The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1) By Amelia Wilde
This book started off fine. I thought it was just gonna be an asshole hero and an innocent heroine. Turns out it’s an abusive hero and a stupid heroine.
Spoilers ahead...
Girl almost gets raped by another crew and after saving her instead of figuring out if she’s okay the hero ties her naked to the ship and whips her. Scars up her whole back and we’re supposed to be okay with this just because he was abused as a child and doesn’t know how to process his feelings.
I hate abusive heroes and I don’t understand why people keep romanticizing this shit. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1) Updated rating: 3 stars, I don't really remember a lot about this book
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Initial rating: 4 stars
Who knew modern-day pirates could be so damn sexy?
I mean seriously... this Poseidon dude is something else. Imagine a sexy as sin tattooed sea god, all muscles and power, closed-off and intense, with a take no prisoners attitude (well... it depends on the prisoner really). I would have him save me from drowning every day of the week. ;)
Ashley, the love interest, is a young social media sweetheart, sheltered and naïve. Suffice it to say, she was not my favorite character but I hope she will grow up and grow on me in the next books. Their relationship is complex and complicated, with a lot of twists and turns. They are in a captor/captive situation and what I liked most about her was that she never gave up on trying to get away.
It was my first time reading Amelia Wilde and I am really liking her writing style.
This is the first book in her brand new series - a Greek mythology retelling of Poseidon.
The story is really dark, twisted and angsty, with a lot of trigger warnings. The sea is ever present like a living/breathing 3rd main character. The intense vibe of the story and the plot twists kept me reading well into the night. And the cliffhanger is movie worthy.
If you're like me and you fancy the dark and twisted tropes (mafia, MC, captor/captive), then Poseidon is your guy.
There are 2 other series about Poseidon's brothers, Zeus and Hades, that are already out and I am definitely picking them up.
Trigger warnings for: murder, captivity, bondage, near rape, consensual non-consent, beating.
***ARC received from the author in exchange for an honest review. *** The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1) Ashley Donnelly is on a secret vacation with her boyfriend when her live is turned upside down.
He tried to make a deal with some shady people in the middle of the ocean and ended up giving up much more than he planned. Those people then hijack his yacht and Ashley fearing for her life jumps into the deep blue sea to save herself.
Hours later, barely hanging on, she is rescued by Poseidon. A dark and ruthless pirate who loves the ocean more than anything. He can't decide what he wants to do with her, but after finding out her true identity he realizes he can utilize her more alive than dead. He is ruthless and one you don't want to cross.
Could she have just escaped one devil to fall into the hands of yet another one.
I wasn't quite sure how this story was going to play out in the start of the book, but I'm really liking how it's picked up speed toward the middle and even more so at the end.
I started falling for Poseidon, but as the book progressed the anti hero in him started to shine and make waves. My heart hurt for Ashley towards the end. After starting to truly care for her captor she now hates him and I don't blame her.
I can't wait to continue on with their story!
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1) 3.5 stars
Ok so this is hard to review. In my opinion 200 pages is not a story and I told myself that I'd stop starting trilogies like this but sometimes a story sounds so good and I can't help myself. Have I mentioned this 200 page book was also over $5...😯 ...for 1/3 of a story folks.
Anyway I'm getting bogged down in the negative. If this was a full length book I'd say this is easily a 4 star start to the book. I love Poseidon, he's cruel and sexy and exactly how I love my H's. He's morally grey, and the kind of anti hero that makes you blush with his filthy, filthy mouth.
Ashley is...not loving her tbh. She's a bit TSTL but I'm hoping she'll pull her stupid princess head out of her ass in the next book.
That's right...I'm gonna read the next book despite my bitching about the price. I feel like it has potential but honestly authors, just release 1 book. As much as I enjoy this authors writing I'm not a rich pirate who can afford to spend close to $20 Australian dollars on a story so sadly I'm not gonna be delving into her previous books. I get that this is art and it's someone's living but it's exorbitant at that price range. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1) I have been reading and loving everything Amelia Wilde for a while now. But this story, right here, just blew my mind away. Destroyed. Undone. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is the epic and larger than life romance that is just too impossible to praise with words. Action. Drama. Romance. Suspense. Angst. Steam. All came together impossibly well with Amelia Wilde's brilliant writing.
