Before the Devil Knows You're Dead: Speak of the Devil, Book 3 (Entangled Select)

by Patricia Eimer

• ISBN10: 1622661176
• ISBN13: 9781622661176
• Publish Date: 25 February 2014 (first published 24 February 2014)
• Publish Status: Cancelled
• Imprint: Entangled Select
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

I received an ARC through NetGalley.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead was a pretty good end to this series. Much like the previous book, it didn't fully grasp my attention, but I did like it better. Faith and Matt's break up doesn't last for long, but a new problem arises when Faith accidentally runs over the Angel of Death. As he was dying, his powers transferred to her and now anything or anyone she touches dies. Not a great way to restart a relationship. Meanwhile, the Apocalypse is coming in the form of a crazy nephilim in a sweater set.

I was quite into Before the Devil Knows You're Dead when Faith was taking over as the new Angel of Death. I thought it was a great plot point, which also allowed for some interesting world building. But it was over almost as soon as it started. Then an other interesting event takes place, but it's resolved in one chapter. All of this could have easily been expanded on, but as it is, they're both just stepping stones to the main conflict which I didn't enjoy as much.

Of course, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead has a happy ending for everyone involved. Well, not the bad guys, obviously. Everything is resolved quite conveniently and wrapped up swiftly, so we don't really get to enjoy the final face off or the happily ever after. This series had a lot of potential, but nothing really came together for me. It was just kind of cute and kind of funny in places, kind of dull in others. It's not really a bad series, just not the one for me. If you enjoy angels and demons with a side of humor and quirkiness, then this is probably the series for you.

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[Melanie]

This is a cute series where our main heroine is actually the daughter of Devil and a hippy witch. She has a sister whose ex-husband is an incubi. Her brother is the anti-Christ, son of Lilith. Oh, and he is engaged to be married to her best friend, who he turned into a demon. She is pregnant with his kid. God is her uncle and Jesus is her cousin. Her boyfriend is currently an angel and not just any angel, but he is now the leader of angels.

There is action, as Faith has to fight to keep the Angel of Death's powers, that she doesn't want, but has to keep from the evil, power-hungry archangel. There is also a ton of humor. For example, the baby to be born was call AC 2.0, for Anti-Christ 2.0. Faith's mom calls Lucifer, Louie. When Jesus get frustrated, he says, "in my name."