This. Was. So. GOOD.

I just finished it and kind of just want to keyboard smash about it XD ASDFGOODBOOK.

I had Murderbot on my brain when I picked it up because Martha Wells. This isn't Murderbot, this is its own fantastic separate thing. Kai is a demon prince who awakens after being imprisoned in a watery tomb for a year. When I read the book description and saw demon I imagined a Judeo Christian type evil creature, but this isn't that kind of demon. In this universe, demons are creatures who once lived in the Underearth and have come to the mortal world when they are invited into human hosts who have recently passed away.

Martha did an amazing job of creating a character who is immortal and dazzlingly powerful but also vulnerable and very human at the same time. Not all writers can do that, and I LOVE it when it's done well.