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Love Bites Harder in the Suburbs (eBook)
| Love Bites Harder in the Suburbs | |
|---|---|
 Love Bites Harder in the Suburbs eBook Cover, written by Bianca Archibald-Minor | |
| Author(s) | Bianca Archibald-Minor |
| Series | Cravings of a Tired Succubus |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services |
| Publication date | April 16, 2025 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 209 Pages |
| ASIN | B0F5BX9634 |
| Followed by | Temptations of a Reluctant Monster |
For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).
Love Bites Harder in the Suburbs is an eBook written by Bianca Archibald-Minor. It is the first work in the Cravings of a Tired Succubus series by this author. In this work the character Lily Voss is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: Love Bites Harder in the Suburbs
- Author: Bianca Archibald-Minor
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services
- Length: 209 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B0F5BX9634
- Publishing Date: April 16, 2025
Other Works in this Series on SuccuWiki
- Temptations of a Reluctant Monster
- Vows of Blood and Magic
- Midnight Hex & Mafia Hearts
- Bound by Ash and Starfire
Plot Summary
After two centuries of seducing, draining, and destroying for survival, succubus Lily Voss is done. Tired of the hunger. Tired of death. Tired of being the monster everyone fears. So she moves to the magical cul-de-sac of Everdale, hoping to bury her past and blend into the background with a fixer-upper, sarcasm, and low expectations.
But Everdale isn’t exactly normal. Especially not when she meets Marcus — a grumpy, gentle single dad with twin five-year-olds, a protective streak a mile wide, and zero clue she could eat him for breakfast. Just being near him makes her hunger flare in dangerous ways… but walking away might hurt more.
As Lily tries to settle into her new life of backyard BBQs and HOA meetings, she discovers something much darker is lurking beneath Everdale’s sunny surface. An ancient coven wants her power. Her past won’t stay buried. And the sentient, corrupted amulet she steals from the Bloodmother — a power source that feeds her without guilt — whispers reminders of the monster she used to be.
With a war brewing, magical wards crumbling, and the people she loves at risk, Lily has to decide what kind of monster she wants to be.
Because love doesn’t come easy for a succubus with a past.
And in Everdale?
Even soft monsters bite back.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on April 14, 2026
There comes a point where a succubus realizes that being a succubus isn’t the answer within themselves. There’s a hole inside, beyond the hunger, past the temptation, which they never believe will be able to be satisfied. Sometimes a risky choice can lead to what you didn’t know you needed, and what who you will defend with your soul.
The work is a really well told story of self-realization, acceptance, mirth and mystery with a very unique setting and edge to follow. It’s a bit film noir at the start, turns towards comedy in the middle and then falls into romance and what one does to protect that love at the climax.
The tone of the narrative is at times silly, a bit harsh at points too. But then there are the moments when the tears come as Lily, the main character, finds herself in a corner and realizes that she has something to live and love for. That is really quite a telling change in the story and I thought that worked well too.
As for Lily, she is a succubus, there is darkness within her that seeps out at times, but also there is a side of her that knows there can be better for her and she’s willing to try. At the same time, there’s quite a lot of snark and deflection from her that leaves a lot of her past in shadow. What little told is very interesting, but overall is sort of skimmed over. As for her succubus nature, that’s very tamped down in the story, There are moments in passing which tell a little of that, but then comes a lot of her using magic in various ways and so her succubus nature gets a bit pushed back until it has to appear to resolve one plot thread and move her character onwards.
Four out of five pitchforks.
I adore Lily, and how the story closes leaves a lot of questions unanswered and the future very much up in the air. That’s interesting and I do wonder about how the series will go forwards from here. At the same time, there’s so much not told about Lily to explore and honesty that needs to happen. Snark is fun, but then the question comes back to what all of the threads of the past have to say about that.