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Tempting the Demon's Kiss (eBook)
| Tempting the Demon's Kiss | |
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 Tempting the Demon's Kiss eBook Cover, written by Milly Taiden | |
| Author(s) | Milly Taiden |
| Series | Hellscape Holidays |
| Publisher | Latin Goddess Press, Inc. |
| Publication date | March 30, 2023 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 163 Pages |
| ASIN | B0BN5CS1SJ |
| Preceded by | Loving the Warlock |
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Tempting the Demon's Kiss is an eBook written by Milly Taiden. It is the sixth work in the Hellscape Holidays series by this author. In this work the characters Portia Flemming, Stella Flemming, Clara Huntington and several minor characters are Succubi and the character Ford Huntington is an Incubus.
Overview
- Title: Tempting the Demon's Kiss
- Author: Milly Taiden
- Published By: Latin Goddess Press, Inc.
- Length: 163 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B0BN5CS1SJ
- Publishing Date: March 30, 2023
Other Works in this Series on SuccuWiki
- Falling for the Shifter
- Hitched to the Dragon
- In Bed with the Vampire
- Kissing the Grumpy Dragon
- Loving the Warlock
Plot Summary
Meg Pearson didn’t expect to spend the rest of her life working as a sous-chef in Lucifer’s kitchen at Hellscape Holidays Resort. But after a bad career move, she’s out of options and on the run. Hell’s hotel is the best place for a witch to hide. Or so she thought.
When ten guests are poisoned, Lou and Portia call in a demon private investigator. Ford Huntington immediately takes the case. What better way to gain a favor from the devil than to save his beloved resort?
But nothing is ever simple in Hell. Ford and Meg join forces when the hotel’s fate is on the line. Have Portia and Lou made their last match? Or will love save the day?
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on May 23, 2023
There’s a storm approaching and Portia’s resort is in the crosshairs. Guests poisoned, a threat what she has built leads her to asking for help to solve the mystery. But this mystery may strike too close to home for her and those she has put her trust in.
This work mainly focuses on a mystery which unfolds around the main characters Ford and Meg, and the threat to the core of the series, Portia the succubus and Lou the bartender. It’s a bit less romance than the prior works in the series, the focus being a who done it and why search that the story overall focuses on. While there is a romance between Ford and Meg, it somehow has less heat than the prior works overall.
Unlike the prior works, there’s a fair focus on Portia and Lou, a lot of time spent in telling the background of the succubi and incubi, and something of a exploration of them overall. While Portia remains delightful and I do adore her, and Ford, the incubus of the work, is wonderful, there is a problem. A number of characters, being succubi or incubi, appear and they are, overall, far too stereotypical for my liking. Over the top, obviously evil and having personalities that just struck me as being expected. Given the plot of the work, the reveal was telegraphed far too early and honestly was expected.
To that point, the plot just didn’t feel like as much fun as the rest of the series. Yes Portia is involved more, there is more told about her and in doing so a lot of questions I had been wondering about were explained. But at the same time the heat wasn’t as strong in the romance between Ford and Meg, the passion didn’t feel organic either.
Ford, the main incubus of the work, was difficult to really like until well into the story which seemed a shame. To be clear he’s not at all stereotypical and as such reminds me of the first work in the series. But his personality and character just rubbed me the wrong way until the connection between him and Meg came, the mystery started to be revealed, and the passions of the story could be.
It was lovely for the story to focus on the succubi and incubi in this universe and draw the curtain aside a bit to peek about. However, the revelation of who was responsible, the reason behind it, was telegraphed and expected. How Portia dealt with the events didn’t feel right with her character’s past either and the way Lou was revealed was such a disappointment. There was too many points where the story just felt like it was in a rush and it really didn’t need to be.
Three out of five pitchforks.
Perhaps this is the last work in the series and if so, it does tie up a lot of threads. Perhaps there will be another work in the series and I would like to see that happen. I still feel like Portia deserves her own love and that, when all else is considered, remains the missing piece of this series which is a shame.