This isn’t your average apocalypse. We’ve got biblical figures to the right, the Angels and the Devils, and ancient myths to the left, gods and all. I’m somewhere in the middle, though I’m sure some might think I lean more towards the right. My soul belongs to a Demon, you see, because my oh so loving parents sold it before I was born for money and privilege. Too bad none of that means anything … anything now.
Is it all connected? Probably, if my bad luck has anything to say about it. When the owner of my soul comes and forces me to do things I hate, well, I’ll deal with that when the time comes. For now, I’m going to get my friends and family out of here, somewhere safe.
To all the gods and Angels in my way: watch out. With my Mark, I’m invincible. Death will not have me yet.
When my Demon comes knocking we’re all in trouble. Especially me. Because he is not what I expected. Devastatingly handsome and infuriatingly annoying.
Death will not have me…but the Devil might.
A Mark Unwilling is the first in The Reckoning trilogy, an Urban Fantasy/Apocalyptic mashup perfect for fans of Buffy, Supernatural, and quirky characters!
Out now: book 2, A Betrayal So Cruel.
Coming soon: book 3, A Reckoning So Sweet.
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Where do I even start with this one? The premise was really interesting and I was intrigued by the prologue. Unfortunately that was the only good part of the entire book.
A Mark Unwilling follows 20 year old Lexa, who her parents sold her soul to a demon in exchange of money. And I hope you like mythical and paranormal creatures because there are warlocks, vampires, Greek gods, angels, demon, biblical figures and I don’t even know what else. Apparently there is an apocalypse happening and Lexa is somewhat connected with it.
The story starts with Lexa living a pretty normal life going to college and her only friend is David, a 300-years old warlock. So when a shooting happens in campus, ordinary-living Lexa goes straight to the shooter and actually kills him, wondering how?
‘I raise the gun, leaning the stock on my shoulder. I’ve seen a lot of movies, so I knew vaguely what to do.’
Do I even have to say how stupid that is? And it doesn’t end there. Lexa ends up in hospital because she’s been shot, she tells the police that she killed the man and then just walks out of the hospital a few days later with NOTHING happening. Her only worry is to avoid the media and the university president that wants to talk to her. And then she goes back to classes like everything is normal.
Literally a few pages later an other killing is happening. People are gutted in front of Lexa and she doesn’t even blink an eye. And the same goes for the rest of the book. Everyone says that the world is going to end and then they worry about the stupidest things you could imagine. The apocalypse horseman rises and Lexa worries that her car got destroyed and then they barely make it alive and the FBI guy says that he left his coffee behind. No one gave any shit or shown any true fear in a situation that the world is suppose to end. How is this realistic?
Later a little’s girl mom dies and she doesn’t even ask for her until much later and she accepts the lame excuse they give her immediately with no further questions. What kind of an 8-year old would act like that when her mother was missing?
Finally Lexa meets the devil himself:
‘Besides your anime hair, you look good.’
He lightly touches his hair. ‘ Anime hair?What does that mean?’
WHAT? This is supposed to be the Devil, that’s the conversation you’re having. At this point my eyes didn’t just roll, they left my head altogether and I stopped highlighting every dialogue I found stupid because I just wanted to be done with this book.
I could probably accept the plot and everything going on, even thought nothing is really explained. But the dialogues were so stupid and everyone acted immature that pretty much destroyed the whole story. Everyone talked like a 12-year-old, whether they were 20, 50 or 300. And of course the complete lack of any kind of emotion made that book very disappointing. Instead everyone was joking or been sarcastic. I do actually enjoy sarcasm but here it didn’t fit in most situations nor it had any limits.