Ashley was on a secret vacation with her boyfriend. And their yacht gets attacked and her boyfriend is killed and she jumps into the sea to save her life. Only to be rescued by the devil of the sea, Poseidon. The gorgeous pirate.The man who doesn't care about society and its rules. Who is violent, intriguing and oh so bad for her. But is he the worst?
So Poseidon is the last brother to get a story. And wow the author saved best for the last. And if you haven't read Zeus and Hades' trilogy yet, what are you even doing with your life. This man is toxic. And irresistible. He has a droolworthy body. A vicious mind. And a dark heart with secrets and scars. And he has a sinful mouth that says the most outrageous, ridiculously dirty and unreasonably sexy things. He doesn't need emotional connection beyond what he feels for the sea. His life is an endless quest and all about loyalty to his mates running the ship with him. But society princess Ashley rocked his world and broke his walls. She may be sweet and innocent superficially but she has the fiercest heart. She fought and fought to find her own freedom. She is also attracted to the violent charm of Poseidon. And wow there were fireworks in pages. Like the most tantalizing things you can imagine. Poseidon is fascinated with her light and that may cost them. Because the life on sea is merciless and even a single mistake can cost them all. They have this insane love-hate dynamics that's just too explosive. Poseidon is corrupting her, hurting her and breaking her. Yet he cannot let her go and she cannot help but want him. The storyline is maddening. Just crazy. And I yelled and cursed for that cliffy. That was not for fainthearted.
The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea by Amelia Wilde was a complete rollercoaster. At one moment I was breathless with all the intense and aching feels. At the next moment I was having trouble keeping up with the action packed twists and turns. And the very next moment, I was swooning and blushing. What an amazing love story!
I reviewed an early copy voluntarily The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1)
A modern-day pirate.
An heiress lost at sea.
And the treasure of a lifetime.
He’s beautiful. Calculating. Cruel. And he’s taken me hostage.
When pirates board my boyfriend’s yacht, I jump overboard to save myself. Drifting asea. Until one man rescues me from the endless ocean.
Except he has plans of his own. I’m worth too much money for ransom. He’ll keep me on his ship and in his bed. The real danger lies in his dark-depth eyes. He wants more from me than money. Than passion. He wants everything.
He rescued me, but I’m far from safe.
There’s an entire sea of danger threatening to drag me under.
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by USA Today bestselling author Amelia Wilde is a dangerously sexy contemporary romance that will blow you out of the water.
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1)
So I may have had too high expectations for this, but in my defense if I hear the words “pirate romance” I’m going to have all the expectations. This wasn’t bad, but not much really happens besides the heroine being taken in as the hero’s prisoner. Then at the end the story takes an unexpected dark turn and I’m not sure how the hero will make up for it. I’m hoping the romance picks up more in the next book.
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Modern day pirate romance 👀 The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1)
“The gag is for you, princess. You don’t want the whole crew hearing your business, do you?”
She shakes her head before she can stop herself. It’s another lie. I’d bet my life on it. I’d bet she would get wetter if I lined them all up outside the door and made them watch. I circle her mouth with a fingertip, then undo my pants.
She’s tied up, gagged, humiliated, and her eyes move down over my body to the cock that’s about to fuck her.
I don’t think those eyes can get any wider.
Then she sees my piercing.
Ashley can’t stop looking at it, breathing hard through her gag.
The shell of her ear is too tempting not to bite, so I do it, the resulting shiver moving all the way down through her body. “Yes,” I tell her. One more graze of my teeth. “You’ll be able to feel it.”
I’m finished waiting.
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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1) The yacht moves away. By the time I look back, it's far in the distance, a second boat in front of it. I turn in an awkward full circle. Kick, kick, kick. The waves seemed so placid before. I was wrong about that. The sea is constantly moving. It pushes me this way, then that, tugging me where it wants me to go. There's no land for miles. I'm along. I'm adrift at sea.
