Deal with the Devil

     

Title: Deal with the Devil

Series: Mercenary Librarians #1

Author: Kit Rocha

Publisher: July 28, 2020

Pages: 336

Genre: Urban Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Nina is an information broker with a mission--she and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to save the hopeless in a crumbling America.

Knox is the bitter, battle-weary captain of the Silver Devils. His squad of supersoldiers went AWOL to avoid slaughtering innocents, and now he's fighting to survive.

They're on a deadly collision course, and the passion that flares between them only makes it more dangerous. They could burn down the world, destroying each other in the process...

Or they could do the impossible: team up.

This is a really fun concept for a series. I love post-apocalyptic settings! I love badass soldier types and alpha holes. I think, had I read this book back in 2010 I would have been absolutely RAVENOUS for it! Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed myself, and I am interested in the other 2 books in the trilogy. I just wasn't as invested in these two main characters as I would like to be.

Nina is the leader of her little girl gang of vigilante librarians. Knox is the leader of his little guy gang of vigilante soldiers. They might as well be fated mates, but those don't exist in this universe. But Nina's girl gang? I love them! 

The world building and technology discussed in this book is super interesting. So if badasses reading through the apocalypse are your jam, this is the series for you.

Ratings

Stars: 3/5

Spice: 2/5