Review by NRoach -- Devilish by Tricia Barr

NRoach · Post by **NRoach** » 04 May 2018, 00:30

[Following is a volunteer review of "Devilish" by Tricia Barr.]

3 out of 4 stars

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Devilish is a billionaire romance with a supernatural twist. The hallmarks are all there: a ludicrously wealthy love interest with power over the heroine, the innocent, virginal young woman who's stated to be unusually gorgeous, etc.

I went into Devilish with some pretty solid preconceptions about what was going to happen and to its credit, I was wrong. Where I was expecting a slow game of cat and mouse between our heroine and Lucifer, I got a plot that's altogether more interesting than rehashing “will they, won't they?” for 80,000 words.

One fateful day, Satan himself crashes into Central Park, New York, and immediately adopts a playboy lifestyle, making no attempt to hide his identity (and I'm not sure there'd be much point after coming to Earth via meteor strike). Our heroine, Felicity, is a relatively new journalist, still making her name at the New York Times, and is assigned to cover the story. She's to get an interview with Lucifer, and with it make her career. Things obviously do not go quite as planned.

Throughout the book, Felicity is working on two stories alternately. When she's not being wined and dined by Lucifer, she's interning at a biochemical research company, trying to get the scoop on their latest nefarious deeds. At first I thought this subplot was a dangling thread that wasn't going anywhere, but Barr knots it into the climax (no pun intended) deftly.

Devilish knows exactly what kind of book it is, supernatural erotica, and it does its job with aplomb. The author, Tricia Barr, knows what we're reading for and balances the wants of her audience and the need to have a solid story with ease. Outside of the sex, the prose sprints along at a great pace before plunging you back into the steam. The sex scenes, obviously the main draw, are executed well. I'm giving it no points for realism, but given one half of the couple is the devil, I don't think that's much of a concern.

Ultimately, Devilish is a book that knows exactly where its target audience is, and it pulls those strings fantastically. Readers who aren't fans of this kind of supernatural, erotic romp will, of course, not find anything to hold their interest, but I don't know why they'd even pick this book up in the first place. If you're one of the innumerable, insatiable fans of this brand of romance, then you'll find everything you want from a book in Devilish: a solid and interesting plot, a lot of well written sex, and even an interesting take on the mythology of Lucifer.

I give Devilish 3 out of 4 stars.

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Beth KG · Post by **Beth KG** » 23 May 2018, 09:27

by Beth KG

In regard to Devilish by Tricia Barr: I am in awe of your review writing expertise! Since I am a new member and have not written a review as yet, I will be looking at more of yours for inspiration!

MsTri · Post by **MsTri** » 23 May 2018, 10:54

I haven't been into romances in a couple of decades, and I've never been into erotica, but this book is today's BotD and since I prefer to read reviews when possible, I looked this up!

With that being said, I have started the sample and while it's pretty good, I don't think I'll finish the tale, which is a shame since, having majored in Communications, I'm really into stories that feature news reporters and such. I'm glad you enjoyed it, though, and I'll keep it in mind should I ever decide to dip back to this genre... Thanks for the review, too!