Son of the Morning

A Novel

By: Akwaeke Emezi

Narrated by: Indigo Brown

From New York Times bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi comes a steamy paranormal romance set in the Black South—a bold new foray that takes us on a journey of magic and fantasy, from the whispering creeks outside the city of Salvation to the very depths of Hell itself.

Tenderhearted Galilee was raised by the Kincaids, a formidable clan of Black women sequestered deep in the weeping willows and dark rushing creeks of their land. Galilee has always known that she’s different—that there is an old and unknowable secret around her very existence. It has been a hollow ache inside her since her childhood, something she assumes she will always have to live with.

Until she meets Lucifer Helel. He’s fronting as the head of security for her wealthy friend Oriaku’s family, protecting a mysterious, ancient artifact, but from the moment she lays eyes on him, Gali knows he’s not human. From her first incendiary touch, Lucifer knows something even Gali herself doesn’t—that she isn’t human either.

Enter: Leviathan. As Lucifer’s most trusted prince of Hell, Levi is ruthless and determined to eliminate the intolerable danger that is Galilee before she brings death and disaster to those he loves. While unseen battles rage between Hell, Heaven, and earth, Lucifer and Galilee’s attraction threatens to bring all the structures of their existence crashing down around them.

Soon, loyalties will be shattered and reformed as Kincaid secrets clash with the princes of Hell, driving even the most powerful to their knees. Galilee Kincaid must decide if she will step into herself and embrace the consequences of power in this astonishing, seductive, and wildly original fantasy.

WTF Did I Just Read

Naw for real the book was good but I won’t lie as soon as Lucifer entered the picture I wanted to stop! I kept telling myself as a woman of God I couldn’t read this book!! I’m glad I finished though it was an interesting take on angels and demons. I could’ve did without all the sex scenes (a bit drawn out for me) but overall the story was wonderful.

WTF was that???

Entirely unique. Being raised religious in the south once she introduced the devil I was ready to throw the whole thing away but pushed through. Books are supposed to open your mind to new perspectives and ideas and this did exactly that. It reminded me a bit of Octavia butlers Wild Seed. Interesting way to flip the fae trope everyone is doing right now with a different powerful creature. Seems like a setup for a series