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The Summoning (eBook II)
| The Summoning | |
|---|---|
 The Summoning eBook Cover, written by Adora Idunn | |
| Author(s) | Adora Idunn |
| Series | Spicy Shorts |
| Publisher | Adora Idunn |
| Publication date | January 30, 2023 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 32 Pages |
| ISBN | 9798215314128 |
| ASIN | B0BTJ2QM27 |
For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).
The Summoning is an eBook written by Adora Idunn. It is the first work in the Spicy Shorts series by this author. In this work one of the characters is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: The Summoning
- Author: Adora Idunn
- Published By: Adora Idunn
- Length: 32 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B0BTJ2QM27
- IBSN: 9798215314128
- Publishing Date: January 30, 2023
Plot Summary
College girl Darcy Grey wants to be a witch. She's been studying witchcraft for a full year, hiding her practice from her parents. When her friend and mentor Charlotte refuses to teach her the finer points of "spicier" magics, Darcy takes matters into her own hands. One night with the RA upstairs should be enough to summon a new mentor: her very own succubus.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on March 24, 2023
Darcy has discovered new passions in her life and the most delightful of these are her lessons her coven gives. The lessons are delightful and the temptations are endless, but they are too slow for her liking. But summoning a succubus would deal with that. But what comes from the summoning and what becomes of Darcy’s passions when the deed is done?
The work is mainly a slow-burn piece of erotica with some lesbian undertones, a bit of fantasies in one’s mind, and the barest hint of a succubus that might, possibly, appear, though that is very difficult to be sure of. There’s a coming of age, or of sexual power, tone to things that’s interesting as well.
The work is told from the perspective of the main character Darcy and her encounters with her lover, her sexual partner in the summoning, and what happens in the minutia along the way. That storytelling builds towards the climax well and offers a lot of character exploration that I thought worked well.
The erotica wanes and waxes throughout, some of the moments are lovely and tender, others are filled with heat and need which do fit with the story. Darcy’s needs are explored and it’s that exploration that holds things together.
The problem, however, is that while there is talk of a succubus, there really isn’t one as a character in the story. She’s an idea at first, a force at another point and a question to be wondered about at the ending. As such she has no physical form, no name and no voice. But for Darcy, the succubus feels very present in her and that does offer a story to be told, perhaps in the future.
Two and a half out of five pitchforks.
There’s really just the barest mention of a succubus in the work, she seemingly never appears and while there’s a hint of otherworldly sexuality, it’s just not core to the story. The ending, however, does bring a question and something to wonder about which does interest me. Perhaps Darcy isn’t exactly who she was and perhaps she’s not quite the witch she wanted to be. That would be a story worth exploring and an outcome that could bring a more vivid succubus story to the fore.