Date with Death by Eve Langlais
Series: Welcome to Hell #2.5
Published by Amazon Digital
Published on: June 28, 2013
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 130
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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Note: Date With Death was originally published in 2010 by Liquid Silver Books. This July 2013 re-release (with new cover) is a slightly expanded version, with new scenes featuring Hell's favorite matchmaker, Lucifer, so to incorporate this novella into the Welcome to Hell series.
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His mission was to harvest her soul, but he captured her heart instead.
Marigold has a date with Death, but when she foils his plan to take her soul back to Hell, she invites him to dinner instead.
Mictain, an Aztec god who now collects the dead for Satan, is baffled at his interest in the plump human who can see him. Intrigued--and in lust--he can’t help pursuing her. But things are never simple when gods are involved.
Lucifer, Lord of Hell tries to warn him away and even Marigold’s long lost father decides to butt in. But, despite the opposition, things heat up between them, and Marigold learns, when Death comes calling, it’s best to get naked and invite him into bed—and her heart.
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Once again, we visit Lucifer’s Hell and he is back to matchmaking again. In this one, we have Mictain, who is an Aztec god of death and a grim reaper. He has come to collect Marigold’s soul. However, there is a problem. She sees him, figures out who and what he is. So, she stops what she is doing, so she doesn’t die. Lucifer wants Mick to figure out why she can see him, because if people see the grim reaper, the number of deaths is going to plummet.
As we go through the story, we learn that Mari has a very special father. She is not aware of her paternal parentage. She thinks that she is just a normal witch. She is very ballsy as she asks the reaper out for a date. Who does that? “I know you came to collect my sole, but since I’m not going to die, you wanna go out for a bite to eat?”
This was a cute and quick read. When I grabbed this, I didn’t realize I was getting a novella. I thought I was picking up book three in the series. I guess that’s what I get for not paying attention and just one-clicking. LOL. I enjoyed the story. I loved the banter between Mick and Mari.
This story was originally part of an anthology, which means it works great as a stand alone story. It is a great way to get started on this series if you are just wanting to give it a try without the commitment of reading a full book. I can’t wait to get back to the last two books in this series and see who Lucifer will put together next.
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I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
I love snarky characters, and it sounds like Mick and Mari have great chemistry. I need to start reading this series. Great review!
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They are pretty funny and quick reads. I hope you enjoy them.
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Seriously, you’re trying to resist 1-click ? Good luck 😉 No, I’m not being ironic, I mean it, I want to get there too !! I love Eve Langlais – one day, when I’m a big girl, I’ll have read all of her books 🙂 (Don’t mind me, it’s sunday, I’m crazy on sundays)
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Hahaha. I plan on reading all of her stuff too. I still have Cyborgs and Aliens.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Ghost Light by E.J. Stevens
It happens to me all the time! I just realized that I snagged another teaser instead of a full novel. Had to scratch it off my review calendar.
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One day, I might learn to pay attention. Happy Mother’s Day to you and yours.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Ghost Light by E.J. Stevens
Surprisingly fun novella. A great addition to the series, no matter the length. 🙂
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It was really nice surprise. I liked that it was such a quick read, even if I wasn’t expecting it.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Ghost Light by E.J. Stevens
I am having a lot of fun with her Kodiak Point books so I am going to have to check out this series too. 🙂
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Kodiak Point is one of my favorites. Princess of Hell, which has the same Lucifer as this series, it my other favorite. There are still several other series I’ve yet to try. I will get to them eventually.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Ghost Light by E.J. Stevens
Banter is good. It can save a book 🙂 I’m still trying to persuade myself to try novellas, but so far I haven’t. I like meat on my books, lol. The concept of this series is sort of funny, but grabbing too. I’ve already put it on a list. Thanks, Melanie, this is another great review.
Ramona recently posted…Writer Earnings
I love novellas when I’m in the right mood. I usually read ones that are part of an existing series. I find that it helps me with the story, because I don’t need as much world building or even character building. I haven’t done many stand alone novellas or from series that I’m not familiar with. Thanks so much Ramona
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That’s good you enjoyed this one, even though you didn’t realize it was a novella in the series. The MC sounds really spunky; I like that. 🙂
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She was a lot of fun, but then Eve’s heroines usually are.
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This one was fun, but it was a little different from the usual for the series.
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Yea, I think it is because she wrote it for an anthology, then went back and added Lucifer to it to make it a novella for this series. It was fun, but then I haven’t read anything from Eve that hasn’t made me LOL at least once in the story.
Melanie recently posted…Early Review: Bruja by Aileen Erin
I think I read this awhile ago. It sounds vaguely familiar. I don’t think I knew at the time it was part of a series. I remember it being a short but cute story.
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Originally it was part of an anthology. She went back a few years later and added enough to make it part of the series in a novella. You might have read the anthology that was not actually part of the series. But, you’re right, it is a short, but cute story.
Melanie recently posted…Early Review: Bruja by Aileen Erin
Cute and quick has its place and sounds like it worked here
I agree. I love them, I just didn’t realize that was what I purchased. I guess that was why the price was so cheap. LOL. I’ll pick up the next one soon. 🙂
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