Deviant Hacker by Maggie Cole

Ohhhh this book! I’m sure you’re reading through reviews just to see if you want to read Deviant Hacker, but I’m going to stop you right here. I’m here to tell you that you do, without a doubt, want to read it.

Declan O’Malley is tasked with finding out who’s behind the articles being published that are sabotaging his family’s plans to increase their wealth. It’s been such a process, and he’s itching to take down the person responsible. Simona Carter is the talented hacker/college student who’s been posting the articles. At the very start of the book, we find that an incensed Declan takes matters into his own hands and begins to deal with Simona without telling the family about it. Little does he know that his hacker enemy is none other than a coed he met months before at the family bar where they both definitely felt a connection. Unfortunately for them, things happened that night, and they never met again until the night Declan finds Simona. This story follows what happens with these two characters that had at one point both thought something more might come of their chance meeting but now find themselves in enemy territory with each other.

The chemistry between Declan is Simona is so palpable and so volatile. Clearly, these two have some sort of amazing connection despite all the goings on between them that are filled with anger and trauma and hurt. They connect on some crazy, deep level and simply can’t help themselves when they’re around each other. And the steam level of this book is like a 6 out of 5 (yes, I know that’s technically impossible, but that’s how steamy it is). When these two are around one another, the connection is just insanity. There’s angst, trouble, and all the reasons they shouldn’t be drawn together, but the way they’re written is so flawless and compelling that it all just works.

The pacing, flow, secondary characters, and larger plotline all culminate into a book that I found myself unable to put down. I read this book in about a day and a half and would’ve read it even quicker if could’ve. I absolutely did not want to stop reading. It’s the kind of book where it’s written in such a way that you just need to keep going until the end. It sucks you in at the very beginning, and it keeps you enthralled and entertained the entire way through.

This is, hands down, an absolute must read. It’s got two totally compelling characters with such chemistry and a larger plotline that’s simply riveting. Especially if you’ve read any other books in this series (but even if not), this is a gripping page turner that is not to be missed.