The Devil's Due

When you read a book that is part of a series, it is quite difficult to go into the plot. The part that is more difficult for me, is that you have to remember many past events. Also that the characters are piling up, making it complicated to follow their particular stories, sometimes. Anyway, if the author from the very beginning, has made attractive characters and develops an interesting story, all the negative points become unimportant. And if at the end of every book, the reader is left wanting more, the series can be considered perfect. Like I do with this one. Thanks Ali.

Reviewed by Anja Schindler

Ali Vali has fast become one of my favorite authors. I love her Devil series and have fallen in love with Cain and her clan from the very first book. Cain Casey is a mob boss that the FBI have been wanting to get for a while now, but they can’t because she's just that good. Cain is smart and always looks ahead to the next move, she plans things out. The only time people would consider her doing something reckless is when her family is in danger.

"In the Devil's’ Due" Cain takes care of some past enemies and some new one’s as well. We get to meet some new characters and old from previous books. I loved that I got to know a little more about Finley and was a little surprised at Cain’s reaction when a situation arose with Judice. Remi is standing strong with Dallas and Muriel gets another chance at romance. Shelby is dealing with the aftermath of her parents and going through the fact that she screwed up big time when it came to Muriel.

I loved this book, it kept my attention and I could not put it down. I was very excited when I opened my kindle and saw it there, I read it within a couple hours. Cain Casey is the kind of person you aspire to be even though some consider her a criminal. She’s loyal, very protective of those she loves, honorable, big on preserving her family legacy and loves her family greatly. "The Devil’s Due" is a book I highly recommend and well worth the wait we all suffered through. I cannot wait for the next book in the series to come out.

Reviewed by Night Owl Reviews

Finally, four years later we get to book six in the Casey saga. Please do not pick up this book until you have read the first five Cain Casey books; there are so many different characters and their stories that you will get lost once you start reading this. As always with Vali this did not disappoint, we were thrown right back into the lives of the Casey Clan through love, family and the responsibility of leading a crime family. If you loved this first five, this is the book for you....

Reviewed by Penelope Parker

This is the sixth book of the Devil Series, following the ongoing mafioso saga of Cain and Emma’s family and business life in the now Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. The threat of Juan Luis and his mother are gone but rogue FBI agent Anthony Curtis has disappeared. While trying to juggle friends, allies and family, a new baby on the way, new threats, and old family secrets, Cain must be all things to all men: wife, mother, leader, schemer and ruthless killer, loyal friend and honorable adversary.

This is an enthralling, nail biting and ultra fast moving addition to the Devil series. Casey now has so many irons in the fire it’s a case of smack one down and another pops up. The Casey alliance with the Jatibon and Carlotti families is strong but old and new enemies appear at every turn. Bizarrely some of her closest allies are cops and FBI agents who should be trying to take her down, but with whom she has a bond built over time. Detective Sept Savoie makes an appearance so check out “Calling The Dead” for her and Keegan's story line.

Minor characters take centre stage while others take a backseat. In this episode the FBI takes a lesser role while rogue cops and angry in-laws take the lead in the non mafia life, and old enemies regroup in the underworld. Talking of minor previously minor characters, add “Girls With Guns” to the series if you want Finley and Abigail's back story

Devil's Due is so fast paced you seriously have to concentrate, but once again Ali Vali has produced a brilliant story arc, sold character development, incomparable bad-ass women in traditionally male roles, leading both the goodies, baddies and cross-breeds. This episode closes off some of the loose ends, but sets us up for even more drama in the stories to come.

This is a stand-alone, but I would seriously recommend starting this series at the beginning. The overarching story arc is so good, the interrelationships so complex, that while it might make a good read, you will simply be missing too much backhistory and nuance of personal interplay to get the most from it.

Roll on the next in the series.. I mean really. Why can't people write faster???

Reviewed by Velvet Lounger

It has been so long since I read this series that I actually went back and read them all before this latest one. I'd give the whole series 4 stars.

This whole world that Ali has created is amazing and so well done. Her writing is so believable when it comes to mobsters and the inner workings of New Orleans Organized Crime that I'm surprised these people don't really exist. I love the relationship Cain has with her family and enjoy reading about them in every book. I'm a big fan of this series and this one continues the great journey with the whole Casey Clan.


Reviewed by Tayah Geist