Hunted by the Demon's Vow by A.N. Caudle
Hunted by the Demon’s Vow by A.N. Caudle
I enjoyed the plot of this book and the premise of the demon hunt as well as the intensity of everything going on.
I think I was expecting a bit more forbidden love based on the summary and was a bit confused when there wasn’t as much romantic tension as I expected. I can understand the forbidden love from Daemon’s side a bit, but not really Vhaena’s side.
The secret that Vhaena keeps from Daemon for so long was very obvious. I didn’t understand why it took so long to be revealed as it wasn’t shocking and didn’t truly add to the plot in being revealed so late.
I enjoyed that the FMC in this book is not secretly amazing with survival skills. Too many times we get an FMC that has been training in secret or somehow knows all these skills that the average villager would never know and thus they are almost completely fine during such a traumatic situation. Instead, Vhaena is truly an average villager with no special skills and honestly completely hopeless in trying to survive and evade the hunters and I actually enjoyed it more because of this.
Overall, I did enjoy this book and would recommend it, but it was not my favorite.
Thank you to The Nerd Fam for the gifted book.
Synopsis: Seven days.
That’s how long the humans selected for the Hunt must survive. On the island, the demons are set loose to hunt them down and indulge in their darkest desires with no rules to stop them.
Vhaena never thought her town would turn on her, but when she’s voted as a sacrifice for the demons’ annual tradition, she’s forced into a nightmare designed to kill her. Alone and betrayed, she’s prepared to do anything to survive. What she isn’t prepared for is him.
Daemon, her brother’s best friend and her forbidden obsession—a demon hiding among them.
Loyal to his vow to protect her but cursed by the darkness clawing at his soul, Daemon walks a blurring line between protector and predator. His vow demands her safety, but his hunger demands her ruin.
On an island meant to unleash the monsters hidden within, Vhaena and Daemon must decide which is stronger—duty or desire.