Reviewed by Roberta

TITLE: Between Good & Evil

SERIES: Heavenly Sins, Book 2

AUTHOR: L M Brown

PUBLISHER: Totally Bound Publishing

LENGTH: 189 Pages

BLURB:

s it possible for a demon to be a good man, or are all who have fallen for temptation evil at the core?

Tristan, Machidiel and Alastor are bound together by love, but their lives are running far from smooth. Thanks to Tristan’s demonic bargain with an incubus, they have no choice other than to accept that their lives are never going to be the same again.

To fulfil his obligations to the demon Tristan has two choices—remain with the incubus as his trainee or find a mortal to take his place. Neither option is appealing.

The three lovers struggle to release Tristan from his bargain, but find bigger problems on the horizon when a human caught up in the mess is taken prisoner by the Demon King himself.

With no help forthcoming from either angels or demons, the three lovers are on their own with a seemingly impossible mission before them—rescue the mortal from the Underworld.

Mac, meanwhile, has problems of his own. The archangels are voting on whether to ban relationships between angels and demons, and if the new law is passed he must choose between his wings and his lovers.

The three of them believe their love is strong enough to see them through the hard times ahead, but if they aren’t careful the repercussions of Tristan’s bargain could tear their ménage apart forever.

Reader Advisory: This book contains multiple male ménage.

Publisher’s Note: This book was previously released by another publisher. It has been revised and re-edited for release with Totally Bound Publishing.

REVIEW:

I read the first book and was so interested in what happens in the second book.  This book picks up right after the end of the first book and that was a really great thing.

Tristian, Mac and Alastor are in a world of WTFuckery.  Tristian made a deal with Lawrence, the incubus who has been working on Tristian since college to turn into an incubus.  Tristian has to go with Lawrence and learn his new powers. It’s not something that he wants to do, as he truly isn’t feeling Lawrence AT ALL!! Mac still has his mission of saving both Tristian and Alastor.  Alastor is trying to deal with his feelings of insecurity and jealousy.

On his first trip with Lawrence, Tristian sees this cute younger guy, Cody whom he finds attractive and tries his hand at feeding, yet Tristian can’t do it.  Lawrence gets upset and freezes Cody and tells Tristian to undo it and leaves.  Tristian gets Cody home and Tristian and Alastor try to help him. It doesn’t work and they go to the Demon King for help.  The Demon King does help, however, it comes at a price..Cody. Cody is now stuck in Hell and Tristian and Alastor and Mac are trying to figure out how to save him.

During the time where The Guys are trying to figure out what to do….Mac is dealing with his own issues.  Raphael isn’t acting right.  He becomes more and more hostile towards Mac and Mac isn’t understanding why.  Michael is becoming more of a mentor towards him. It seems to be a power-play in motion and Mac, Tristian and Alastor are pawns.  As Archangels, these guys give advice in a round-about way and you can see the help and the manipulations happening.

Alastor is dealing with his jealously of Tristian and Mac’s seemingly wonderful bond.  The way they seem to just come together with such ease.  It’s hard to see as these two men mean the WORLD to Alastor and he just can’t help himself, he doesn’t think that he matters to them the same way as they do to each other. It was hard to watch him to undervalue his worth in their relationship and that actually carries on throughout the book.

The secondary characters in this book were so great. Michael, who is being helpful and kind and doing his best to help all three of the characters, not just Mac.  I really liked that about him.  Raphael, well…this “angel” needs to go back and learn some lessons.  He’s a dick.  But there is more going on with him than we’ve seen thus far.  I have a feeling I know what his deal is…but I will wait to see if I’m right. Cody…this poor kid.  He’s just out to get laid and ends up in Hell.  I get the whole angry as hell, pissed off vibe that he throws out and why he’s got some revenge on his mind.  I totally get it.  Nybbas, the leader of the dream demons, well he was just a wonderful character.  He was snarky, arrogant and jackassiness.  Yet, he’s also got something to protect and care for.  I actually kinda like him.

There was again a fair amount of sexy time in this story, yet, each time it wasn’t PWP, it was to show emotion.  These guys show their love for each other thru the way they are with each other.  Their intimate times show what they can’t actually say to each other.  I know that they say that they love each other a lot, however, I felt it more in their moments together.

I really liked that this book deals with jealously and one partner’s view of himself in the relationship. I liked that you got to see that these guys were together in a past lives.  It was wonderful to know that they have always been bound. I really liked that aspect of the book and even knowing what was happening…it was wonderful to see them deal with what happened and what makes them strong.

I really can’t wait to see how what happens next.  Such a fun series that really keeps you hooked and wanting more.

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