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Bound by Enchantment: The Tale of Ashley and Lilith (eBook)
| Bound by Enchantment: The Tale of Ashley and Lilith | |
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 Bound by Enchantment: The Tale of Ashley and Lilith eBook Cover, written by James Bustamante | |
| Author(s) | James Bustamante |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services |
| Publication date | October 27, 2023 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 19 Pages |
| ASIN | B0CM19FQ3N |
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Bound by Enchantment: The Tale of Ashley and Lilith is an eBook written by James Bustamante. In this work the character Lilith is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: Bound by Enchantment: The Tale of Ashley and Lilith
- Author: James Bustamante
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services
- Length: 19 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B0CM19FQ3N
- Publishing Date: October 27, 2023
Plot Summary
Ashley, a studious scholar, and Lilith, a mischievous succubus, find themselves trapped in each other's bodies after Ashley awakens a mystical artifact. As they navigate their swapped identities, they embark on a quest to reverse the swap, encountering challenges, magical creatures, and wise mentors along the way.
Through their experiences, Ashley discovers a hidden sensuality within herself as a succubus, while Lilith gains empathy and a deeper understanding of human emotions. Their contrasting personalities and shared adventures foster a bond of friendship and mutual respect.
As they face trials and obstacles, Ashley and Lilith confront their fears, insecurities, and prejudices, leading to personal growth and self-discovery. Their determination to restore their original forms tests their friendship and forces them to make difficult choices.
In the end, they succeed in reversing the body swap, emerging from the experience forever changed. They carry the lessons learned and the profound bond they forged, inspiring others to embrace differences and seek understanding.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on March 3, 2024
In an instant, the lives of Lilith and Ashley are upended and changed. Human and succubus switch bodies and both are lost within their new selves. But time is a teacher, lessons are learned, new paths forged. It’s never the journey alone that defines oneself, it’s where it takes you and what you discover.
The work is a short tale which creates a mythos and world around the two main characters, telling of what happens to them, but without a word of dialogue told. It’s something of a fairy tale, in a way, exploring the characters and their world while transforming them not just physically but in their minds and souls. That’s a really involved and captivating tale, told really well.
This isn’t a work of erotica, far from it. It feels like a framework around a story meant to summarize events and how things developed. Perhaps a fantasy adventure with a message would work as a description. The writing is passionate in the telling, the characters grow, they become so much more than who they were at the beginning and I liked that very much.
Lilith, the succubus of the story, has her origins hinted at and after switching bodies with Ashley, she’s a succubus in a human body, lost and learning. Similarly, Ashley is a human in the form of a succubus and there’s a bit of exploration of what she’s dealing with.
But this isn’t so much a story about succubi than it is about two characters, one of whom is a succubus. Or rather the characters take turns being one. The story is a bit convoluted, at times seeking a path to the next part of the work, but that feels right considering what they are going through. Without a word of dialogue there is an emotional connection that worked well, and kept my interest to see what came next.
Three out of five pitchforks.
It’s really far too short given all of the story that’s hinted at. Expanding on that, breathing life into the characters, telling of their personalities, their voices, really feels like what is missing here. It’s an interesting story, there’s a lot to explore. But it feels too much like a summary of a larger work and that’s the story I’d really like to see.