This book is one wild ride and I loved every minute of it. Penelope Douglas isn’t blowing smoke by calling this the Devil’s Night series and she really delivers on everything the title insinuates. The characters are compelling, the story held my interest and while I generally dislike flashbacks or dual timelines, she does it perfectly. About two-thirds of this story takes place now and the rest happened three years ago, so action switches between the time periods but the transitions are seamless. It’s not clumsy and doesn’t create plot holes, which are the main reasons I’ve been disappointed by them in other books.
This story has everything: disillusioned rich kids, power hungry jerks, arch-enemies, creepy masks and rituals of sorts, borderline rapey guys who like to torture women, there’s a lot going on. Plus, Rika’s known Trevor her entire life, they’ve grown up together and now he’s her boyfriend but she’s been in love with his older brother for as long as she can remember.
Read the review of Corrupt for more details or check out the Devil’s Night bonus content, including deleted scenes on the author’s website here.
