Review: Deal with the Devil - Kit Rocha

Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐ stars

Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha is part of the new Mercenary Librarians series. The first book in the series focuses on introducing us to new characters: Nina and Knox and their motely crew of others. Nina is an information broker and leader of her mercenary librarians living in a dystopian world after numerous wars and technology crashes. She helps her local community to survive and stay safe from roughs and those that would do them harm. What makes her and her crew different is that she has been modified. Having escaped from places years before that were experimenting on people, they are trying to keep under the radar of the government organisation that is trying to find them and to control society.

Enter Knox, A Silver Devil soldier and mercenary who is trying to find one of his people who have been kidnapped. The only complication is that they want Nina instead. What follows is a lot of secrecy on Knox and his crews’ part as they try to stay separate from Nina and her people whilst learning more about them and realising that they are good people.

If you’ve read the Beyond series, you’ll know that the authors write dystopian romance really well and this book is no different. Being the first book in the series there is a lot of background information on all of the characters and how they have ended up where they have and what they are doing in order to survive. Nina and Knox’s relationship grows quite quickly, but they are suited. What makes the books though is the other characters in the story and it will be interesting to see them have their own book and how their community develops over time and with the weight of the government trying to look over their shoulders.

There is definitely a lot going on in this book with science, people’s backgrounds, betrayals and figuring out where people fit. But it is an enjoyable read and it will be intriguing to see what happens next.

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