Week 20 Review: Deal With the Devil

From Goodreads:

Orphan Black meets the post-apocalyptic Avengers in the vein of Ilona Andrews’ Hidden Legacy series by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author duo Kit Rocha

The United States went belly up 45 years ago when our power grid was wiped out. Too few live in well-protected isolation while the rest of us scrape by on the margins. The only thing that matters is survival. By any means. At any cost.

Nina is an information broker with a mission: to bring hope to the darkest corners of Atlanta. She and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to help those in need. But altruism doesn't pay the bills—raiding vaults and collecting sensitive data is where the real money is.

Knox is a bitter, battle-weary supersoldier who leads the Silver Devils, an elite strike squad that chose to go AWOL rather than slaughter innocents. Before the Devils leave town for good, they need a biochem hacker to stabilize the experimental implants that grant their superhuman abilities.

The problem? Their hacker’s been kidnapped. And the ransom for her return is Nina. Knox has the perfect bait for a perfect trap: a lost Library of Congress server. The data could set Nina and her team up for years...

If they live that long.

My Review:
I had such a great time reading this book! This world was pretty violent with things having fallen to pieces and all, making survival the number one rule, and kindness not being a priority. I really enjoyed being in this world and with these characters and I can't wait to read more!

We know going in that they are in a bad spot, with Knox's team having left their employers, but having the modifications that are deteriorating. And the person that they were counting on to help them was kidnapped-and the ransom is Nina. Not good! 

Of course Nina doesn't know this, she is cautious, but she's also kind. Her team is what the series draws the librarians from its name, that they're all about information, and getting it to the people. Which doesn't pay the bills, which leads to her jobs searching out information. And the bait that Knox has is irresistable!

I loved watching everything come together, the teams getting to know one another, Nina and Knox falling in love and falling apart, and how it all worked out! There was plenty going on, with the kidnappers, as well as the Silver Devil's former employers! 

This was a fantastic read, and I can't wait to read the sequels! 

Author: Kit Rocha
Series: Mercenary Librarians #1
Read: May 18th, 2023
Source: Library 
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a 2023 Dystopia Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book!
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: July 28th 2020

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