Name: The Book of Azrael
Rating: 4.25 (82 reviews)

Amber Nicole

Book 1 of the Gods & Monsters Series

The Book of Azrael

Ellie 

“It wasn’t the emotion the poets wrote sonnets about or the way forms of literature described it, but I cared.“

"Better to die by what you think is right than to live under a lie."

“She was an angel born out of the most brutal darkness.”

"We can’t live in the past, D. Nothing grows there."

"Gabby. This isn’t some movie everyone gets to live happily ever after. That’s not my world. It never was. There are no flowers, no cute words, and no sweet promises. My world is violent and real and permanent."

"Simple men, even supernatural ones, are always falling for the damsel in distress act."

"It does not need teeth, claws, or any other scary feature to be deadly."

"A monster is still a monster, no matter how pretty it is."

"For the first time in centuries, I couldn't feel my fire, and that terrified me."

"Call me crazy, wild, impulsive, or all of the above, but one thing I could say for myself was that no matter what, I was a fighter."

"You are not a failure, nor will you be."

"Sometimes it’s easier to talk to a stranger than the people you care about."

"Everyone has always been so cautious around me, bowing all the time, which I loathe. They call me liege or sir as if my name has no meaning anymore. As if my title is all I am or will ever be to them. Half the time, they are afraid to say the wrong thing. It makes me feel as though I am no longer a person to them."

“She had become what she needed to be to protect the only person who still saw good in her.”

“It was a moment of peace until the dreams that threatened to shred my soul shattered it.”

“I wondered if I had done something wrong, and then I felt stupid that I cared so much. Stupid fucking mortal heart.”

“There is no victory in war, only death. Even the winning side loses.”

“You do not know who you truly are until you have no options left.”

"Don’t you know? Love is the purest form of destruction there is."

"Take it from someone who lost their love. Don’t take what you feel for granted. It is worth everything."

Wow. Ok. So this book wasn’t amazing. It wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. There were parts that were so good and parts that dragged. But I was interested and the ending, I had a feeling about it, but this was an overall good book. 

One thing that did get on my nerves was the fact that they had this constant back and forth throughout the whole book and it felt like that part of Dianna and Liam’s relationship stood stagnant. Also I feel like, a least for Dianna there was a little character plateau in the middle of the book. Like a waiting period before her character arc picked back up.

But that might just be me being nitpicky. Good book.

Bushra Yenice

Wow. Ok. So this book wasn’t amazing. It wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. There were parts that were so good and parts that dragged. But I was interested and the ending, I had a feeling about it, but this was an overall good book. 

One thing that did get on my nerves was the fact that they had this constant back and forth throughout the whole book and it felt like that part of Dianna and Liam’s relationship stood stagnant. Also I feel like, a least for Dianna there was a little character plateau in the middle of the book. Like a waiting period before her character arc picked back up.

But that might just be me being nitpicky. Good book.

Doing a re-listen before the next book comes out. I’m still obsessed with this series and I’m catching so many little hints I missed during the first read

Miranda Watson

The ending!? I’m still so shocked, cannot wait to read the second book! It was a great read, it took me a while to get into the world but once the journey started, I couldn’t put it down! It was so descriptive, great concept for a monsters / gods world. 

Olanda

This book kept me up to 3am in the best way possible 

Samantha Waterson

This book gave me all the emotions by far my favorite read so far

Cameryn Wright

jupiter

u ever read a book that was kinda aweful but kinda not. like the characters definitely carried but in a slightly unsrs way. 

there was too much information given without either a clear or simple explanation and it reads as if we should’ve known this stuff instead of being introduced slowly considering how much world building was needed and provided in this one book.

diannaliam kinda pussy slay like that’s my bisexual hispanic coded monster/god m/f couple.

first 1/3 really nawt good like it needs major editing. but certain things carried (dianna) ig,,, i will be here for the next book bc of the ending. pls don’t ask me what happens bc it’s just constantly smth…

just realized there is little to no character description like i lit have no idea what anyone looks like and based how diannas last name and the fact that liam called his mom madre i’m guessing their hispanic coded?? like idk what anyone else is except blonde or curly hair 🤥

