TITLE: PERICULUM
SERIES: DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND #1
AUTHOR: NATALIE BENNETT
GENRE: DARK
PUBLICATION: APRIL 13TH 2020
Synopsis
Tragic and twisted fell in love...
Ave Satanas, something wicked this way comes.
It’s time for the reckoning to begin.
Enter the Devil’s Playground wary where you tread, for demons are lurking with trickery up their sleeves.
Here good and bad cease to exist, and not all will make it to the end.
The price of freedom will be revealed only after bloodshed and rapture.
A claiming of one and purging of others.
That audio recording played exactly three minutes before the crash.
It was a riddle, a warning, and a promise. But they didn’t know that until it was too late.
Now stranded with two friends and a group of apprehensive strangers, Liliana Serpine must decide who and who not to trust as they navigate their way through hell in the form of an opulent city.
There’s one person who stands out among the others. He’s got a gorgeous face and darkly enigmatic aura. Being drawn to him is inevitable but staying by his side becomes necessary to survive.
When secrets start being revealed in blood, everything changes. From dabbling in the taboo, being tempted by the forbidden, and falling in lust with the carnage.
For those that make it out of this alive, they’ll never be the same people they once were.
**Warning**
Devil's Playground is a dark new adult (not high-school) series. There are graphic situations and content some readers may find objective. If you need fluff and sweet romance this is not the series for you. Books 1 & 2 tie together. The remaining books in the series are individual standalones.
Ave Satanas, something wicked this way comes.
It’s time for the reckoning to begin.
Enter the Devil’s Playground wary where you tread, for demons are lurking with trickery up their sleeves.
Here good and bad cease to exist, and not all will make it to the end.
The price of freedom will be revealed only after bloodshed and rapture.
A claiming of one and purging of others.
That audio recording played exactly three minutes before the crash.
It was a riddle, a warning, and a promise. But they didn’t know that until it was too late.
Now stranded with two friends and a group of apprehensive strangers, Liliana Serpine must decide who and who not to trust as they navigate their way through hell in the form of an opulent city.
There’s one person who stands out among the others. He’s got a gorgeous face and darkly enigmatic aura. Being drawn to him is inevitable but staying by his side becomes necessary to survive.
When secrets start being revealed in blood, everything changes. From dabbling in the taboo, being tempted by the forbidden, and falling in lust with the carnage.
For those that make it out of this alive, they’ll never be the same people they once were.
**Warning**
Devil's Playground is a dark new adult (not high-school) series. There are graphic situations and content some readers may find objective. If you need fluff and sweet romance this is not the series for you. Books 1 & 2 tie together. The remaining books in the series are individual standalones.
My Review
📚 PERICULUM: 📚
Is the first full length dark romance book in the series 'Devil's Playground', by Natalie Bennett.
And so the purge begins, only the strong will survive
This was a mixture of saw, and the hunger games.
Chance encounters or not?!?
Lana and her besties Mel and Grace partook in their last vacation before they have to step up to what their parents have install for them, all hungover and feeling the worst for wear jump on a shuttle bus on their way to the airport.
The only thing is along with an electric group of other passengers they don't get to their destinations..
Instead they are led to the unknown with tasks thrown at them to survive, stalked by mask wearing weapon brandishing unhinged people.
HOLY F#CK I'm sitting here with mouth wide open trying to sort through everything I'd just read! I've read previous books by this author and the beginning would grab me by the throat but then I'd lose interest in the storyline BUT this kept me so in the story before I knew it I'd inhaled it. This was so unique with so many missing puzzle pieces. Needless to say I'm beyond hooked..
A little bit dark
A little bit gritty
A hell of a lot of questions..
And so the purge begins, only the strong will survive
This was a mixture of saw, and the hunger games.
Chance encounters or not?!?
Lana and her besties Mel and Grace partook in their last vacation before they have to step up to what their parents have install for them, all hungover and feeling the worst for wear jump on a shuttle bus on their way to the airport.
The only thing is along with an electric group of other passengers they don't get to their destinations..
Instead they are led to the unknown with tasks thrown at them to survive, stalked by mask wearing weapon brandishing unhinged people.
HOLY F#CK I'm sitting here with mouth wide open trying to sort through everything I'd just read! I've read previous books by this author and the beginning would grab me by the throat but then I'd lose interest in the storyline BUT this kept me so in the story before I knew it I'd inhaled it. This was so unique with so many missing puzzle pieces. Needless to say I'm beyond hooked..
A little bit dark
A little bit gritty
A hell of a lot of questions..
BOOK#2
Maleficium
TITLE: MALEFICIUM
SERIES: DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND #2
AUTHOR: NATALIE BENNETT
GENRE: DARK
PUBLICATION: APRIL 13TH 2020
Tragic and Twisted Fall Apart…
The reckoning has begun.
In the Devil’s Playground morals have vanished, demons run rampant, and the death toll is rising.
The price of freedom looms closer than before, simply crown the king, claim a queen, and make idle work of the damned.
One will perish.
Bounties will be placed.
The devil wants his due, and one little Serpine is exactly who he's been waiting for.
The puppet dances as long as her strings are pulled.
Devil's Playground Reading Order
Periculum
Maleficium
Daemonium
Obscurum
Infernum
My Review
This kicks starts off where the previous book left off.
Initially this was going to be another 5 star read after the high of reading the first book, this was going so well until the end chapter which you can't even really call a cliffy because it ended so abruptly making me think there were pages missing, which was a shame because I was really loving this, then we're given a bonus chapter which yet again didn't really make much sense making it feel too rushed and stilted and again we're all left hanging wondering what the ever loving f#ck is going on because they are still getting chased, groups still getting killed and still Ciaran is kind of helping her even though she has no recollection of him in her past.
Still only a few chosen will survive, others will be obliterated by clowns carrying their choice of weapon.
Yet again it's high on adrenaline, pulse pumping grittiness which has me anticipating the next books!! Even though with the two niggles above this is such a good series which I want to see till the end.
I haven't tried this author yet although I've got quite a few books of hers on my shelves. You've got me wanting to finally dive in. Those covers are insane and your reviews are superb! 🌺
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