Devil’s Doom ♥ Layla Fae ♥ Jaga and the Devil #2

Published March 2025 ♥ Independently Published by Layla Fae

❥  Book One Review : Devil’s Deal Review: Layla Fae’s Dark Enemies to Lovers Slavic Mythology Romance

❥ Trigger & Content Warnings : death, grief, gore, violence, mutilation, murder, limb amputation, labor, miscarriage, infant death, infertility, erectile dysfunction, public sex, public orgy, animal death, auguring from animal entrails, patriarchy, secretive medication of a spouse, bullying, discrimination, domestic violence, marital rape, domestic violence victim mentality, social acceptance for domestic violence, social acceptance for marital rape and marital infidelity, graphically portrayed painful menstruation, discussion of abortion, discussion of soul metaphysics in unborn children, mention of children being exposed to public sex, mind control, sexual assault, suicide.    

Sexual assault on page but fading to black (not between MCs); public adult breastfeeding; plants, insects, and animals inside bodies; gruesome death of an infant; death and gore; (magical) eating disorders; graphic descriptions of pus; torture; blood sports; prisoner torture; strong, recurring theme of objectification of women. Cheating – on page and graphic; dubious consent; bondage; anal; public sex; pain play; blood play; forced orgasms.

O come, all ye sinners. This one is for you.

I wanted dark, and I got dark. After finishing book one in Layla Fae’s Jaga and the Devil series, Devil’s Deal, I immediately moved on to Devil’s Doom. Yes, Devil’s Deal ends on a major cliffhanger and I just HAD to know what happened next, but also the story is amazing.

Spoilers Sweetie: Jump down to my Final Thoughts to avoid them.

1. This world seems even more brutal than the last. 
2. Idk about this mamuna bar or their milk. 
3. I kinda like Lech. 
4. Does he know Woland?
5. Poor Rada. 
6. Pfft. Those eyeballs. That hair. Girl. 
7. Keep it together girl. 
8. Oh this will not end well. 
9. Rada is a true friend. 
10. The devil begs. 
11. Like poisoning The Devil will work. 
12. Woland is acting weird. 
13. It’s hot af tho. Hot. As. Fuck. 
14. I wasn’t expecting the Woland chapter. 
15. Manipulative little fucker Woland is. 
16. I wonder who it is. 
17. I do not trust Woland. 
18. Seek out Weles. 
19. Poor Rada. 
20. Once upon a time I liked Lutowa.
21. Maybe Chors should rule. 
22. Imagine taking the virginity of a God. 
23. What.
24. Because he’s your son? 
25. What is Chors playing at. 
26. Woland. Control yourself. 

Jaga and the Devil: A Devil’s Doom Review

Minor Spoilers

Major Spoilers for Devil’s Deal

Devil’s Doom is the second installment of indie author Layla Fae’s dark Slavic mythology fantasy, Jaga and the Devil. The previous book, Devil’s Deal ends on a cliffhanger. Jaga is getting closer to knowing the real reason the Devil wants her. A war has been going on in Slawa for decades. Perun has been draining the inhabitants of their magic and has now set his sights on the mortal world. Woland believes Jaga is part of a prophecy to put an end to Perun’s reign.

“A young mortal woman who wasn’t supposed to be alive. A woman with a sign on her forehead saying she was destined to die at twelve, yet was far over that age, alive and walking. A beautiful, cunning woman who didn’t have an ancestral soul and so, had an affinity for magic.”

In the final moments of Devil’s Deal, Woland attempts to impregnate Jaga, transporting her to Slawa. Jaga had one last trick up her sleeve though, she cannot bear children and proceeds to do what any sane witch would do-run. Devil’s Doom picks up immediately after Devil’s Deal. Jaga has been thrust into a new, unfamiliar and darker world than her own. The stakes are even higher and Jaga is a witch on a mission. If she doesn’t survive long enough to become the powerful witch that saves her at twelve, all is for naught.

Gods damn him, but I miss the devil. If only he didn’t lie with his every breath. If only he didn’t try to own me in the most underhanded of ways. If only he hadn’t killed my best friend and terrorized my village.

Expanding the world to include Slawa gives a fresh new setting to enjoy. I liked that our first experiences with it were through the eyes of Jaga on her own and on the run. Trapped under Woland’s thumb we would not get to witness the brutalness of the world and what it takes to survive there. Jaga does survive quite sometime on her own. Long enough to make some new friends even. She does however, eventually find herself back at Woland’s hooves.

For the first time since I met her, I am truly afraid. Not for her. Not for the fate of my victory. But for myself.
If she makes me feel like this, as if the very substance of my being is tearing apart in agony, what else can she do to me?

It’s possible I enjoyed Devil’s Doom even more than Devil’s Deal. I liked the additional political intrigue and the rising stakes. The spice is kicked up a few notches and we get more insight into Woland’s motives. My favorite new addition is definitely Chors. His gentle, calmer nature is the polar opposite of Woland’s. We do verge on cheating in Devil’s Doom, when Jaga and Chors hook up in a cave. Honestly though, what’s going on between Jaga and Woland is not conventional, and in my opinion does not count as cheating.

I hate her so much for choosing him. Any other man, I would bury in the ground and keep alive for the sheer pleasure of listening to his screams. Him, I can’t touch.

Like Devil’s Deal, Devil’s Doom ends on a cliffhanger and it’s quite possible it has even more twists and reveals in the final moments. I cannot wait to get my grubby little hands on the final installment of Layla Fae’s Jaga and the Devil series, Devil’s Dance. I highly suggest that if you do decide to give this Slavic mythology inspired dark Fantasy a read, you wait until after December 21, 2025.

His antlers tower above me, and I hate the ease with which I accept him now.

The devil’s deceit isn’t just limited to words. He lies with his whole body, and it’s sick, but I crave that body and his lies.

His rebellion is rotten from the inside out, and how could it not? He is at the heart of it.

Better not to know, even if my heart is already heavy with the awareness that I am really nothing in the end. Just a mortal girl made significant by a prophecy. A victim of circumstance.

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❥ Book One Review : Devil’s Deal Review: Layla Fae’s Dark Enemies to Lovers Slavic Mythology Romance