Beautiful Redeemer (Original Sinners 3) by Kait Ballenger-review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 26, 2026
I never asked to be the queen of Hell, but now the crown burns against my skin—and every choice drips with sin.
Lucifer, my devil of a husband, feeds me power kiss by kiss, lash by lash. Azrael, Death incarnate, tempts me with the brutal devotion only he can give. They both worship me. They both ruin me. And I can’t get enough.
I won’t be made to choose.
But indulgence has its price. The apocalypse is splitting the sky. The Righteous hunt us with holy fire, and New York drowns. On the eve of my unholy wedding, all the armies of Heaven descend and all-out war begins. My greatest weapon is the impossible child growing inside me: the secret that could save or damn us all.
To protect humanity and seize my dark salvation, I’ll fight. I’ll bleed. I’ll burn. And when the last seal shatters, I’ll rise again…or stay on my knees forever.
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REVIEW:BEAUTIFUL REDEEMER is the third and final instalment in Kait Ballenger’s contemporary, adult ORIGINAL SINNERS dark erotic, urban fantasy, romance series focusing on twenty-three year old, preacher’s daughter Charlotte Bellefleur, the prince of darkness Lucifer Apollyon aka Lightbringer, and his brother the Angel of Death, Archangel Azrael. BEAUTIFUL REDEEMER should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events of book two WICKED BELIEVER
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers, as well as numerous religious overtones and references, menage and daddy kink.
Told from three first person perspectives (Charlotte, Lucifer, Azrael) BEAUTIFUL REDEEMER picks up immediately after the events of WICKED BELIEVER. Charlotte Bellefleur, the daughter of a self-proclaimed profit has walked away from her father’s religious cult, and into the arms of the Devil himself but there is a power struggle for control of Heaven, and Lucifer’s numerous siblings are vying for a position at the top. While his mother Lilith has plans of her own, Lucifer finds himself falling for a woman who is the catalyst to destroy the world. Meanwhile, Lucifer’s brother Azrael, the Angel of Death, has also fallen for our story line heroine, and Charlotte finds herself pulled between brothers, brothers of whom she loves equally yet apart.
The world building is complex, detailed, and wrapped in various blended themes of Judaism and Christian mythology and folklore. As the Angels and Archangels battle for control, Charlotte, as the new Queen of H*ll must choose, and in doing so, save the world or bring on the apocalypse.
The relationship between Charlotte and Lucifer is provocative and intense. Lucifer believes he cannot be redeemed but his love for Charlotte proves the Father has never abandoned Lucifer for his sins. Meanwhile, Azrael’s love for both his brother and Charlotte is caught between determination and destruction, and once again, Azrael, like his brothers and sisters, must chose a side in the heavenly war. The $ex scenes are erotic and passionate.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, familiar and angelic secondary and supporting characters, most of whom play a role in Judaism, Christianity and numerous religions, spirituality and concepts. We are reintroduced to Lucifer’s assistant Imani, Charlotte’s best friend Jax, original sinners: Asmodeus (Lust), Mammon (Greed), Belphagor (Sloth), Satan (Wrath), Leviathan (Envy), Beelzebub (Gluttony): Gabriel , Uriel, Raphael and Michael, as well as Lilith and Father Brown. The requisite evil has many faces.
BEAUTIFUL REDEEMER is a story of power and control, belief and destruction, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is detailed, dramatic, complex, dark and edgy. The romance is energetic and profound; the characters dangerous,desperate, determined, charismatic and resolute.
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Reviewed by Sandy
