Demons Do It Better

Hidden Species Series, Book 1

De: Louisa Masters

Narrado por: Joel Leslie

I work for Lucifer. Only, it's not as cool and satanic as it sounds.

The truth is, I'm an admin assistant who applied for a job that sounded kind of interesting and ended up working for the Community of Species Government. I'm the only human in the office, and basically I ride herd on a team of rambunctious shifters and demons.

I also spend a lot of time avoiding Gideon Bailey, the demon I had a one-night stand with right before I took this job. He hates me, and I really want to avoid being murdered. But I've been offered a promotion that will mean working with him, so we're both going to have to get over it.

Plus, people are going missing. Pregnant people. And the word is that someone is dabbling in genetic experimentation. Putting a stop to that is more important than the sexual tension Gideon and I have been ignoring...isn't it?

©2020 Louisa Masters (P)2021 Tantor

Entertaining plot, romance, world, and narration!

Joel Leslie takes artistic liberties in giving various characters international accents even when the characters are not explicitly said to be foreign, but he makes it worth the work. He does a great job of doing believable accents that help differentiate the characters without being too gimmicky. The author’s world is enthralling and logical, the plot is complicated, and romance is well drawn out and developed — a slow burn.

Love it!

I really love this series. I love all the quirky characters and their interactions 😀. It’s definitely a lot of fun to read and listen and makes you feel like you are witnessing the story as it unfolds. I’m ready for more!

Great Start to a Series!

I’ve lost track how many times I’ve listened to this book, and the entire series! I first decided to listen/read this book because Joel Leslie was narrating. He did an excellent job as always! He definitely made the characters come to life!
It was refreshing to see a different spin on the supernatural community in a modern setting. Sam may be the only human part of CSG, but he’s no push over! I laughed when he put Alister and the other hellhounds in their place! I don’t want to soil a lot about Sam, so I will just say he is special! He definitely went through a lot in his past and during this book. It was nice to see Sam and Gideon together! I usually don’t like the misunderstanding troupe moments but theirs was funny! I wish we got to see a little more of their romance, but I loved what we got in this book! It was cute to see how Gideon treated Sam nicely and was protective of him. This book, as well as the series, had me laughing and smiling! Also, I love that Sam’s little guilty purchase (I won’t spoil it) comes back to haunt him in the series!

Hilarious and Hot!

This is the 1st book, I read by Louisa Masters and it is 💯 fantastic. It's funny, steamy hot, and the narrator Joel Leslie is my favorite.

Very modest heat but some good humor

I don't know why I added this book to my Audible library, or what compelled me to start to listen. It's far different from most of my stories, but different is good, too. There are a scant few and mildly sexy scenes (objectively speaking compared to my library), so don't buy this if that's primarily what you look for in a story. But the lack of heat did not detract from the overall great story weaving and establishment of this unique universe. Mostly, I enjoyed the frequent laugh out loud humor throughout. There's one scene where Sam is taken to a luncheon with his new work teammates, accidentally gets the equivalent of drunk, and hijinx ensue that was completely memorable.

What can I say about the narration other than wow. Normally I'm not all that impressed with single narration, but Joel Leslie was AMAZING. Probably nearly a dozen character voices distinct, with a nice array of accents. Well done!