Devil to Pay audiobook

This is a book about Blake Turner (a human possessed by a demon) and vampire Elise (a lonely creature who is sired by Mencheres). You will see only a glimpse of Cat and Bones and you will not like it because the demon will abuse verbally Cat and Bones will almost kill poor innocent Blake to make the demon shut up.The events take place after At Crave’s End. So Mencheres is still mourning the death of his mate and he really wants to help Blake and Elise.Blake and Elise’s story is sweet and full of hope. It is a nice example of why nobody should ever surrender until the very end.

Devil to Pay by Jeaniene FrostNight Huntress filler novella. Slotted into 3.5 but because it doesn’t have any of the main characters as more than a cameo, it can be read anywhere in the series. Possessed by a powerful demon, Blake asks Elise for help, even if that means he must die. A good vampire romance with a bit of danger and suspense while the couple falls in love.

There are very few book series that make me want to seek out every single piece written just so I can keep living in the characters' world with them. Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress Series is one of them. As many know, the series has ended but there are plenty of short stories/novellas available for fans. Devil to Pay is #3.5 of the series, and it's an entertaining short story featuring characters fans know and some that fans will meet for the first time. The characters are likeable and complement this story as well as the series well. If you are a fan of this series, don't pass this one up!My favorite quote:“Sometimes you have to lose everything to know what you had.”The Night Huntress Series includes the following installments:#0.5-Reckoning#1-Halfway to the Grave#1.5-Happily Never After#2-One Foot in the Grave#3-At Grave's End#3.5-Devil to Pay#4-Destined for an Early Grave#4.5-Magic Graves#5-This Side of the Grave#6-One Grave at a Time#6.5-Home for the Holidays#7-Up From the Grave

Elise is a vampire who is tired of everything. She has shut herself away in a room underneath the subway and hasn't had much contact with vampires or humans in years. But when she stumbles across a man ready to jump in front of a subway train, Elise doesn't hesitate to save him. Blake wants to end it all. He has been possessed by a demon and has no control over the destruction the demon has caused. Elise decides she will help Blake get rid of this demon with the help of her sire, Mencheres.This is a short story set in the Night Huntress world. We get a short visit from Cat & Bones. Mencheres is involved with helping Elise save Blake. I enjoyed this novella and think anyone who reads the Night Huntress series would like it also. My rating: 4 Stars.

This is by far my favourite novella by Jeaniene Frost to date. Considering how short this is, I found Blake and Elise were both well rounded enough for me to really enjoy their growing relationship. Interactions were at times a little cheesy, but when you're accelerating a romance in the space of 100 pages I guess sometimes a little cheese is good to make things stick. However, of course, my favourite character was Night Huntress staple Mencheres. I hear there is a Night Huntress World book focusing on him and DAMN but I am going to read the heck out of that the first opportunity I get. The story is simple and yet effective. Possession is something I haven't read extensively in any of Frost's previous novels (as of yet, anyway) but she does it well. This, like all of her work, is deliciously dark and doesn't shy aware from guts and gore. Neither does it shy away from more heated scenes with our heroes - Frost does this is aplomb and it definitely works. A great novella for quick reading between Night Huntress books, or for re-entering the Kat and Bones story after a prolonged absence (like me!).

Another great little story in this novella although I'm always a bit disappointed that these novellas only feature cameo appearances by Bones & Cat. Still the stories are entertaining for shorts.3.5 Stars

Blake's life is a living hell, possessed by a demon who has turned Blake into a killer, Blake knows that he must die so that the demon will never hurt anyone again, but with the demon calling the shots it's not going to be easy. When loner vampire Elise witnesses Blake's suicide attempt, the hopelessness of his situation stirs her long lost humanity and as Elise gets to know Blake and is touched by his selflessness, Elise discovers that even though she's immortal by isolating herself to protect her heart from further hurts, she's forgotten how to live.Set in the Night Huntress world, with a short appearance by Cat and Bones and slightly longer one by Mencheres, Devil to Pay works much better on its own than it did sandwiched in between regency romances in it's original release in [[ASIN:B001NLKY7O Four Dukes and a Devil]]. Storywise, Devil to Pay manages to get the job done even in the shorter space, the leads are both likable and sympathy stirring, and there's nothing like impending death to spur a relationship along. I liked the ending but wouldn't have minded getting to bask in the after glow of the happily ever after just a bit - but then that's the nature of shorts. On the whole, Devil to Pay ends up being a nice little tidbit for Frost fans who missed it in its first incarnation, but Frost brings in just enough of her world so that the story will still work for fans-to-be.