Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. ClairMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another damn fine entry in the romantasy canon, this one heavily bastardizes the Old Testament with its setting in a modern neon Nineveh. It’s kind of a mashup of Crescent City and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with a touch of Guardians of the Galaxy and also Dungeons & Dragons in its DNA, the latter stemming from the consistent presence of a strange gelatinous substance which becomes associated with the sites of demonic killings. Also, St. Clair is well versed in the lore of Lilith and how she connects to similar legends in cultures both current and historical, so this book taught me more about her than any other to date. Naturally, this one is already in the ranks of books where, in my own books, my characters get to see them as proper bloody movies yet.
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