Damien is bad—the original Evil. Satan from Hell on Earth has been his identity since forever. The Devil. Beelzebub. Minister of Evil. Prince of Darkness. Lucifer. Old Scratch.He’s never been given a choice in this prison of fate, but it’s his turn now.Hell is about to meet his match. When Damien gets a woman, the only underworld he’s ever known changes. She’s chosen for him, but she’s enough… … but she’s enough…
Cynthia doesn’t believe in Hell; she believes in kindness and science, and the greater good. She’s perfect, and pure and…
dying.
But she’s his.
And he’ll move Heaven and Hell to keep her.
This is Anne Conley’s final installment in the Four Winds series.
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Cover:
Pretty, super fitting of Damien and the story itself and clearly matches the rest of the series so… perfect.
Editing/Proofing:
Nearly perfect! Definitely a big difference in the books edited by Beyond Def vs anyone else, this series is a clear example of that.
Formatting:
Seriously wouldn’t mind if every book I ever read looked like this… even though the design specifically fits this story… it’s just so pretty.
Character development:
Advanced. We’ve seen Damien throughout this series and his character never changes. Conley knows how to design a character and then keep them IN character for the duration of their / the series’ life. I also feel she does an amazing job of describing human feelings from the point of view of someone who’s experiencing them for the first time ever. She doesn’t take anything for granted, and seems to get this right throughout the entire series. As Damien falls and evolves, par for this series, it’s fascinating, but befitting of his character and backstory.
Plot / Overall:
This installment is a bit of a dichotomy in and of itself. It’s got archangels turning vengeful, while still inherently good and the devil trying to change his ways. A non-believer forced to believe, but still not exactly believing…
I’m a big fan. I absolutely love the concept – we get to see the devil experience human emotions and what it might take for him to change his ways. As a very strict non-believer, I can still get behind Conley’s spin on the archangels, God, and Satan all day long. I’ve read other books that tackle this and similar topics and never really been able to get into them; usually some religious aspect comes into it somewhere and turns me off. Conley knows how to keep it real and does throughout the whole series. By “real”, I mean plausible, and I don’t feel like anything is being shoved down my throat. It’s more like… she’s given me a different light to see things in. And regardless of any beliefs or lack thereof, basic right/wrong and dark/light are present here – also keeping it as spiritual or non-spiritual as the reader wants it.
Falling for Cyn was a bit of a rollercoaster ride. As someone who annoyingly predicts EVERYthing, I really wasn’t sure what direction this one would ultimately take. The possibilities were endless and the scenario volatile. I was also too busy absorbing it all to worry about guessing, and not much sucks me in to that extent. For that alone, (as if everything else I’ve said didn’t qualify this) I’ve gotta give it the the full 5 stars.
Completely brilliant series and my review of the series as a whole is also below.
Overall Series:
This series features beautiful formatting and advanced character development; I feel the author’s brilliance is highly underrated and that really shows in this series in particular.
With this series, there’s the surface: the banter, the characters meeting and falling for one another, the heat, etc. And then there’s more, but only if you want there to be. Conley has an uncanny ability to say things without actually saying them, if that makes sense. The content can really prompt some thinking… or the reader can just let the witty content suck them in and enjoy an escape from reality. That’s the brilliance in Conley’s writing: it’s multifaceted.