Layla is a half demon, half gargoyle and just trying to figure out where she fits in living with Wardens- gargoyles who keep the world safe from demons. Zayne is her friend, and a Warden, who she happens to have a huge crush on. Zayne, along with anyone else, is off limits for Layla because one kiss from her and she will steal your soul. Roth, a soulless demon, shows up in Layla's life and though she knows she should stay away she has a hard time doing that. Roth ends up bringing out a part of Layla that she never knew existed and when things become dangerous she has to make a big decision on who she really trusts and where her loyalties lie. Will she trust Roth, a demon, who the Wardens would name her a traitor over? Or sacrifice a part of her just to keep Zayne and the Wardens happy, no matter what's at stake?

I became quickly engrossed in WHITE HOT KISS and found it very hard to put down from the beginning. Layla is such a complex character and I really liked going on this journey with her to figure out who she was and what she needed to do. She really gets put through a lot with the other Wardens that don't live with her. She isn't very well accepted among the masses because of her half demon side. Zayne is such a great friend to Layla and I could easily see why she cared so much about him. He did some things to make me a little upset with him throughout WHITE HOT KISS but I think he always has Layla's best intentions at heart. Roth is easily my favorite character. He may be a demon but he is a demon you will love. He does so many things for Layla that no one else is able to do for her. He shows her a side of her that she never explored and I don't think it is one that she will easily disregard.

The setting of WHITE HOT KISS was perfect. There didn't need to be much world building since it was set in this time but the paranormal part was explained very well. The only con I had about the paranormal parts was I wish I had seen a little bit of uniqueness to it. The stories behind the Wardens and the Demons are really nothing new so I was sad to not see a little twist to their backgrounds.

When it came to the romance side of this book I was very pleased with it. I'm usually pretty picky when it comes to a book that has a love triangle but this one definitely worked. Layla has good reasons to feel the way she does about both Zayne and Roth and nothing felt forced. The romance also didn't take over the entire story. The story was mainly about the paranormal elements with romance as a side story.

I would recommend WHITE HOT KISS to anyone who loves YA paranormal with some romance mixed in and sexy gargoyles and demons. I will definitely be reading Stone Cold Touch as soon as I can get my hands on it.

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