The Ascended (The Aesymarean Duet)
Parker Lennox
4.7
City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils)
by Kayla Edwards
Published Apr 21, 2026
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About this book
For the first printing only! This deluxe paperback features stunning character art printed on the inside covers while the special edition supply lasts. A USA TODAY bestseller! A human reluctantly joins forces with supernatural bounty hunters in a desperate bid to save her friend in this first book in the gripping urban romantasy House of Devils series, perfect for fans of Ilona Andrews, Sarah J. Maas, and Cassandra Clare. Welcome to the city of Angelthene…We hope you survive. Loren Calla has only ever been ordinary. As a human living in Angelthene, a city of vampires, werewolves, witches, and other supernatural creatures, she always assumed her life would remain simple, predictable, and as safe as her world would allow. But when she barely escapes abduction at the hands of Darkslayers—supernatural bounty hunters—and one of her friends is taken in her place, Loren will do whatever it takes to get her back. She’ll even accept help from Darien Cassel, leader of the most ruthless Darkslaying circle in the city. Darien is Loren’s only chance at finding her friend alive—if she can manage not to fall head-over-heels in love with him. Easier said than done. Their search for answers takes them deep into Angelthene’s corrupt underbelly to a dark secret that threatens to unravel their world. When tragedy strikes, can Loren learn that love makes an ordinary person do extraordinary things?
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What readers are saying
MichelleThis book had me emotionally invested, fully spiraling. NO NOTES.
"4.5⭐️ This book completely sucked me in from page one. I loved the writing style. The descriptions were immaculate. I could picture every scene, every creature and character. The world building is rich and immersive. The vibes are dark and gritty. The slow burn had me on the edge of my seat the entire time, emotionally invested, fully spiraling. NO NOTES. If you’re craving an urban fantasy, with a side of emotional depth, found family, slow burn romance and a story that keeps you guessing, then add this to your TBR. Can’t wait to start book 2. ["
March 20, 2026 Verified Purchase
book whispernice fun easy read MILD SPOILERS
"Although this book didn’t need to be this long I still enjoyed it for some unbeknownst reason. The only character that had any sort of development was the MMC all of the side characters were lack luster and one dimensional. SABRINE Let’s start with sabrine, our MC friend that goes missing and Loren is all twisted up about it. She is found with no help from any of our MC’s. She’s just found by a random side character and that’s it. You vaguely see her mentioned throughout the rest of the book maybe 3 more times. No extensive questioning about where she was , if she remembered anything about her captors, how she feels about being turned, just nothing, even though half of the book was about finding her. LACE Next let’s talk about Lace our MMC ex GF. I felt like there was so much that could’ve been done with her character and the author just let her exist by vaguely mentioning her over in the living room or over there in the kitchen. I felt like her and Loren could’ve hated each other in the begging of and loved each other by the end. Like have Loren thinks that she still wants Darien but she doesn’t and warns Loren of Darien’s heartbreaking ways that Loren doesn’t take heed to and choke it up as jealousy and then lace turns out to be right and they bond and have a better understanding of each other… etc The chapters became repetitive. It was too much of our MC’s almost touching, kissing, telling each other how they feel before Darien receives a phone call and they have to rush half way across the city to find out absolutely nothing. I found myself skipping some of those chapters and not missing a thing. The constant time lapse skips when we could’ve gotten some great descriptions of things that were skipped. We keep reading about how Darien is fear and such a great fighter but every time he goes to the pit it’s glossed over and not describe in detail. Oh, I almost forgot. What was that with SLADE ??? Shouldn’t Darien have been the one to kill him since you know all of the abuse ? It would’ve been more impactful if SLADE had been killed by Darien and they was so good dialogue between the two. The world building could’ve use a little work. It’s was so interesting but we got little to no flesh out chapters of the fleet, the witches and how they used their staves. The vampires, the wolfs. With all that being said I STILL enjoyed the book and rated it 3. ["
November 30, 2024 Verified Purchase
