Series: Infernal Descent #1
Read time: <1 Day
Rating: 5/5
The quote: To Dante: You're a genius. Sorry for calling you a lovesick old poet in the blurb. - Bea Paige/ Skye Mackinnon (Inscription)
I love a strong, badass woman who takes care of her own and that is exactly what Hell's Calling protagonist Ciera is. She made a deal with Lucifer to protect her sister (who is more like her daughter) and due to her own actions, she needs to save Tris from Hell. Along the way she meets Maro, an angel with a dark side, Beres, aka Cerberus aka the three-headed hellhound that guards the gates of hell he also shifts into a rather attractive man and Plutus, a werewolf in charge of a circle of hell. These three males have complicated histories and relationships but attraction abounds.
Hell's Calling is book one in the Infernal Descent series, the story of the harem doesn't end here, actually, it barely begins here. Infernal Descent feels like it is set up a slow build romance series. Their mutual interest is established but all parties are resisting. The writing is wonderful, I liked the combination of humour and the creations of the characters. I quite enjoyed their differences and her reactions to them. I do wish we'd seen more of Lucifer but their relationships with him are almost a story in themselves. I read this as a story in Realms and Rebels, as an entry into an anthology it was clever it definitely made me want to read more in this series.
