Devil, take me. A bewitchingly sexy urban fantasy filled with magic and motorcycles from Jennifer Rush, author of the Altered saga. In the world of the “kindled,” Crowe is as close as it gets to being king. Unforgivably gorgeous and in possession of dangerous magic, Crowe is the leader of the Devils’ League, a kindled motorcycle gang once headed by his father. Now desperate for answers about … father. Now desperate for answers about his father’s mysterious death, Crowe is too preoccupied to resist the pull of Jemmie Carmichael, the only girl who’s ever been able to see through his tough-guy persona.
But Jemmie has her own problems. The only kindled who can’t cast a simple spell without falling apart, she has to prove her own worth every day, and she doesn’t have time to worry about Crowe’s troubles–especially when she’s just moved on from the last time he broke her heart…right into the arms of rival gang prospect Darek. Then the annual kindled festival comes to town, and the powder keg of tension surrounding Jemmie and Crowe explodes.
Someone at the festival is practicing forbidden magic, and soon the people closest to Jemmie and Crowe begin to disappear, one by one. With no one else to trust, they’ll have to lean on each other to save the people they love most, even if that means confronting everything unspoken between them.
Come on a ride that will leave you breathless.
This book is the perfect example why I’m incapable of reducing the number of books on my TBR. Because if you have tons of books you want to read and at first glance all of them sound just as interesting you (or at least me) go by others average rating. Well in this case I’m glad that I didn’t listen to others opinion and gave into the call this book was projected toward me because I freaking loved it.
The writing is really great and it was pretty easy to get into the story from the first chapter. It just has lightness to it that project an amazing atmosphere. Apart from this I also really liked the world building, maybe it was not as intricate and complex as some of the YA fantasy books lately and some of the whole MC element to it is not as prominent than it should have been but for me it just worked with its simplicity and all. I adored the magic system and every part to it, the different kind of abilities and how the clubs represented different ‘families’, alliances. The whole world building is an interesting combination of mostly unusual and rare elements. It really appealed to me and not just the society of it but the way they were introduced as well. It just felt effortless, natural and genuine.
The plot was also really interesting but more on the simpler spectrum and maybe around the last third it became quite predictable I still liked it. It was quick, thrilling, fast paced, eventful but emotional as well. I flew through it within a couple of hours and this book helped me out of a pretty bad reading slump. The storyline is mostly focused on the action and the mystery but there is a hint of romance as well in it. The romance is a bit of a love-triangle what I usually don’t like still there was something subtle yet strong about it that made the lines clear.
I adored Jem, from the beginning she is a really great and relatable character. She is in a pretty complicating situation, with her magical troubles and her personal heartbreak as well which creates an emotional whirlwind thorough the book. I felt for her, she just wanted to belong but was afraid to confide in her friends or family. She is smart, unique and powerful but she is also isolated and lonely. For me it was a perfect combination in a protagonist. I liked her but her demeanor in the end of the book kinda throw me off and broke my heart. I hope there is going to be a next book in the series but I already know but the ending of the book doesn’t promise great things for her in it.
It was just good all around and I don’t really get why others didn’t like it as much. Because it may have some generic concept to it, still the author combined the different elements in a way that it works together without giving of overused vibes.