Publication Date: July 28th 2020
Genre: Adult Dystopian, Scifi Romance
Source: Netgalley
Synopsis:
The United States went belly up 45 years ago when our power grid was wiped out. Too few live in well-protected isolation while the rest of us scrape by on the margins. The only thing that matters is survival. By any means. At any cost.
Nina is an information broker with a mission: to bring hope to the darkest corners of Atlanta. She and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to help those in need. But altruism doesn’t pay the bills—raiding vaults and collecting sensitive data is where the real money is.
Knox is a bitter, battle-weary supersoldier who leads the Silver Devils, an elite strike squad that chose to go AWOL rather than slaughter innocents. Before the Devils leave town for good, they need a biochem hacker to stabilize the experimental implants that grant their superhuman abilities.
The problem? Their hacker’s been kidnapped. And the ransom for her return is Nina. Knox has the perfect bait for a perfect trap: a lost Library of Congress server. The data could set Nina and her team up for years…
If they live that long.
*I would like to thank Netgalley and Tor for a copy of this book in return for an honest review*
” You don’t get that good at killing by being a sweet little pussy cat”
Post Apocalyptic romance with tons of action, banter and unexpected twists!
Deal With The Devil is based in a post-apocalyptic world that is really run and controlled by biochemically enhanced individuals who work for a Tech company. A group of mercenary librarians and rogue soldiers come together for a mission full of secrets, lies, romance and rebellion!
Wow this book was a completely unexpected read that was just everything I needed and some I didn’t even know I needed. So as with many books that I absolutely adore it will be hard to put into coherent words about just how fantastic this book was!
” ‘ I’m willing to concede that killing people to earn money in order to save people may seem a little counterintuitive.’Dani shrugged. ‘But I only kill bad guys.’ “
I have to admit that at the beginning I was a little confused and the way in which information is shared. I really came to appreciate Kit Rocha’s approach at telling the story and found that the format of how information was shared really worked for the flow of the story. You slowly are introduced to the characters, their backgrounds and the situation of what is going on. We get chapters from each side characters perspective throughout the book as well as security records/information form the organizations on the character that add to their background.
I enjoyed all of the characters and their interactions with each other. There was humor, banter and tons of sass! Each one had their own strengths and weaknesses, which you learn about throughout the whole story. There were some fierce females that I absolutely adored and thought were so kick ass! Some were a little morally gray, but also had redeemable qualities.
The romance was too great! I enjoyed the tension and obstacles that impacted the relationship. There were also some steamy moment. Having a romance in this type of story was interesting and definitely added to the overall story. You see hints of other romances budding and I am excited to follow up with them in the next books!
” Her kiss was as bold as she was, fearless and intense, hot enough to pull a man under and make him beg to keep drowning.”
Overall I was completely shocked and blown away by this book. With all of the action, scheming and missions, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. There were some interesting scifi elements that added some unique qualities to the book. I was all about the female in this book and thought they were killer! (no pun intended!) The humor and comments from Dani were probably the best part for me! All of the characters really added personality to the story and really getting to see the backstory for the characters and how they got to where they are was a nice element. And that ending! My mind was completely blown and I need to know what is going to happen!
