A review by renpuspita
Beg Me to Slay by Lisa Kessler
4.0
4 stars
Plan to finish this before New Year, but failed. So.. this is the first book I finish read this year. Yay me! ;))
Tegan Ashton is a survivor, after she'd bitten by a guy she met, and her wound is not a mere wound for it's look nasty. 4 years later, life in fear and constant alert, Tegan discover her attacker buried some corpse. No one believe her and still think that Tegan is nuts, so she hire Gabriel a paranormal P.I. Not take a long time for them to fall for each other, but Gabe is just not ordinary mortal, for he is a demon slayer. And the guy who attack Tegan is demon too and now he want Tegan to free a demon's leader from hell. Gabriel himself have a shady past, his lover was torn and murdered by demons when he save someone from demon's attack. That's why he want his relationship with Tegan is strictly business and he doesn't want endanger Tegan.
Gabe doesn't know that Tegan is not meek and timid. Turn that she kick ass and doesn't back away when Gabe attacked by demon. Tegan is a karateka after all, and she also has dojo. When they visit Tegan's family, Tegan's dad said that their Welsh family have long history with demon. Theirs are descendants from Red Dragon, who banish White Dragon, and these dragons are demon. With this new clue, Tegan and Gabe hunt Tegan's attacker. And how surprise them when they know who make Tegan target, someone from Gabe's past. And when Gabe and Tegan's past collided, they must work their difference while kicking demon ass and also find their HEA.
Beg Me To Slay is my first foray into Lisa Kessler's books. This more like traditional paranormal romance, but I love that Tegan is not a damsell in distress, wait for her knight of shining armor to rescue her. In her note, Ms Kessler said that she is survivor too, and she wrote this when she fight with the darkness. So this book have some angst too, especially about Tegan and Gabe.
I like this couple, for Gabe not try to dominate Tegan, but honor her. It shows when he attend Karate class in Tegan's dojo. But somehow I want to smack him and said "move on already!". Gabe sometimes let him past caught up, therefore make he hurt Tegan more. I think sometimes the drama between Tegan and Gabe is too much and somehow too hurt to bear.
The action is plenty and the pace is fast, there was twist here and there. I would love to see Tegan and Gabe story continued, but the epilogue hint this just a stand alone novel. But if Ms Kessler decide to write more about Tegan and Gabe's story, especially when they slay some demons, I would love to read it.
Thanks for Entangled for provide the copy
Plan to finish this before New Year, but failed. So.. this is the first book I finish read this year. Yay me! ;))
Tegan Ashton is a survivor, after she'd bitten by a guy she met, and her wound is not a mere wound for it's look nasty. 4 years later, life in fear and constant alert, Tegan discover her attacker buried some corpse. No one believe her and still think that Tegan is nuts, so she hire Gabriel a paranormal P.I. Not take a long time for them to fall for each other, but Gabe is just not ordinary mortal, for he is a demon slayer. And the guy who attack Tegan is demon too and now he want Tegan to free a demon's leader from hell. Gabriel himself have a shady past, his lover was torn and murdered by demons when he save someone from demon's attack. That's why he want his relationship with Tegan is strictly business and he doesn't want endanger Tegan.
Gabe doesn't know that Tegan is not meek and timid. Turn that she kick ass and doesn't back away when Gabe attacked by demon. Tegan is a karateka after all, and she also has dojo. When they visit Tegan's family, Tegan's dad said that their Welsh family have long history with demon. Theirs are descendants from Red Dragon, who banish White Dragon, and these dragons are demon. With this new clue, Tegan and Gabe hunt Tegan's attacker. And how surprise them when they know who make Tegan target, someone from Gabe's past. And when Gabe and Tegan's past collided, they must work their difference while kicking demon ass and also find their HEA.
Beg Me To Slay is my first foray into Lisa Kessler's books. This more like traditional paranormal romance, but I love that Tegan is not a damsell in distress, wait for her knight of shining armor to rescue her. In her note, Ms Kessler said that she is survivor too, and she wrote this when she fight with the darkness. So this book have some angst too, especially about Tegan and Gabe.
I like this couple, for Gabe not try to dominate Tegan, but honor her. It shows when he attend Karate class in Tegan's dojo. But somehow I want to smack him and said "move on already!". Gabe sometimes let him past caught up, therefore make he hurt Tegan more. I think sometimes the drama between Tegan and Gabe is too much and somehow too hurt to bear.
The action is plenty and the pace is fast, there was twist here and there. I would love to see Tegan and Gabe story continued, but the epilogue hint this just a stand alone novel. But if Ms Kessler decide to write more about Tegan and Gabe's story, especially when they slay some demons, I would love to read it.
Thanks for Entangled for provide the copy