Caroll-Ann

I recieved this as an ARC a little bit ago and was so scared to start it since it’s over 800 pages long BUT I was pleasantly surprised. The book was amazing, the story so good and the author’s writing style is so easy to read and makes it super easy to follow the story and be right there in the world of this book. I highly recommend this book if you’re a fan of fantasy books. I now want to know how the story of Dianna continues. I don’t really want to talk about what the book is about, since I don’t want to spoil anything, the only thing I can tell you is that Dianna is a badass!!!!!!

I need the second book!!!

I just……. wow. need some time to process

Gabriella Lanouette

I just……. wow. need some time to process

highly recommend 

freya.nightwolf

I LOVED IT!!! THE VILLAIN IS THE MAIN CHARACTER! ALLELUIA! 
I think it's the first book I find full of action from the beginning until the end, which you often don't see with the first book of a series. I loved Nicole's writing style, the way she gave us the past of the characters like you would actually live it in the present. 
The story is told in dual pov which is perfect. We get to see from the beginning two different minds, two ways of thinking, two different characters, but not so different after all. Two sides of the same coin. 
I find Dianna a wonderful character. Yes, she's practically the boogeyman, but the telling "evil isn't born, is made", well, that's Dianna. I love how she embraces her dark side and also knows her control.
I loved the way Liam's character was written and, thank you, Nicole, for letting the man be a man, and not throwing all the action just on the female character. As I said, they are two sides of the same coin, and they've both had their action scenes and their battles to lead, and seeing them both fight in equal measure and have their own moments of shining and also darkening makes this book so much better. 
I love darkness and the night and having a book where the author is not afraid to make the darkness shine [if I can say it this way], I simply love it. People shouldn't be afraid of the darkness. It is good and evil in all of us. The difference is how we let each half control us or do we control the halves. And let's not kid ourselves. It is fun to let the darkness have more power than the light from time to time. 
So, thank you Nicole for this wonderful book, the world you've built, the adventure, the magic, and all the creatures you've assembled in one world and I can't wait for the next one to see how our two lovebirds fight the world and fate [because fate can go f*ck itself] and I really want to see how those four gods perish. I hope Oblivion will be their ending and also Kaden's.

Rachael Wiseman 

I am so happy Amazon recommended this book. I am usually wary, especially when it’s an author I have never heard of but this book was 700+ pages of amazing!

First off this book is action-packed from the get-go. Dianna is the most fierce FMC I have ever read. Dianna is full of heart and caring to a fault. But on the flip side, she will chew you up and spit you out…sometimes literally lol.

The blurb doesn’t do this book justice! But if you like strong af FMCs, enemies to lovers, old gods storylines, and monsters this is right up your alley. On a side note, this is a pretty dark book (lots of battles and blood and gore) not much HEA, and not much spice. There are only a couple of places where spice happens but it’s pretty brief. But I feel like there was so much going on in the book that the romance/ spice not being a front runner didn’t make this story any less epic.

Scarlett A.

NEW FAVORITE OBSESSION! 
♾️/⭐️ - 1/🌶

◾️ DUAL POV - 1st person 
◾️ Unique world(building) with gods, monsters & humans alike
◾️ Enemies-to-lovers 
◾️ Forced proximity, one-bed-trope, forbidden love
◾️ Palpable tension; slow burn all the way
◾️ Villain as FMC (mix of Katherine Pierce & Damon Salvatore, need I say more?!)
◾️ Male MC is a hot as sin God with tortured past
◾️ Trauma/PTSD rep done very well 
◾️ There is a little spice in this first book, but you just know it will get better in the following books (not fade to black)

I need the next book like tomorrow! So not ready for the serious book hangover that will follow 😫

The Book of Azrael Book 1 of the Gods & Monsters Series

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