Never Trust a S*x Demon

When I picked up the book, I thought it would be mainly a lot of smut and spice. After all, it has a demon of lust as one of the main characters. But I couldn't have been more wrong. To say that I was surprised by the plot and the depth, is an understatement. This is one of the saddest smutty books I have ever read. The author has packed so much meaningful moments, so much pain, heartbreak and raw, unfiltered emotions in these pages along with the high spice, that a reader has barely any time to breathe. It's one revelation after another. The story is simply a live wire, buzzing with high voltage of sensual experience. It's hard to describe the incredible rainbow of emotions I went through while reading - anger, resentment, frustration, disappointment, relief, hope, even joy. The other very interesting and valuable achievement, the author has managed to accomplish is building a plot solidly on dub con base. The begining of the relationship between Adrian, Sally and Ethan was absolutely pure dub con to me. Sadly, I can't duel on the motivations and the reasons because that's a major spoiler. Even later in the book, the dub con that started it, could still be felt with the way Ethan treats Adrian and the way he refuses to acknowledge their relationship which makes the triad extremely unbalanced. No matter the positive development further in the book, the bitter disappointment of the beginning, continued to plague me because Ethan is the crowned Prince of the land, where Prejudice and Judgement are born. The author has done exceptionally well with creating characters that feel multidimensional and tangible. The urban fantasy elements of the usual lore have a life of their own, refracted through one unique and captivating prism, that veers away from what we, as readers, know about Hell, demons, ghosts and the whole preternatural world.
Never trust a s*x demon will definitely appeal to the lovers of complex world building and high spice. It's definitely one of my best findings for 2025.