Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Paranormal Romance; Angels,
Demons, Ghosts, Magic, Vampires, Werewolves, Knights Templar
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Back Cover: Bilqis SanGreal always
knew that being a Knight Templar required the complete sacrifice of normalcy.
Instead of hanging out with friends or flirting with boys, she spends her time
in the darkest corners of London ’s
underworld, battling the Unholy in a centuries-old war for mankind’s soul. Even
though she’s been solitary for years, Billi’s lone-wolf attitude is challenged
when her childhood friend and fellow knight, Kay, returns from Jerusalem with a new radiance and a dangerous
chip on his shoulder. Kay is ready to reclaim his place by Billi’s side, but
she’s skeptical. While Billi was risking her neck fighting werewolves and
vampires, Kay was reading auras in the lap of luxury. Now he spends his time
showing off his new powers, cultivating the admiration of the other knights,
and teasing Billi. It’s all to much to bear…until Billi meets Michael, a
disturbingly handsome guy who understands her like no one else, effortlessly
staking a claim on her heart. Kay wastes no time in complicating Billi’s life
just as it’s starting to improve. In a moment of bravado, Kay uses the last of
the Templars’ treasures, King Solomon’s Cursed Mirror, to look into the
Ethereal Realm, drawing the attention of the Angel of Death. Even though Kay is
the most powerful psychic the Templars have seen in centuries, he’s no match
for the dark angel responsible for the plague that killed every first born
child in Egypt
so long ago. The Knights know that the angel needs the mirror in order to
unleash the Tenth Plague again, but keeping it from him will be nearly
impossible. To win this battle and save the lives of millions of children, the
Templars will have to find renewed strength, and Billi will have to make
sacrifices greater than she’d ever imagined.
The story is actually taking place in present day. Billi is
your strong willed girl who just wants to have a normal life. While everyone
around her wants her to live up to her destiny of being a Knight Templar. She
is conflicted by Kay’s reappearance after a year away. Since she feels like her
life is falling down and she has no choice, and everyone praising Kay over and
over again she’s had it. But when all the cards are played she must do what she
has to. This is a great story responsibility, and Billi has a little too much.
But she does deal with it fairly well. I found that I wanted to read more about
this world that Billi is a part of, as much as she may not like it. I love the
take that a girl can be a Knight Templar. I can't wait to read more about Billi
and her world, in Dark Goddess.
Publisher: Hyperion Teens
ISBN: 1423120221
Pages: 352
Series: Devil’s Kiss
Volume: 1
