Can a professional mercenary who can't feel most emotions, and a dancer running towards the danger he's in find a way to work together? Or are they destined to fail?
From the blurb:
Devour is a full-length action/revenge MM romance with grumpy/sunshine, hurt/comfort, and found family vibes. This book does touch on dark, heavy themes, so please check trigger warnings.
Dante
My dream of becoming a principal dancer was shattered the night I witnessed my father’s murder.
Now, nothing will stop me from exacting revenge on the masked figures responsible.
Not even some cocky silver-haired COO of a private military company who thinks he knows what’s best for me.
He makes my blood heat in the worst way possible with his superficial charm and distracting looks.
He makes me crave what I can’t allow myself to have.
He’s convinced he can win me over, but if he doesn’t quit stalking me and stealing my kills, he’s gonna end up with my butterfly knife buried in his stupid mercenary heart.
Rev
My pretty hunter thinks he’s a killer.
But he’s not predisposed to spilling blood like me.
Sure, he’s prickly, stabby, and skilled in self-defense.
However, I see right through to the sensitive, vulnerable side he tries to hide.
He may not believe he needs me to be his grim reaper, but permission isn’t something I’m asking for. I won’t hesitate to cut down anyone who threatens him, no matter the size of their operation or the severity of their threats.
Baby boy can pretend to hate me all he wants.
It doesn’t change the fact that he’s mine.
Angel's review:
The Mercenary and his Murder Kitten was an interesting story to read. I'm not going to lie, it took me a bit to get into this book. The story started off a bit.. clunky to me. However, the more I kept reading the more things evened out, and certain events/behaviors started making sense.
Dante, also known as Murder Kitten, lives with his brother after losing both of their parents to vicious attacks on them. Dante used to be a dancer but now all he wants is revenge, going after the people who killed his dad gives him purpose, but when he runs into Rev he realizes that maybe revenge isn't the only thing that can bring him back to life.
Rev is a mercenary who has formed his own found family with the men and women he works alongside in his dangerous and brutal job. He never thought he'd ever be interested in someone to the degree that he's interested in Dante, but something about there's something about the Murder Kitten he just can't let go of. Which leads him to stalk his new prey, and that is when their story begins.
Once I was able to fully invest in the story, I found it to be a good book with interesting characters. I do think the side characters ended up catching my attention more so than the MC's but that's just because the side characters have such vibrant personalities that I was wanted to learn more about them. I do think Dante and Rev's relationship developed in a way that was natural to them, perhaps not in the healthiest way, but they didn't really care about that. My only complaint with their relationship is the fact that it was very focused on steamy times, even before they were together intimately, they were always talking about it. Which I know a lot of people will enjoy and like about them, I just have never been a fan of things heavily focused on steamy moments.
Having said that, I hope this world continues as I would LOVE to read a story about Forrest, and about Alaric as well. I think those two have Soo much to tell and I'd love to read about who they each end up with.
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