Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: The Trouble with Trying to Love a Hellion
SERIES: Murder Sprees and Mute Decrees
AUTHOR: Jennifer Cody
PUBLISHER: Self-published
LENGHT: 189 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 28, 2023
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Edovard:
Um…I was told I’m supposed to summarize my story here, but recently I’ve learned that blurbs are hard so I’m not sure what to say.
My name is Edovard Durand Folange. I’m twenty seven years old from Fresno, California, and recently I moved across the country to live with my new parents and brother. Oppa kills people for a living, and Papa is his announcer guy, and my brother is like his assistant, and I guess it turns out I’m the person the magic tells who needs to die—it’s called being an Augur. I don’t really know what that word means, but even though it’s scary, I’m getting used to it.
It’s nice to have a job, but Santanos (he’s the Avatar of Evil) offered me a second job, and I’m really excited about that because I get to work with him and help him fix the minions. A lot of them aren’t doing very well, so my second job is to make sure that everyone gets as much love as they need in their lives. Sometimes that means killing people who are stealing all the love away from them. I guess maybe I’m a little evil too, because I don’t mind letting Oppa kill those people to save the minions.
The Trouble with Trying to Love a Hellion is a 52k MM+ paranormal romance, featuring a cinnamon roll narrator with more than the usual amount of love to give and a sultry incubus who happens to be the Avatar of Evil. If the minions are especially affectionate with the cinnabun, well, who can blame them when he’s the best cuddler they’ve ever met?
Contents include: blood, viscera, someone dies because they call Edovard dumb, and Edovard accidentally creates a polycule, but that’s ok because he’s just making sure everyone gets enough love to be emotionally healthy.
REVIEW:
Note: This is the third book in this series. it’s not recommended as a standalone – you’ll be completely lost!
This series is a lot of fun. It’s really incredibly difficult to describe though. The snark and the banter are still here in this newest episode, but Edovard as the narrating POV makes this one a bit different. He is so full of love and so new to this fantastical world that his perspective is definitely different to the other two books. Fox and Romily and Bellamy are his new family, but he takes a job working for the Avatar of Evil, Santanos. His assistants Gregory and Hassan are feeding him, but hurting themselves so Edovard, or Pupper as he is nicknamed by everyone, begins feeding them all with his love – despite his family being former enemies of this group. It’s quite a change from the previous stories 🙂
There is less murder and mayhem, although there are a few moments that cause Edovard to lose his lunch. He’s just not good with blood and murder. His real job is to spread love and help the evil minions do their evil without hurting innocent people. The schemes he helped come up with were highly entertaining. This one had a totally different vibe, but was still entertaining. Edovard loves everyone and he wants to share his love and light and make everybody healthy. What a great idea! Edovard is so sweet and innocent and surprising to so many people 🙂
This was a much sweeter story than the previous two books and a little less exciting, but I’m still invested in this crazy world Ms. Cody has come up with her. Fans of the series I think will really enjoy this installment. Definitely recommended.
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