Title:
Hell’s Geek
Series:
#5 Welcome to Hell
Author:
Eve Langlais
Links:
http://evelanglais.com/wordpress/books/hell5
Description:
“Blowing up volcanoes
and starting wars pales in comparison to making hearts explode and encouraging
sinful, fleshly delights.” Lucifer’s candid one on one interview with HNN.
Big deal, so he kept losing the oar. It wasn’t Adexios fault
the Styx monsters were working against him, but tell that to his dad. Charon is
determined to make a man out of him—whether his mother likes it or not—and
Lucifer has offered to help. Help means sending Adexios in to the wilds of Hell
with an Amazon warrior as his companion.
The savage fighter doesn’t know what to think of her geeky
partner. Adexios attracts Valaska with his brains instead of brawn. He also
shows a cunning courage she can’t help but respect.
They’ll need all the skills they can muster, though, if
they’re going to prevail against the newest threat to Hell. With the wilds
submerged by seawater, and monsters hungry for flesh, they’ll have to fight to
stay alive, and learn opposites not only attract, they explode. (With passion,
not guts, in case that wasn’t clear.)
Welcome to the pit
where the danger is never ending, the sea monsters are multiplying, and Lucifer
is planning the wedding from Hell.
“Love is but a game and I control the
pieces.” Lucifer’s philosophy.
Gaia's retort. "I told you not to tell people about the
cuffs."
Excerpt:
Standing under the hot spray of his shower, Adexios had just
soaped himself when a deep voice said, “Tell me you’re whacking off and not
actually bathing to avoid your meeting with me.”
Hear that unmanly squeak? Yeah, that came from him as he
clung to the curtain and peeked around the edge. “What are you doing in my
bathroom?”
Lucifer’s dark brows arched. “I left strict instructions
that I wanted to meet with you the moment you brought in your boat—late again.
While I commend you on never being on time, especially since it drives my staff
nuts, defying me isn’t conducive to a long and torture-free life. Some would
even say it’s moronic.”
“Really?” Adexios brightened. “I don’t suppose you could
tell my mom I did something stupid? It would totally make her day.”
You’d think that a grown man in his thirties wouldn’t give a
shit anymore, but when his mom was happy, she baked, and given his cooking
skills equaled varying degrees of burnt, he could use some home-cooking lest he
wither to skin and bones. He was, after all, his father’s son.
“Mama’s boy,” Lucifer uttered with a shake of his head.
The devil said it as if it was a bad thing. Adexios had
two-dozen homemade oatmeal raisin confections in his Cookie Monster jar that
said otherwise.
“Is there any particular reason you felt a need to rush our
meeting? I was planning to come as soon as I washed and put on some clean
clothes.”
“So finish off and get dressed. We need to talk.” Lucifer
hopped onto the vanity and crossed his arms, whistling as he waited.
“Um, could you like maybe step into the next room while I
finish?”
“Feeling inadequate?” Lucifer smirked. “I can’t really blame
you. My wench doesn’t call me her stallion for nothing.”
“I thought it was because your fear of commitment made you
run like the wind.”
The devil’s eyebrows drew together in a large black hairy
beetle. “I fear nothing. Not even our upcoming”—Lucifer swallowed
hard—“engagement party. The horror of it. Whatever happened to living in sin? I
like sin. I encourage sin. But oh no, she wants to get married she says. She
wants to lock me into a monogamous agreement. It’s utterly unnatural.”
Given Lucifer’s woebegone look, Adexios couldn’t help but
throw him a verbal helping hand. “But just think of the benefits. Now when you
stay late after work, and she harangues you, you can accuse her of stifling you,
of not trusting, and of not wanting you to get ahead with your work.”
“You mean start a fight?” Lucifer perked up. “Fighting means
makeup sex. I excel at makeup sex. And spontaneous sex. And…”
As Lucifer went on to list the many ways he excelled at fornication,
Adexios popped his head back in the shower. Rinsing off the rest of the soap,
he wondered, with a curiosity that plagued the mentally acute, what had brought
Lucifer to his home.
Locks couldn’t keep the devil out if he wanted to see a
person. The big guy had the ability to pop in on anyone anywhere in Hell, but
he didn’t do it often. Lucifer claimed a trick like that was most effective
when used sparingly. Apparently, the screams were more authentic that way.
Clean at last, Adexios shut off the water then grimaced.
Whoever had built this place hadn’t been thinking when they put the towel bar
out of reach of the shower. This meant he’d have to flash his boss. No big
deal. After all, Lucifer truly had seen it all.
And I’ve nothing to be
ashamed of.
Adexios yanked the plastic curtain to the side and stepped
out. However, his hand froze in the process of reaching for a towel as he
noted, while Lucifer sat atop his vanity, still expositing on the virtues of
his lovemaking, a tall, very tall, woman stood in his bathroom.
Did he mention she was very attractive too? Blonde hair
swept into a high ponytail, a muscular body that retained an hourglass shape
displayed in a warrior-woman outfit consisting of a leather corset, which
pushed her breasts high and created a shadowy valley, tight leather shorts
hugging curvy hips meant for grabbing, and knee-high black boots that were just
fucking hot. She also wore a sword at her side and a very amused expression.
“Well, hello there,” she said, her voice husky and sensual.
Too sensual. A certain part of him perked in interest, and
Adexios fervently wished, as his cheeks heated, that a Styx monster would rise
from the shower drain and swallow him whole.
My Review:
Eve Langlais never fails to make me laugh out loud and her Hell series definitely makes me break out into giggles.
I love the role reversal in this one. Geeky guy and bad-ass warrior chick. It made for a really fun read. I love Dex and he's definitely sexy using his brain to get through situations. He also had a wicked sense of humor once he got past some of his shyness. Valaska is awesome. She definitely isn't afraid of going after what she wants and loves a good fight. They made for an interesting pair that worked well together.
Lucifer is definitely one of my all time favorite Eve Langlais characters. He's so out there and just a riot to read. He's also surprisingly good at being a match-maker.
There was lots of action, adventure, and sea-creatures thrown into the mix. It was a fast and really fun read. I can't wait to see what the next book brings!
I love the role reversal in this one. Geeky guy and bad-ass warrior chick. It made for a really fun read. I love Dex and he's definitely sexy using his brain to get through situations. He also had a wicked sense of humor once he got past some of his shyness. Valaska is awesome. She definitely isn't afraid of going after what she wants and loves a good fight. They made for an interesting pair that worked well together.
Lucifer is definitely one of my all time favorite Eve Langlais characters. He's so out there and just a riot to read. He's also surprisingly good at being a match-maker.
There was lots of action, adventure, and sea-creatures thrown into the mix. It was a fast and really fun read. I can't wait to see what the next book brings!
