Book Review: Dormeo by Reece Barden

 

Book Description

Spicy Demon Romance. Sleeping Beauty retelling with a devilish twist.

Ash, the incubus prince of hell, who can't seem to stay away from the sweet, if far too drowsy for his liking, Rose, who's entrusted to his care when her father offers her up as collateral in a deal with the devil.

My Review

Rose is brought to Hell by her father as a bargaining chip and collateral to be held in Hell until he can make good on his deal with the Devil. If her father cannot fulfill his deal in the time allotted, The Devil gets to keep Rose. The Devil assigns Rose to his son Ash, the Prince of Hell. And right away Ash knows there's something different about this human but he doesn't know what it is. 

Ash is much kinder than I thought he would be and he actually likes Rose which is why he takes his vow to keep her safe very seriously. So when lower level demons try to break into his room where Rose is staying, he lets them know in no uncertain terms that she is not to be touched. Not really smart of them to go against the Prince of Hell, when at some point he'll be the King of Hell when he takes over for the Devil.  All I can say is, don't mess with the Prince of Hell. 

For humans, being in Hell makes them lose some of their inhibitions (which is putting it mildly). The demons love it because they get to syphon power from the humans who are willingly having sex with them. But because Ash is taking his vow to keep Rose safe and unharmed, he is keeping himself from having sex with her. Instead he decides to meet her in her dreams since he can do that as a demon. There he is surprised to find that he is the figure that she's using to have steamy dreams. But since she's so innocent and untouched, she has no idea how to really steam things up, if you know what I mean. So Ash has no problem showing her things and really steaming up her imagination. Only Rose doesn't realize at first that Ash is really there in her dreams so she gives in to all sorts of naughty things and thinks it's her little secret. 

Ash is fun, the Hellhounds are great, the Gargoyles are protective and everyone seems to love Rose in the end. But when he father comes to get her after fulfilling his part of the deal with the Devil, a huge twist is thrown in and Rose has a big decision to make. This was such a fun read. I've loved all the books by Reece Barden that I've read so far and can't wait to see what other secrets Rose and Ash find out about in the next book. Because the Devil is keeping secrets not only about his newest guest but also about Rose. I can't wait to see where all these secrets lead. 

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

This book was part of the Fractured Fairytales books being given away by the authors on the Prolific Works website. I don't know if this book is still free, but you can check out the link to find out.