Born to Be Wicked

A Snarky Urban Fantasy Series (Demon Employment, Book 1)

By: Shade Owens

Narrated by: Katrina Medina

She's good, she's bad.... She's a little bit wicked.

Thousand-year-old succubus Alexis Rayne is a hired killer with the ability to bring any man or woman to their knees.

With a recent tragedy having left Alexis heartbroken, she isn’t who she used to be.

She drinks too much.

She snaps at everyone.

She makes mistakes.

She’s even become...sloppy.

And this sloppiness is exactly what leads her to screw up during one of her jobs. Now, she has to fix what she’s done.... She has to hunt him down.

During all of this, her boss calls her up to offer her the job of a lifetime. The only problem is, this job implicates the vampire mafia... and the vampires are the reason Alexis is heartbroken. They’re also extremely dangerous.

Will Alexis take this suicide mission? If so, it could change everything... or, it could get her killed.

Born to Be Wicked, the first book in the Demon Employment series, combines cool magic, unapologetic ass-kicking, and a whole lot of snarky attitude.

©2021 Shade Owens (P)2025 Shade Owens

Eh

The book was okay. I didn't particularly love it or hate it. I'm not sure I'd read it again or not..

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Succubi for the Win!

It's an interesting world that the author created. Succubi are a type of fae rather than the typical demon mythology. Alexis works as an assassin, taking out targets set by her employer. She botches a job and tries to fix it. The plot is a little muddled and becomes clearer at the end. I did like Alexis, she would usually attempt to do what's best, but what's best is not always so clear. She has a lot of demons hiding in her past and drinks away the pain. Her best friend was a nice foil to her surliness. I even liked the addition to the teenage witch!
There is F/F and bisexuality in the story, so bigots need not apply. There is also lots of swearing, violence, and some non-explicit steam.
Note: the main character is an alcoholic.

I liked the narrator. I thought she did a good job with all the characters and each of their voices. She added personality and character to everyone. The differentiation between the male and female voices was also good. I thought she had an excellent British accent, too!.

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Born to Be Wicked

Decent story that had an entertaining storyline and characters. I was engaged while listening and laughed a few times too

Alex

Really enjoy this story! A bada$$ succubus who sometimes makes stupid decisions. She's only 1000 years old what do you expect from her? Lol

Super witty and a well written world/creatures. While she does have a second book and there are plenty of questions that need answers, it's not a huge cliff hanger. Which I love! I like when it feels like the author is more saying there is more to know read on. Not a he's hanging off a building read the next book to see if she's horribly maimed.

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Alexis

Alexis is a drunk succubus assassin that befriends (terms loosely) to Rachel a teenage witch that is in possession of a book that believed to be long time lost.