Author: Lark Taylor
Genre/s and tags: Paranormal, Queer, Angels/Demons, Found Family, MMM Romance
Publication date: May 11, 2023
Content Warnings: stalking, violence and injury detail, illness, anxiety attacks, references to domestic abuse relating to a side character, foster care discussions, war, drugs
Synopsis
One demon. One angel. A relationship that’s failed so many times. Could it really be just one human they’ve been missing?
Dagon
For centuries, Dimitri and I have tried to make it work. Each time we’ve been torn apart by our dominant natures, neither of us willing to back down. A hundred years ago, I thought he’d betrayed me in the worst possible way. In a fit of anger, we made a deal that led to my downfall.
Now Dimitri is back in my life, reshaping our history with the truth. But love still isn’t enough to make it work, not when being together tears us apart.
When he tells me he’s met our human mate, I can’t help but hope that Lucky will be the key to loving Dimitri the way I’ve always wanted.
But with Hell knocking at our door and an uprising threatening us all, can we persuade Lucky to give us a chance before it’s too late?
Dimitri
I haven’t given up on Dagon for one hundred years, and I won’t now.
When Lucky crosses my path, I finally understand why Dagon and I have never quite worked. Fate never intended us to be a couple…we were destined to be a triad. Lucky is the piece we need to complete us.
Winning Lucky over won’t be easy. Someone is hurting him, making him put up walls that are nearly impossible for us to cross.
But chasing Dagon has taught me that I’m a stubborn angel. I won’t give up on either of my mates.
Lucky
What an ironic nickname. Never in my life has anything lucky ever happened to me.
But everything changes when I meet Dagon and Dimitri. Two super-hot guys who aren’t put off by my inexperience? All my dreams are coming true.
Not for long though. Even with my boss and his family looking out for me, I know it’s only a matter of time before my past catches up to me.
So, for now, I’m going to soak up every drop of happiness Dimitri and Dagon have to offer.
Drink it up and pray they forgive me when I do what I always do.
Run…and don’t look back.
Review
Cue the happy tears as I give this series a final send-off 😭 Yes, this review is too long, no I don’t care!! I am happy and it took me way too long to form coherent thoughts so I’m sharing all of them!
I can’t believe it’s over. Was it really less than a year ago I stumbled across the blurb for Devil’s Mark, prompting me to immediately email the author and beg for an advanced copy?
If you’re new to the series, here is a quick spoiler-free recap.
The sons of Lucifer have abandoned Hell to live on Earth. They’ve spent the last century enjoying their freedom, doing as they please away from their father’s control. But things started changing a few years ago when the eldest brother, Cal, met Oscar. His fated mate. Since then the other brothers have found their partners as well, protecting them with everything they can as tensions with Hell start to rise. Now only one brother is left without his happily ever after, and he’s about to find it in the form of not one but TWO mates!
There has always been undeniable tension between Dagon and Dimitri. There’s clearly a past neither man is willing to share, but their interactions have illustrated all the ways they care and clash. No matter how much they want it to work, nearly 2,000 years of failure has proven that they can’t. Not as they are.
Enter Lucky. The human man who just so happens to be their mate. They were never two halves of a whole, they were a puzzle missing their final piece.
Lark did a wonderful job of showing just where Lucky fills in the gaps in their relationship. He isn’t the glue that holds the other two together, he’s a full partner, even if it takes them a while to convince him of that (a task his angel and demon are more than up to; these three generated enough heat to warm Hell!) 🔥🔥🔥
Lucky is a character I loved from page one. His life has been hard, isolating (this series is crack for lovers of hurt/comfort), and that’s part of why he is such a good choice for our angel and demon. With them, he gets double the love! And they both get someone to protect, someone who can bring gentleness to their lives.
“I’m so fucking happy the two of you can love each other how you always should’ve been able to. I’m sorry I kept you waiting so long.”
And it’s important to point out that their relationship worked. It’s not uncommon in poly stories to have characters with history who just don’t work but love each other enough that they can’t step away, even when every encounter leads to heartbreak. Meeting everyone’s needs requires a balance that sometimes two people alone can’t accomplish.
And as for how their relationship related to the plot, Lucky did so much more than balance the boys out. The symmetry between Dagon and Dimitri, a demon mated to an angel, was interesting enough before the addition of Lucky, a human. It wasn’t a random choice so the author could write a poly relationship. The trio literally represents Heaven, Earth, and Hell. One not being able to exist without the other ends up being very important to the conclusion of our story!
As always a fantastic cast of characters keeps us entertained between action and smut. Bailey was once again one of my favorites. There was this one moment towards the end where I was so. Damn. Proud. Of. Him! I have it on good authority that we might get to see his murder-husband’s reaction in a future scene and I am very excited about it!
Luck threw up his hands in exasperation, turning to River, Oscar, and Bailey. “Really? How the fuck do you guys put up with this?”
“We have a group chat.”
Lark has a writing style that just works for me. She lays things out books in advance, preparing the groundwork for what she has planned so that when it finally happens you’re met with this wonderful, “Ah-ha!” moment.
I had a feeling this would be a poly book after Devil May Care, and I’m glad I was right. With how much Dimitri and Dagon butted heads, I think I would have been disappointed to suddenly see them get their crap together and I don’t feel it would have lasted. Lucky, Dagon, and Dimitri were just meant to be.
Luck of the Devil is a wonderful final book for the sons of Lucifer and their mates. From the climax with Lucifer to the smut – Lark writes some of the best sex scenes in gay romance and the ones in Luck of the Devil are no exception! – she managed to give readers the perfect send-off.
To this group, at least. I’m thrilled we’ll be getting more in this world, with Ferry’s book coming out this summer and others on the horizon!
Thank you so much for the ARC Lark! 😇🧑🏻😈
*For the record, just because an author chooses to go in a direction you weren’t expecting doesn’t mean the decision is inherently bad. A good author tells their story and doesn’t necessarily pander to readers. Plenty of books don’t meet my expectations, it’s okay to feel disappointed or disagree with a decision, but harassing authors and tanking reviews for a difference in opinion, especially when you haven’t read the story, is never right.
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Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
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