arc in this, I still think the cover layout promise of more the merrier should have been delivered earlier in the book so we could have gotten more of it. Basically, extremely strong secondary characters that are going to have you begging this to be a series.
“It might be an end, but a whisper in me wonders if it could also be a beginning.”
Our main stars, Galilee and Lucifer had that insta-lust that never quite delivers on the depth of relationship I'm looking for but it was hot. Galilee was at turns strong, vulnerable, lost, and fierce, basically what you'd look for from a character trying to learn her origins, finding out she's mixed up in millennia old beef between Heaven and Hell, and having the Devil get off from her burning touch. For being the literal Devil, Lucifer didn't pop off the pages as much as I would have liked, but in service to Galilee his character worked.
The Devil had betrayed her, and an angel was whispering in her ear.
The mystery of who Galilee really is, who's the villain pov, why is the Hellgate suddenly letting demons out, and the lurking around the edges war between Heaven and Hell will intrigue but it did wrap up a bit abruptly for me. I missed how some of the strong secondary characters disappeared for long stretches, but if you're looking for some angels and devils warring, this would be a sexy little number to pick up.
(entirely aside: happy to see you back!)
ReplyDeleteNote one: this title will always make me think of the Linda Howard book, sorry.
Note two: this review makes me almost sad I'm mostly past my sex-on-a-stick insta-lust paranormal romance stage.
Like everyone else I was starting to get close to running on empty but had projects and activities leading up to Nov. 4 and just had no time for reading or reviewing. I'm focusing these last too months on more local issues, food drives, and slowing down to build my energy back up, so hopefully that will lead to more reading! I still have your Kate Claybourn review bookmarked to read because I need to see your thoughts on it (I think I saw you say you liked it, so I'm exited for the joy).
DeleteImmediately what I thought of when I saw the title too. Us old hats, lol.
Listen, a couple sex-on-a-stick scenes in this, no one should be past! Doctors could be prescribing the more the merrier ending scene for hypotension.