Review: For the Hell of It (Razing Hell Series Book 1) by Cate Corvin

For the Hell of It by Cate Corvin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An Angel Falls to Hell

I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

The book starts with the Fall of an angel, Melisande, pushed from Heaven by the Archangel Gabriel. She is the first angel to survive the Fall and fight to remain alive since Lucifer. Her beautiful white wings, blackened, her hair changed to violet and her halo in pieces, she is battered and weak when she is captured and enslaved by Belial, the Prince of Wrath.

She becomes the subject of fascination of Lucifer, his best friend Azazel and Belial. They come to a shaky agreement to train her to survive hell. At the same time she is placed in the arena and forced to fight for her freedom. Win 7 fights in a row and she can go free, though she has to beat the very best and worst of heaven and hell to do so, she has to kill the unkillable Nephilim.

The only reason this is 4.5 ⭐️ instead of 5 is that it took me a while to connect with the characters and to become invested in their story. I think that this is partly to do with the whole ‘heaven is good, hell is bad’ bias most people have. It took a long time to reveal that those biases, in this story, are not necessarily true.

There are many layers to this story and to the characters. Those layers take time to be revealed, but once they were I was captivated by it all. The world building was was cleverly woven gradually through the chapters to construct a universe that glittered with dark and beautiful light. Whilst the first half of the book drew me slowly in to the story, the second half hauled me by my hair into the abyss. I devoured the second half of the book in half the time it took me to read the first half because I just couldn’t stop reading. I think the rest of the series may be the same.

This is a fantastic universe, the characters are fascinating and the story is compelling. I recommend giving it a whirl!

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