HOLY CLIFFHANGER, BATMAN!
This is actually my first book by Amelia Wilde, and even though I realize this story starts a new trilogy that spins off of two others that she has already created, the cover drew me in enough that I had to start here anyway. There are some mentions of Poseidon's siblings, but I love how the author doesn't spoil anything for the previous books and allows the reader to go back and experience Zeus and Hades's tales first hand.
The book starts with Ashley on vacation with her boyfriend, Robbie, and by the end of the first chapter she is adrift at sea, alone and clinging to a buoy for dear life. Along comes Poseidon and his crew, seemingly saving the day, only for Ashley to find out that his crew may be more dangerous than the drug dealers who murdered her boyfriend just before. The pacing is fast, and this novella is light on character details, but I found this to be an enjoyable experience and wonderful palate cleanser between heavier reads.
Coming in at roughly 200 pages, this is a fast paced tale, and one I would file more under light erotica than romance at the moment, but one full of danger, intrigue, and thrilling expeditions. Since we have to wait until the end of March for the next installment, I will go back and read the brothers' books in the mean time. Can't wait to see what happens to Ashley and Poseidon next!
The sea does not call to me any more than gravity whispers in my ear. It's an elemental force, alive with sound and fury and the kind of gleeful violence that makes my blood sing. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1)
The moment I make contact she breaks her own rules. Ashley arches off the bed and into me, as close as she can get. As close as she was in the water, but she’s half naked and I’m fully fucking clothed and it is killing me. I finger-fuck her back across the bed until it’s not me she’s straining against, it’s the chain around her ankle, and I lean down to speak directly into her ear.
“Do you feel that?”
A sob. “Yes.”
I fuck her harder, as deep as I can get. “I’m not talking about my fingers, princess.”
“I—” Her eyelashes look so long in the moonlight, her cheeks so flushed and mortified. “I feel the chain too.” When she says it her hips rise off the bed and her pussy grips my fingers tighter.
“It must be embarrassing for you.” More pressure on her clit. More tiny circles.
“What must be?”
I won’t let her look at me. If I let her look at me, if I let her turn her head, then I’ll take her out of this bed right now and fuck her over my desk.
“Coming so much harder because there’s a chain on your ankle.
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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊:THE DEVIL AND THE BLUE SEA.
𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐄: DARK CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.
𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄: MODERN DARK TWIST TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY.
𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑: AMELIA WILDE.
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𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘:
Ashley is on a secret vacation with her boyfriend when few men hijacked their yacht...She chooses to jump in the ocean hoping not to get in the hands of these murderers...AND she didn't even knew how to Swim!!!
Rescued by Poseidon, a Pirate who rules over his ship with a tight hold and is ruthless in his ways.There is spark between them from the start...but when he knew the real identity of her Father...he makes her as his hostage.
Sea is full of dangers...and even being his hostage may not be able to save Ashley from the potential dangers out there...
𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒:
Wow!!! Author Wilde...you really did save the best for last.
I have always been OBSESSED with Greek gods and their stories and when you put a modern twist to them...it makes them more addictive and a compelling read.
Ashley...an heiress lost at sea....And Poseidon...a Ruthless, Pirate...King of Sea.
I Absolutely was on the ride for this enticing read from the start...when I came to know Poseidon was getting his book...I was over the moon with excitement...I have read many books portraying Hades and Zeus and modern day characters but this was my first chance to see Poseidon in a new light...And as a Freaking Pirate!!!!❤
Greek God heroes who have succumb to their darkness? Hell yeah!!! Its the best...and the ending part was so shocking, goosebumps all over here..Thank gid book 2 is just around the corner because I am in major book hangover...Save me my pirate God!🤣😜
𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐉𝐔𝐑𝐘:
Loved the storyline...characters are well rounded figures...caught my attention from the start...no complaints...a smack on 5 stars! The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (The Devil Trilogy, #1)
