Devil Without a Cause (The Devil's Bargain, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jun 14, 2011 Wan rated it it was ok

Shelves: wishlist, angel-and-fallen-angel, 2012-dg-heroes-challenge, 2012-rrrc-reading-list-challenge, rockstars

I was very disappointed with the book. Don't know why I thought it would be better. I didn't see anything special or extraordinary with the plot, character, or anything else. I wanted to like it more but I didn’t. While reading, I can’t help but compare this series to the J.R. Ward’s The Fallen Angels, not even close. I think the concept behind it was same different good VS bad -- bargain with the devil VS save by the angels.

Characters were just so..so. I didn’t really like any of them. IMO, th ...more

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Jun 26, 2011 Steph rated it really liked it

Shelves: series-book1, series-ongoing, author-웃, year-read-2012, sos-games-bsb-r4

Devil Without a Cause introduces us to Finn Payne, a rock star who's success is due to a ring and a deal with the Devil; Faith McFarland, a single mother who is caring for her son, who has a brain tumor; and reintroduces fans of Terri's Nicki Styx series with the Devil himself, Samael, the Fallen (AKA: His Satanic Majesty, Son of Morning, Prince of Darkness, Lord of the Underworld, etc, etc, etc). The lives of these three collide when Gabrielle comes to Sam(my B. Divine) with "a chance for redem Devil Without a Cause introduces us to Finn Payne, a rock star who's success is due to a ring and a deal with the Devil; Faith McFarland, a single mother who is caring for her son, who has a brain tumor; and reintroduces fans of Terri's Nicki Styx series with the Devil himself, Samael, the Fallen (AKA: His Satanic Majesty, Son of Morning, Prince of Darkness, Lord of the Underworld, etc, etc, etc). The lives of these three collide when Gabrielle comes to Sam(my B. Divine) with "a chance for redemption. A chance to show the One that {he} regrets {his} disobedience, that {he} still wants forgiveness." He's still sore over the whole Eve (Lilith) fiasco.

The offer, made by Gabrielle, is to help a mortal woman (Faith) who needs guidance. Sammy takes him up on the offer, but twists it to fit his agenda, no surprise there - he is the Father of Lies, after all. He decides to kill two birds with one stone. See, Sammy desperately wants Finn's ring back. Finn hasn't succumb to the pressures of the Ring of Chaos, as the wearers before him have, and has instead survived 20 years. Sammy will get Finn's soul once he loses the ring, but Sammy cannot take it from him. He also sees this "chance" as an opportunity to gather another soul - again, why not? So, he offers to save Faith's son, cure his cancer, if she seduces Finn, steals the ring, brings it him and he gets her soul when she dies. What would you do to save the life of your son? What about the life of the man you think you might love? The despicable idea of seducing a man and spending eternity in Hell present challenges for Faith, but things get confusing for her when Finn does whatever necessary to stop her from handing over his ring.

This was a very quick read for me. I enjoyed it much more than I was expecting. Even though Finn and Faith's story should've been the spotlight, Sammy really made the book for me. He's a hoot. He's experiencing some changes in his life that he never expected and is still trying to let go of his mortal love, Nicki, who has married and moved on. That said, I did enjoy Faith and Finn. I connected a bit more with Finn, but Faith's desire to save her son at all costs is certainly one that pulls at the heartstrings.

I look forward to starting book 2, A Devil Named Desire later tonight. ...more

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Apr 11, 2018 Michelle rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2018, terri-garey

Let me start by saying I bought this book for the cover and it has sat on my shelf for years now. This was a new to me author and I was really torn on what to rate the book.

I love PNR, and I love children in PNR which isn't always an easy combination to write. This book raises a lot of questions for me as a Mum and I felt for Faith, I really did. I struggled to identify with her at times though. Finn as the Hero of the tale annoyed me a lot, ok he totally p*ssed me off but...

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Mar 31, 2011 Sharon rated it really liked it

I loved Terri Garey’s Nicki Styx Series because of its quirky characters, spooky mysteries, descriptive writing and… Samael also known as Sammy Divine! He is one smexy devil. No, really, he is the Devil . I fell in love with this bad boy and was thrilled to find out Terri was giving him his very own series (The Devil’s Bargain).

This book has a much darker and sexier tone than the Nicki Styx books. We are dealing with Hell after all. There are two stories going on in Devil Without a Cause. First ...more

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