SuitabookDevil's Kiss
Sarwat Chadda
- Reading
- If the supernatural conflict feels intense, pause and discuss how the story balances danger with Billi’s everyday concerns. After reading, revisit the discussion and reflect on how the story treats the conflict and its consequences.
- Themes
- Duty and identity: Billi is the youngest and only female Templar, trained by her father for a life of duty rather than ordinary teenage activities. The setup invites attention to how belonging and expectations shape Billi, but it does not establish whether the order’s values are ultimately endorsed or challenged.
- Friendship under pressure: Billi’s childhood friend Kay returns from Jerusalem with a dangerous attitude, disrupting the life she has built around training and duty. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Supernatural conflict: The Knights Templar face evil forces in London, with angels, demons and a threat described as Death itself. Supernatural danger is central rather than incidental, while the moral meaning of the conflict and its consequences remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The central conflict involves soldiers, ancient religious imagery, angels, demons and a threat described as Death itself. The book also places danger alongside ordinary teenage concerns and a complicated friendship.