The Sins of Desire (The Demons' Muse Book 3)

I am still not sure if I should give four or five stars, there are no grammatical errors or editorial boomers waiting to blow the book up, but good God it's a bit of a slog to read.No plot spoilers, no potential triggers.It seems to me that yet again the author has spent an inordinate amount of effort on personal angst from both the FL and also now some of the other characters seem to have been infected with a serious case of repetetive feels better suited to a sixteen year old in lust for the first time.The world building, that took place extensively in the first book is also debated more than a few times, making the book so boring in some stretches I admit to simply skimming through a couple or more paragraphs.In theory, the storyline is a cracker, but the execution is a little clumsy and the series really needs a good editor to cut out the repetition and move the story forward.Not for the first time I have made my observation that there is too much tell and not enough show. The storyline lingers where it shouldn't and any action is very slow in coming.Call me what you want, but since I have already read three of the five books in the series I will be purchasing the next, if nothing else I hate not knowing the full story!.There are some sex scenes each of them appropriate and loving, some them M/M, the book is aimed at an adult audience so if you are prudish don't buy the book, and if you do but still leave a bad review then shame on you.

This book continues Sia’s story. The book focuses mainly on her struggles with her feelings towards the members of her legion. There is a lot of discussion about it. Initially I felt that it was a bit overdone, but as time went on I realised that if someone had to completely upend their entire belief system in a matter of months, you would need a lot of thinking and talking about it. I loved one of the guys telling her;"You come from a world where women are ruled by shame. Shame that you aren't pretty enough, smart enough, loyal enough, or anything else. You could sum all of that up as 'not good enough.' It colors every decision you make - for now."It made it clear that they understood her doubts in the context of the society she’d been brought up in.The continuing focus of the story was the war between the demons and angels and how that affects the middle realms. The First Legion doesn’t want the angels to continue causing war and pain in order to feed their desire for convenient technologies.I really loved how the characters developed within this book, especially getting to see more of Bel and Ron. Both are wonderful characters; loyal, sweet and kind. There were quite a few POV throughout the book and I really enjoyed seeing those different ways of looking at the story.This series continues to be engaging and captivating. The world building is complicated and compelling, the characters are unique and fascinating and the plot is a complex wonder that pulls you on, page after page, even when you should be asleep.I can’t wait to read the next book!

I love strong female characters but rarely do we see the breadth of growth in strong FMC's as we do in this series. Sia has always been kinda badass but as she tackles her insecurities and grows closer to each of the guys, we really see her settle in and develop the confidence where she can almost immediately save herself without any panic or wishing for one of the MMC's. Can't wait to see where this series go.

A veil, a thwarting of angels, and an extra boyfriend or two. What’s not to love! On to book 4!

Another brilliant story with lots of growth...Well done Auryn Hadley, looking forward to reading more from this series xx

I am so in love with these books. I have pre ordered the fourth and I can't wait.You have such a beautiful set of characters that are so different but fit together so perfectly.Auryn has created a beautiful universe in which beautiful fantasy meets practical and scientific reality in an amazing way. The world's she has created are written so we'll it is easy for me to see them clearly in my mind. This goes double for the wonderful descriptions of her characters.I have been totally enthralled with this series since the very first chapter, and a large proportion of that is the depth that is given to these books. To the point that someone mentioned the smell of bacon and I thought that I could almost smell it lol.As for the characters, I'm totally in love! They are all such different personalities which you know shouldn't work together but they do, an each one is totally badass but sweet in their own way. Im not ashamed to say I'm a little bit enthralled with both Nick and Luke, but I also adore Sam, Ron and Bel.I am really looking forward to the next book and I think this is the longest review I have ever written but I wanted to rave so others will know how thoroughly awesome this series is! I shall be checking out some of her others series in the meantime!

There was a bit too much relationship angst and not enough plot / world-building for chunks of the book. However it did move the story along and have a satisfying arc and contribution to the series in the end. I just got a bit bored in the middle once or twice. Still some awesome ideas, the guys are further fleshed out as is a bit more on the different worlds, the veils, etc. Loved much of it but the balance wasn’t quite right.

I have only given 4 star because it was slog to read. Especially at the beginning. So much repetitiveness and i felt like it was dragged on and on about the same matter and spoken the same thing by different characters, but it was worth a read. I would like to finish the series though jut to see how Sia is going to lock angelis. Last few chapter after 82% we interesting and at last there was some interesting challenges and unexpected twists but noting more to bring you to the edge of the seat. I hope the rest of the books aren't a haul.