Demon Design & Demon Discord by M.J. Haag

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Title: Demon Design
Author: M.J. Haag
Series: Resurrection Chronicles #8.5
Published by: Indie
Release Date: May 9, 2021
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 93
Genres: Dystopian, Paranormal Romance, Post-Apocalyptic
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2021 Fraterfest Readathon
Find it: Goodreads ✩ Amazon
My rating:

Blurb:

It’s not easy hooking up during the apocalypse. Running for your life isn’t a sexy look. That’s why Brooke takes things into her own hands. She’s got her eye on one fey in particular and it’s time to make her move. As a sketch artist, she has the perfect in. After all, what’s a nude sketch session between friends?

This Resurrection Chronicles novella takes place between Demon Disgrace and Demon Fall. It is not necessary to read this story to follow the world.

My Review:

4 stars — Brooke was super thirsty!!  I mean, it’s good that she’s not afraid of her own desires, but holy wow.

There were plenty of moments where I was hesitant about Brooke’s actions, especially given Solin’s cryptic responses, and the appearance of the situation with Sophia.  But then Brooke would get a conscience, and back off, and…I don’t know.  I guess I felt that while sometimes her actions made me uncomfortable, in general, especially in *this* world, I was okay with it.  And holy wow did it work out in the end.

Solin was strangely quiet and cryptic…but I enjoyed seeing the bits where his eyes were opening to the possibility in front of him.

And WOW.  The chemistry, even before the confusion was resolved, was seriously hot.  The steamy scenes?  NICE.

I guess I just really enjoyed this different, lighter look at the world, and especially the differences between Tolerance and Tenacity.

Title: Demon Discord
Author: M.J. Haag
Series: Resurrection Chronicles #8.6
Published by: Indie
Release Date: July 28, 2021
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 136
Genres: Dystopian, Paranormal Romance, Post-Apocalyptic
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2021 Fraterfest Readathon
Find it: Goodreads ✩ Amazon ✩ IndieBound ✩ Book Depository
My rating:

Blurb:

All Terri ever wanted was a family of her own. Then, her world fell apart in more ways than one. Hellhounds, infected, and food shortages became her primary concern and would have made pregnancy difficult, but not impossible. Until her husband divorces her in a fit of hurt feelings.

Now, she has a choice to make. She can linger in the same house with a man filled with bitter resentment…or find someone in the other survivor settlement to take her in. Someone not human.

The thought of living with a fey makes Terri want to faint with fear, but maybe there’s a silver lining. The fey want babies just as badly as she does.

Starting over isn’t easy. But it might be exactly what she needs.

My Review:

4.5 stars — I don’t know why I enjoyed this one as much as I did, but I really did!  It wasn’t quite as light in content as Brooke’s novella, but in some ways it brought a lot of the light adorable stuff that I’ve come to love about the dark fey.

Azio and Groth were super endearing and oblivious and adorable and persistent…everything I expect.  I loved seeing them pamper Terri and do everything they could to make her comfortable.

Terri was a bit harder to fall in love with, just because she was so genuinely afraid of the fey — to the point of fainting!  I can’t imagine living with those kinds of consequences to fear and anxiety.  I kind of don’t remember enough of the incident that really made her afraid, and had her misunderstanding the fey, so I kind of wish that had been more obviously resolved.

I felt for her being in such an unloving marriage, but still unable to see it for what it was.  It’s frustrating from an outsiders perspective, but I know it’s entirely different for the ones in those toxic relationships.

While it did take Terri a bit to settle in, I think watching the boys do their adorable fey thing just kind of had me smiling enough to make up for it.

As with the previous novella, this one was SUPER steamy.  And I definitely enjoyed the connection between Terri and Azio, even with the confusion of Groth in there.

I think this novella just brought back what draws me to this series time and time again.  Fun, adorable, misunderstood, scary-looking guys who are desperate for someone to shower their love on.