Book Reviews

Book Blurb

For a demon, finding a mate is a difficult, anxiety-inducing process. Or he might just accidentally bite his gaming buddy during a bout of experimental sex and bam—mate found!

During a book club meeting where The Witcher is discussed in its entirety, meaning books, series and games, Barion again meets Jon, the zombie, who lives in Sammy’s basement, and the two bond over their mutual love of the game.

 

They begin gaming together, doing videos for Jon’s YouTube channel where he tests games that are to be released to the public. During one of the videos, they are asked what their ideal game would look like, and the idea for Demon Wars is born. Working together on the game brings Barion and Jon closer together and their friendship deepens every day, which worries Jon’s Grann, a zombie like himself and the witch queen of New Orleans. She wants Jon to come back home, while Jon realizes he loves spending time with Barion.

 

After some friendly—and oh so subtle—prodding from friends and family, Barion and Jon decide to explore the potential of their relationship. They have sex, and Barion bites Jon in the heat of the moment, marking him as his mate. They’re both over the moon, even though they now have to visit Grann in New Orleans because the family and the ancestors want to check Barion out.

 

They quickly realize that something is wrong there, and it turns out Grann has been challenged by a voodoo priest who practices the blackest of magic. Barion will do his best to save the day, Grann—and his relationship.

 

Book Review

Noting – please read ‘Demon’s Wish’ (Demon’s Mate 1) before starting this one. ‘Demon’s Wish’ establishes the setting and characters for’ Demon’s Game’. 

 

Now that Dre has Sammy, Dre’s younger brother Barion is even more determined to find his mate. As the blurb overexplains, Barion and Jon develop a strong rapport over gaming, which leads to much more. 

 

There are several things I greatly enjoyed about ‘Demon’s Game’. While it may seem odd to find this enjoyable, this was realistic: Barion’s discomfort with coming to Sammy’s book group. It is hard to come into an established group and find commonality, that initial awkwardness Barion was feeling is spot on. 

 

All the secondary characters continue to be great counterparts to the main characters and the reader is introduced to several more, specifically Jon’s Gran and Wayawesa. Jon explains zombies to Barion, which sets up the sub plot with Jon’s gran in New Orleans.

 

As with book one, book two is caramel macchiato latte with two shots of vanilla sweet. The concerns I had with the sex in book one were mitigated in book two, making for a much better plot flow in my humble opinion. The humor had me quietly chuckling throughout.

 

Is this perfect in form and execution? Mm… no. But that’s not what I’m looking for here. I want some simple entertainment. This is a sweet paranormal romance that allowed me to check out of reality for a couple of hours and be transported to somewhere where a demon loves a zombie and they want a happy ever after. And if I’m lucky, maybe there’s a third book in the works. 

 

 

 

DISCLAIMER: Books reviewed on this site were usually provided at no cost by the author. This book has been provided by Pride Publishing for the purpose of a review.

 

Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 227 pages/58464 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	25-January-2022
Price	$4.99 ebook, $11.50 paperback
Buy Link	https://www.pride-publishing.com/book/demons-game