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Romasanta (eBook)
| Romasanta | |
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 Romasanta eBook Cover, written by Valerie Willis | |
| Author(s) | Valerie Willis |
| Cover artist | Valerie Willis |
| Series | Cedric |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy Romance |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services |
| Publication date | March 5, 2015 |
| Media type |
eBook Paperback |
| Length |
259 Pages Paperback: 380 Pages |
| ISBN | 978-1503156654 (Paperback) |
| ASIN | B00UCEK31U (eBook) |
| Preceded by | Cedric the Demonic Knight |
| Followed by | The Oracle |
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For other uses of the word Incubus, see Incubus (disambiguation).
Romasanta is a novel written by Valerie Willis. It is the second work in the Cedric series by this author. In this work the character Cedric has an incubus bloodline and as well the Succubus Queen Lillith appears and a King Incubus Boto.
Overview
- Title: Romasanta
- Author: Valerie Willis
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services
- Length: 259 Pages
- Format: eBook & Paperback
- ASIN: B00UCEK31U (eBook)
- ISBN: 978-1503156654 (Paperback)
- Publishing Date: March 5, 2015
Other Works in this Series on SuccuWiki
Plot Summary
Romasanta finds himself a cursed man and struggles with his internal demon, literally. All his troubles start with a stone and after that he will be losing everything he's ever loved. Faced with clinging on to what little humanity he has, he will lose it many times before reaching the end of his journey. His life's tale will take you through time to see how every lore, every moment in history tied in with wolves all come back to him. They call him the Ancient One, others simply refer to him as the Father of Werewolves, but we know him by his name, Romasanta. Many battles will be fought before he gets closer to his goals, but will he be ready to finish what was asked of him at the very beginning of his horrible fate. Will he be able to return the Eye of Gaea and free the love of his life from the laurel tree in the Black Forest?
Incubi and Succubi Characters
Cedric de Romulus
Cedric is the main character in this story who is considered an abomination. He is the creation of dark magic used to combine an incubus with a moroi. A moroi is the result of two vampires who truly love each other and are easily recognized by their read hair and green eyes. All moroi are female and sterile with a reputation to live longer than humans and have ungodly stamina and strength. His father is the King Incubus himself, who bred with a moroi who was made fertile from Sorceress Morrighan's practice of black arts. Overall he is the combination of several medieval lores mixed with the Medieval Russian Knight Hero Legend, Ilya Muromets.
Queen Succubus Lillith
Mother of all incubus and succubus, she scours the land to claim new mates. Once the world's supply of these demons has been depleted she seeks out the strongest of all incubus, normally the current King. In between tending to her brood, she is rumored to bond herself with mates just to take pleasure in torturing them. She is a mixture of several lores and myths involving both Lilith and succubus across the world.
King Incubus Boto
Boto is the King of Incubus and father to Cedric. He is bond to the Sorceress Morrighan and serves as the general to her army of chimeras. The name Boto is taken from the Amazon River Dolphin, also name Boto. In this area of the world it is said that these Dolphins shapeshift into handsome men and show up to parties and large gatherings. They are well-known for impregnating women and disappearing back into the river.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on April 19, 2015
It is said that history is written by the victors. Perhaps it is more fitting that legends are told by those that lived, loved, suffered and survived them. Romasanta holds secrets within himself that none were ever meant to hear. When the truth comes out, finally, not all things are as had once been believed about him.
Just as in the first work in this series, the characters are amazingly well told, have strong personalities and their stories become more complex and captivating from what was learned in the first work. What is especially wonderful is how this work tells the story of Romasanta, but as that unfolds some of the events that transpired in the first work are revisited from his perspective and it changes, to a point, how things were understood before.
Everyone has their own understanding and memories of events in their lives and when lives cross and those moments can be compared, it creates a deeper, richer story. The character development that comes with these perspectives reveals quite a lot about Romasanta, Lilith, and many other characters in the first work that didn’t quite have enough of their story told before. To finally see, clearly, what these characters thought and did in the moments we saw before told a larger story, a better one. More so when the story, in telling Romasanta’s life, deeply enters the lives of Lilith and the others that came into contact with Romasanta.
While many characters develop and Romasanta is the core of this work, the most telling character for me was Lilith by far. There was so little really told of her in the first work, but here that doesn’t happen. Lilith appears in many moments, scenes, events, and makes a large difference to Romasanta himself. How she does so makes a few important truths about her known and in doing so the Lilith that appears here is so much more than her myth tells of her. That matters because as the story is told and Lilith must make some choices, it shows that, at least in this universe, just because one has horns and a tail that doesn’t mean you are as evil as most expect you to be.
The story tends to intersperse Romasanta’s hidden story among the events of Cedric, the main character of the series, and I think how that happens works really well. There’s connections made for each moment, for each choice and that makes for the revealing of a world, a history, and of a man, Romasanta, who lives through the most amazing highs and the most terrible lows imaginable.
Mythology matters in this work, every bit as much as it does in the first. The truth of those myths, of the stories well known and not so much so, ground the story well and allow it to flourish as much as I had hoped it would be. Fantasy and the adventure which Romasanta and others face, make for a strong, captivating story and is a strong companion work to the first book in the series.
There is a touch of romance as well, not erotica, and it allows for some truths to be revealed about several of the characters. Beyond that, the relationships, the understanding and conflict that appears between them build upon what has been told before and does not seem out of place, odd, or strange. Everything makes sense, flows into events in the past and present and there is little wasted moments in the story.
The work ends a bit further into the future from where the first work did, and it also reveals several surprises that are very unexpected but are not out of place with what was known in the first work and added to in the second. It is a bit of a cliffhanger, but that happens in a way that doesn’t leave disappointment. It give anticipation for the next work in the series.
Wonderful characters, amazing scenes and a mythos that fits together and makes sense. Lilith’s truths were everything I could have hoped for, and wanted to see. A few, very few, minor misplaced words here and there, but nothing that takes away from a story that I simply adored.
Another solid five out of five pitchforks.
Every bit as wonderful as the first work in the series, highly recommended, and like my reaction to the first work in the series, I can hardly wait for the third to appear. It’s nice to see events unfold from another set of eyes, but it’s more amazing when those eyes have their own story to be told.