Throwback Thursday is my weekly feature which I created to post a review that I've written from the past. Every week I will post a review that I've written prior to my blogs existence. I'll be sharing both the books that I think you'd enjoy and the books that I should warn you against wasting your time on! ;-)
Continuing with the theme of "Hot Summer Reads", I chose The Demon Lover. At the time of the review hadn't realized that this book was going to be a series. Apparently the 2nd and 3rd book are published. If I ever get some room to read something off my TBR list, I'll give the 2nd book a try. On another note, I do really like this cover art. It's really eye catching.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Format: Kindle
Pages: 448
Source: NetGalley, Courtesy of Ballantine Books
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Original Review Date: August, 17, 2011
Rating: 3 bookmarks
Synopsis: Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly erotic dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom, then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling, wholly satisfying ways possible. Perhaps these dreams are the result of her having written the bestselling book
The Sex Lives of Demon Lovers. Callie’s lifelong passion is the intersection of lurid fairy tales and Gothic literature—which is why she’s found herself at Fairwick’s renowned folklore department, living in a once-stately Victorian house that, at first sight, seemed to call her name.
But Callie soon realizes that her dreams are alarmingly real. She has a demon lover—an incubus—and he will seduce her, pleasure her, and eventually suck the very life from her. Then Callie makes another startling discovery: Her incubus is not the only mythical creature in Fairwick. As the tenured witches of the college and the resident fairies in the surrounding woods prepare to cast out the demon, Callie must accomplish something infinitely more difficult—banishing this supernatural lover from her heart.
Disclaimer: I received this book as a galley courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Continuing with the theme of "Hot Summer Reads", I chose The Demon Lover. At the time of the review hadn't realized that this book was going to be a series. Apparently the 2nd and 3rd book are published. If I ever get some room to read something off my TBR list, I'll give the 2nd book a try. On another note, I do really like this cover art. It's really eye catching.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Format: Kindle
Pages: 448
Source: NetGalley, Courtesy of Ballantine Books
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Original Review Date: August, 17, 2011
Rating: 3 bookmarks
Synopsis: Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly erotic dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom, then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling, wholly satisfying ways possible. Perhaps these dreams are the result of her having written the bestselling book
The Sex Lives of Demon Lovers. Callie’s lifelong passion is the intersection of lurid fairy tales and Gothic literature—which is why she’s found herself at Fairwick’s renowned folklore department, living in a once-stately Victorian house that, at first sight, seemed to call her name.
But Callie soon realizes that her dreams are alarmingly real. She has a demon lover—an incubus—and he will seduce her, pleasure her, and eventually suck the very life from her. Then Callie makes another startling discovery: Her incubus is not the only mythical creature in Fairwick. As the tenured witches of the college and the resident fairies in the surrounding woods prepare to cast out the demon, Callie must accomplish something infinitely more difficult—banishing this supernatural lover from her heart.
Disclaimer: I received this book as a galley courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I enjoyed this book. The book starts with an a excerpt from one of the manuscripts of a fictional deceased author, Dahlia Lamotte. Dahlia Lamotte’s story is a large part of the bigger story. She once lived in the newly purchased home of the main character Callie. Callie is an author and a professor among other things. The community of Fairwick and the little College that resides there have plenty of colorful characters who become a part of Callie’s life and adventure.
It didn't take too long for me to really start getting into this book. The book is filled with some pretty steamy scenes and lots super natural beyond the demon lover. In the beginning of the book the focus was about the protagonist Callie dealing with this demon lover visiting her dreams. Apparently this dream lover has been visiting her since she was a child…kind of freaky. Beyond that, as an adult, sex with this dream lover was amazing and at one point Callie started to actually get cranky when she wasn’t “getting any” from the dream lover. Due to reading tons of steamy manuscripts by Dahlia Lamotte, she thought she was convinced that she dreaming him up until two colleagues and her neighbor come for an “intervention”. She quickly realizes these aren’t dreams at all but an incubus whom is a danger to her life. From there the story takes off. After the four women banish the incubus, the story turns again and becomes about a lot of paranormal situations and people and the incubus story line appears to take a back seat for a while. There is some focus on Callie’s long distant relationship then the deterioration of it. There’s discovery of who Callie is and some history of her family (including her not so nice grandmother) and this town that she moved into. More secrets are brought to light about the school she works and the faculty there. There were many characters to keep straight, but they were all an integral part of the story. Her quirky roommate Pheonix, the shy student Mara, the troubled student Nicki, a new mysterious instructor among other interesting colleagues and people in the community. Hold your breath people…just when you think the incubus is banished, he’s back…and not how you would think. Actually, I started to put the puzzle pieces together about 70% into the book.
The author tied up many loose ends and left me with a satisfied feeling at the close of the book. Even with a sense of closure there were still some newly created situations at the end of the book that could be expanded on further should Ms. Dark want to turn this into a series.
Happy Reading,
~Tamara
The author tied up many loose ends and left me with a satisfied feeling at the close of the book. Even with a sense of closure there were still some newly created situations at the end of the book that could be expanded on further should Ms. Dark want to turn this into a series.
Happy Reading,
~Tamara
