Book Review: Beneath by J.E. Taylor & Katie Salidas

Running from the Devil Book 1

An escaped demon and a snarky cat face off against the seven deadly sins.

Escaping from Hell was just the beginning of Phoebe’s problems. In Hell, she had a position of legend. A marquis of torture. But on the human plane, she is just another New York City destitute.

Before she has a chance to get her bearings on the unforgiving streets, Fate steps in and offers her a chance at redemption, but it doesn’t come cheap.

She must bring in the demons that escaped alongside her while making sure no humans are harmed in the process. In order to do that, she needs to learn to live in the human world with the help of another one of Fate’s parolees, a snarky cat named Smoke.

If it means never seeing the halls of Hell again, Phoebe will do anything, even battle the seven deadly sins single-handed.

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My Review:

I feel an overwhelming urge to use lots of Smoke’s rather blue language right now. I was not in any way prepared for this story. And I was even less prepared to be a weeping mess for so much of it. I’m at a complete loss for words. I don’t even know how much I could say even if I could without giving away the best parts of the book, because the whole blessed thing is fantastic. I adored the funhouse-mirror view of our society we get through Phoebe’s eyes. And, having been owned by a feline before, there’s just something so “authentic” feeling about a cat that can communicate but only does so through snark and sarcasm. I’m dying to get my hands on the next book already.

I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the authors through StoryOrigin.