#mercenary librarians

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kit rocha: so the series is called the mercenary librarians and—

me: i’m there

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New Release: The Devil You Know, by @kitrocha

New Release: The Devil You Know, by @kitrocha

The Mercenary Librarians and the Silver Devils are back in The Devil You Know, the next installment of USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Kit Rocha’s post-apocalyptic Action/Romance, with hints of Orphan Black and the Avengers Maya has had a price on her head from the day she escaped the TechCorps. Genetically engineered for genius and trained for revolution, there’s only one thing…

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Deal with the Devil: A Mercenary Librarians Novel by Kit Rocha

[bkhrtn]

I can't wait for @kitrocha's next book 😄

[silverspleen]

Reading the first Mercenary Librarians book for book club (Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha), which is very funny, we usually do loose month themes and I'm guessing this month's theme was romance (I missed the reveal I was at ski week) because this is shelved in scifi but it's clearly a romance book, written by a romance author duo, it has that sort of particular world and character building and dynamic that romance novels do (this is not a bad this it's just very. Telling? The conventions of the genre you see) and is VERY spicy. But of course my stupid ass, who is a romance book reader, did that thing that I do literally every romance book series where I get super attached to the secondary slow burn couple who clearly is going to get together during a later book. Like uhuh yeah ok instant chemistry main books one couple suresure but tell me more about the two characters who are like. Staring longingly at each other and having meaningful moments but not touching due to their Tragic Backstories.

Like oh my god I am so predictable.

Anyway yeah I got the second book (digitally because I am on quarantine!) and they don't even bone until like almost the very end of the book and then it immediately careens into whump and ooooough yeah baby that's what I like to seeeeee. Tell your love interest that you'll never be used against her while you're being tortured and dying from your supersoldier brain implant!!!! Which she later has to save you from!!!! I love to see that shit!!!! Who cares about book one smouldering insta-attraction betrayal-angst when I can have the slow buuuuuuuurn I want them to brush shoulders during training and both need to go away to their private rooms to swoon and angst.

I'm super curious as to how the conversation will be steered in book club. The romance is very much the driving narrative, paired with a pretty standard "here is the group of bad guys we need to defeat using the power of the connections we've made with our FOUND FAMILY of couples who have gotten together over the course of however many books are in this series" (this time it's Evil Future Company Government) which is feel is pretty typical of most (paranormal) romance I've read.

Not a perfect series but a fun read, at least through books 2 of 3. But also like. As noted I'm insanely biased towards the ship dynamic that the second book is entirely focused on so like. I cannot be trusted in this.

[mercenary-librarians-lover]

Does anyone know what Conall's full name is? I can't find it.

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Headcanon: The Early Years- Knox and Mace

When Knox was choosing his team, he didn't really know what he wanted for a medic, so he just picked the one that seemed the least specialized, figuring they would be prepared for a broader range of situations. Knox also assumed read Mace's file and assumed he would be a nice gentle person, which would mesh well with his younger team members.

Instead he got prickly pain-in-the-ass Mace. He was a skilled medic, but they butted heads constantly. It took a long time, and more than a few near misses for them to learn to trust each other the way they do now. Mace often acted as a moral compass for Knox when faced with difficult situations, and in turn Mace learned to trust Knox would do his utmost best to get everyone home in one piece, no matter what that meant for himself.

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Headcanon: Mother Hen-Mace

Mace is the opposite of Knox. Where Knox makes a fuss about the small things, Mace doesn't really openly mother hen unless something big is wrong. He'll let Knox handle stomach bugs and knicks from improper knife handling, but if anyone breaks a bone, he'll be the one hovering over them. Of course, he'll still check in on the team whenever the little things happen, but as far as hovering, Knox takes care of most of that.

Mace's brand of fussing is also more aggressive than Knox's. He will not hesitate to sedate someone and then drag them back to bed if need be. You WILL drink all of that water, or so help me I will stick an IV line in you.