Not Your Average Hot Guy

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Not Your Average Hot Guy is a delightfully silly romp of paranormal romance book. For a book about the possible end of the world, starring the son of the literal devil, it does not take itself seriously. If you go in knowing that, then you're going to have a helluva good time. (Did I make a Hell pun? I did. Sorry.) Callie's mom runs an escape room business, and Callie helps her set the rooms up, find the props, etc. Its in doing these particular jobs that she finds (and buys) a legitimate grimoire. Without spoiling anything too important, the grimoire ends up being used to summon a demon...only...Luke shows up instead.

Luke is Lucifier Morningstar's son, and he's not a very good demon. Or devil. Or uh...bad at all, actually. He's tempting, handsome, and has a sense of humor. Its really almost as if he doesn't belong in Hell at all. Callie is a legitimately good person, and because of that, is a giant cinnamon roll of a person. Her, and her friend, Mag, are enormous nerds, which I very much appreciated. (As someone who self-identifies as a nerd, it always makes me happy to see a book about a nerd that has very clearly been written by someone who is also nerdy. You can tell, I promise.) Sidenote — Mag is non-binary. It's brought up once, and then never made a big deal of the rest of the book. It is excellent representation. I loved it.

Luke and Callie are fantastic together. They pick on each other a little bit, but oh do they prop the other up when they really need support. It is a bit insta-love for my usual tastes, but they are way too cute for me to care too much about it one way or the other. My one real complaint, though, is that there are no real sex scenes! It's a fade-to-black book, my friends. Still enjoyable, but not quite what I want from a romance book. For that, I've docked one star, but the rest of the book is too much fun not to recommend.