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Interview From Hell (eBook)
| Interview From Hell | |
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 Interview From Hell eBook Cover, written by Patricia Sly | |
| Author(s) | Patricia Sly |
| Series | A Song of Sin |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services |
| Publication date | December 6, 2016 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 21 Pages |
| ASIN | B01MXVKFY4 |
For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).
Interview From Hell, also titled Covetous: A Song of Sin: Book I Interview From Hell is an eBook written by Patricia Sly. It is the first work in the A Song of Sin series by this author. In this work the character Cyn is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: Interview From Hell
- Author: Patricia Sly
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services
- Length: 21 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B01MXVKFY4
- Publishing Date: December 6, 2016
Other Works in this Series on SuccuWiki
Plot Summary
Some of the most abhorrent and depraved of sexual deviants walk in our midst, going unnoticed and unpunished for their insatiable lust. However, lurking closely behind in their shadows is the just as equally depraved demon known as Cyn, who will see to it that their souls are carried into the deepest pits of Hell, but not before granting them pleasures beyond mortal comprehension.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on December 13, 2016
Syn loves her job. Gathering souls and taking them to their punishment is a thrill, but it also pays her rent. Evil can be many things to Syn, and just like her name, sin will bring souls to her and then the fun begins.
The story is, for the most part, a hot flash of erotica that circles around dominance and the paying for one’s sins. There are some good points in which the story has heat, tells a story that is interesting, but then seems to move off the mark. The point at which things turn from being a story that’s interesting to being, as a whole, more focused on porn than erotica, seems to be like night and day.
The beginning of the story is really well done, tells of Syn, who she is and doesn’t read like an information dump. Her character is clear, there’s purpose to her, something that just makes her stand out against all of the others that appear. Her personality is a bit odd at times, somewhat scattered, but when she’s focused, then something changes and it’s at that point where I really liked her. At least until the erotica came in the story.
The problem is that Syn seems like a character that doesn’t quite reveal herself overall. By that I mean there are aspects to her which are hinted at, but not really explored. Much of the work focuses on the sex, which has more of a porn movie feel to it as a whole. While that does, to a point, work within the story, the issue then becomes when Syn turns the tables and dominates the scene.
She a little bit too “evil”, just that bit too stereotypically so and it takes a lot away from revealing her true nature. While, again, it works within the story and the scene, it just didn’t have the heat it should have. The contrast between Syn “off duty” and on takes away really all of her character, submerging it beneath a veneer that didn’t fit.
I feel like there’s a good series here to be told, but there needs to be more than a tease of story at the beginning and then nothing but lukewarm sex scenes. If Syn’s character isn’t explored, if those she “works” for aren’t a stronger part of the story, then what’s left is the porn. If that happens, then I’d like to see more “story” there. More heat, more of Syn being seductive than simply a sex toy would really go a long way for me at least.
The writing is good, but the erotica needs more heat. Syn as a character is really interesting and telling more about her story interests me quite a lot. What doesn’t is Syn being evil for the sake of being so, then rushing the story to a close, or Syn having all kinds of sex that doesn’t have heat. I think her story can be done a lot better and have more heat, open this universe more and make the series as a whole better.
Three out of five pitchforks.
Syn was far more interesting outside of being evil than within. The better story is her life when she isn’t doing “evil” than when she is. The heat in the story isn’t found in the erotica, it’s in who Syn is. Perhaps the author will try to tell her story more than there has been and develop her further than being “just a succubus” because I don’t accept she’s a stereotypical one.