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Plaything: A Tale of Demonic Desires (eBook)
| Plaything: A Tale of Demonic Desires | |
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 Plaything: A Tale of Demonic Desires eBook Cover, written by Raine Roka | |
| Author(s) | Raine Roka |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services |
| Publication date | May 25, 2015 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 21 Pages |
| ASIN | B00YAZP5PQ |
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Plaything: A Tale of Demonic Desires is an eBook written by Raine Roka. In this work one of the characters is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: Plaything: A Tale of Demonic Desires
- Author: Raine Roka
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services
- Length: 21 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B00YAZP5PQ
- Publishing Date: May 25, 2015
Plot Summary
When Howie Bell inherits his eccentric uncle's country house, he hopes he'll be able to sell it for a tidy sum. He decides to take a look around the place first, and discovers that his uncle was an avid book collector - and a practitioner of black magic! Howie can't resist trying a spell to conjure up a playmate, and is rewarded with a demon who takes the form of a stunning, voluptuous vixen. Unfortunately Howie isn't the sharpest knife in the box, and after some initial pleasure he discovers that a denizen of Hell isn't quite the ideal partner.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on January 29, 2016
Howie takes possession of his uncle’s run down mess of a house. Looking for something to sell, he checks things out and discovers a vast library. A book found, a spell cast and he finds that he has summoned a demon. A bit of fun, the tables are turned and he has a problem to solve. One way or the other.
Overall, the story idea is interesting and I was expecting something that would hold my attention. But the problem is, in short, Howie. As a main character he just doesn’t interest me, I really felt nothing towards him, and when things turned and went off the rails, I didn’t find that it mattered all that much.
Really, that’s a problem because getting past his speech mannerism, his attitude, and so on, what he does, how he manages to make it from the beginning of the story to the end is interesting and shows that he has, at least something, of a mind. But there’s just this style which gets in the way of my liking the story and I couldn’t overcome that.
The demon, which can be called a succubus, is for the most part very stereotypical and that didn’t do much for me either. Yes, she sexy at points, but then the usual tropes appear, things become less interesting and in the end there’s a bit of something there to see, but it’s overcome by the stereotypical behaviour.
There is some heat in the erotica, but again the style of the characters made it very lukewarm and as such didn’t hold my attention either. The writing itself is good, tells a story, and manages that well, but the characters just didn’t appeal to me.
The ending is, however, quite unexpected and I will admit that Howie’s solution is unique, makes a good deal of sense, and in that I found a bit of laughter in the ending that gave some enjoyment. But that couldn’t quite overcome Howie otherwise for me.
I’ll give this work two pitchforks out of five.
Howie just rubbed me the wrong way from the beginning and that carried on throughout the work. Even when the ending made for a laugh, that wasn’t enough to make me like the story. It’s a shame because the idea is interesting, I’m not sure how the story was told managed to make that work right or not.