{Adult Paranormal Review} Hear No (Hidden Evil Trilogy #1) by Lizzy Ford

{Adult Paranormal Review} Hear No (Hidden Evil Trilogy #1) by Lizzy Ford

 

It's only the end of the world ... Nathan's job for the past three thousand years has been to clean up supernatural messes. Jaded, ruthlessly effective and selfless, he's seen it all and can handle anything - demons, homicidal angels, even bad bosses. His latest challenge: A creature named Shadowman is seeking out the three keys it believes will open portals between earth and hell. Nathan must eliminate the human host guiding Shadowman to the keys. Except Nathan isn't expecting the woman anchoring Shadowman to the human world to be beautiful, witty, innocent and completely unaware of the creature manipulating her. Worse, she makes him feel alive for the first time in his long existence, and he haphazardly discovers she's meant to become the love of his life. Life becomes more complicated when Nathan helps rescue one of the key holders, a deaf girl charged with protecting the secret of who Shadowman really is: the first of four demons headed to the human world, intent on bringing about the Apocalypse. They will succeed, unless Nathan kills the woman he loves, and sends the demon back to Hell. (Blurb via Goodreads)

{Details} 254 pages. Published October 25th 2013 by Guerrilla Wordfare (first published October 16th 2013)

{Source} Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

{Rating} 3/5 - I liked it!

{Review}

"Amira Santiago studied the face of her mentor, guardian and friend in the dim light of the seedy hotel room on the south side of Washington, DC." (page 1, line 1)

I thought the story was interesting - angels, demons, the apocalypse. There's a lot going on, I needed some kind of chart with all the relationships, with who - and what - the characters were. But they were also varied and interesting. Is it wrong that I liked the knife wielding, kind, well mannered, ready to dismember Satanist? Probably. But I did anyway.

I had mixed feelings about the main character, Nathan. Nathan can be an ass - he is an ass more than once, especially towards Kaylee - but he also has good intentions and unorthodox methods. He's also got that alpha male thing going for him.

The story really did make me think, what would you do when the fate of the world is in your hands? What's one life in the face of the apocalypse? What would you sacrifice? What could you sacrifice? And the ending? Where Ford left us? Gah! I must know what happens next.