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Haunted by Desire: The Complete Series (eBook)

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Haunted by Desire: The Complete Series
Haunted by Desire: The Complete Series eBook Cover, written by Lily Cox
Haunted by Desire: The Complete Series eBook Cover, written by Lily Cox
Author(s) Lily Cox
Series Haunted by Desire
Publisher Amazon Digital Services
Publication date June 19, 2015
Media type eBook
Length 46 Pages
ASIN B0101BQB2I
Preceded by Haunted by Desire: Episode 3

For other uses of the word Incubus, see Incubus (disambiguation).


Haunted by Desire: The Complete Series is an eBook written by Lily Cox. It is a collection of all of the works in the Haunted by Desire series by this author. In this work one of the characters is an Incubus.


Overview

  • Title: Haunted by Desire: The Complete Series
  • Author: Lily Cox
  • Published By: Amazon Digital Services
  • Length: 46 Pages
  • Format: eBook
  • ASIN: B0101BQB2I
  • Publishing Date: June 19, 2015


Other Works in this Series on SuccuWiki


Plot Summary

Olivia is a young bride who tragically lost her husband a year ago. She's finally ready to move on with her life, but it's turning out to be more difficult than she originally thought. Will her past haunt her and keep her locked in memories of a husband she can no longer have? Or has her husband figured out a way to reach her from beyond?


Book Review

The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on June 19, 2015


A year as passed since Olivia’s husband passed on. The pain is still there, but she attempts to find a start again in her life with Ava, her dearest friend. A new place to live for them both brings with it something that haunts Olivia’s nights and, in time, all of those around her.

Overall there is a very good mix of story, which is telling, has strong characters to support it, and allows for the mystery to build in a very good way. There is also some well written hot flashes of erotica along the way, for the most part, though at some points things get a bit too rough for my own tastes. Still, in spite of this issue, there are a couple of pieces of erotica that are well done and worked very well.

The story reads, and feels, very much like a ghost story at the beginning and that carries along things until characters are possessed and then, eventually, things turn a bit ‘reality show’ for the characters. It is in the latter part, when it seems there is an incubus afoot, that things for me went a little off the rails. We never actually see the incubus, only it possessing others, at various times, and having their way with Olivia, which is their focus.

I found that, at points, the plot, and quite early, the ending where telegraphed and I found what happened along the way didn’t really surprise me very much. In fact, the first book in the series, for me, was the best of the series for the simple reason that it focused on telling Olivia’s story, laying out the characters and introducing the spirit/incubus. It is clear, almost from the first moment that there would be a dominance undertone in the series, and it sort of works at times.

Things, overall, hold together well through most of the series, though the appearance of a group aiming to help get rid of the incubus was there mainly to close some plot holes and drive the story towards its conclusion. Most of that was done far too quickly, the main characters being tangential to the ending, and I don’t think that should have been. My real disappointment however came with the last page of the series with an ending that did not live up to the rest of the series.

I felt as if the author looked for the fastest way to end things and took it, quite literally ending the series with a single paragraph that was, for me, completely expected. I had hoped for more than it was by far. If not revealing everything, and tying up the loose ends, at least ending in a way that offered closure, and more connection with, the main characters than there was.

I’ll give this series three pitchforks out of five.

Really the main problem I have is the ending. It feels very tepid with all that happened in the series. Too abrupt, not enough to make the journey to the ending worthwhile sadly, at least to me. With all that Olivia faces, and must come to terms with, a single sentence to close things just doesn’t feel right.


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