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A Dish Served Cold (eBook)
| A Dish Served Cold | |
|---|---|
 A Dish Served Cold eBook Cover, written by Grace Lovejoy | |
| Author(s) | Grace Lovejoy |
| Publisher |
Amazon Digital Services Smashwords |
| Publication date | December 30, 2017 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 25 Pages |
| ISBN | 9781370561063 |
| ASIN | B078QV72LB |
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A Dish Served Cold is an eBook written by Grace Lovejoy. In this work the character Belle is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: A Dish Served Cold
- Author: Grace Lovejoy
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services & Smashwords
- Length: 25 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B078QV72LB
- IBSN: 9781370561063
- Publishing Date: December 30, 2017
Plot Summary
Gerry stops into his regular motel on his weekly rounds when he encounters something he doesn't expect.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on January 7, 2018
A rather unassuming man visits a hotel he’s stayed at many times before. But he’s not what he seems and fate conspires to have his secrets revealed. In doing so, his actions will have consequences, ones in which the price will be a permanent one.
The work is told from the perspective of the main character Gerry who, from the start, is one of those characters that you have a bad feeling about from the start. As things progress, as his thoughts are shared, there’s no question that he isn’t the best of people and there’s a lot he’s done to atone for.
Overall, much of the story is focused on Gary, of laying out what he’s done, how he sees others and so on. In the midst of this the work takes a turn and then the succubus of work, Belle, makes her appearance. She’s not really described in a lot of detail, there’s next to nothing beyond a vague description of her told and I thought that was a bit disappointing.
Belle is, overall, a means for the story to move in a particular direction, which it does quite quickly. There’s very little in the way of erotica, but there’s really not a place for erotica in the story overall. There’s a purpose to be told and it consumes both Belle and Gary to a singular end, setting aside any sort of character revelations about Belle beyond her being a succubus.
The title of the work tells, quite clearly of what to expect and how things end, considering the time spent in setting up Gary’s character, felt too rushed and to the point. I think more time spent in Belle revealing herself, being a succubus more than she is, would have made this more a succubus story than the story it is.
Three out of five pitchforks.
This isn’t so much a story about a succubus than it is about her prey. There’s all sorts of things told about Gary but Belle gets only to appear and then she’s a mystery. How the work ends leaves me wondering if there’s more to tell and i would like there to be.
There’s too many questions about Belle, especially her existence, that tease at me and it would help to tell a better story if more of the hidden aspects of her were told.