Review: Succubus Sins (Blood Stone Series Book 1) by J R Thorn

Succubus Sins by J.R. Thorn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Intriguing and Dark Paranormal Reverse Harem

This is the first book I’ve read by this author, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. What I got was a well written and thought out book, about darkness, desire and love.

Sonya is a succubus. She loves her muse girlfriend and for her she refuses to feed on men, but gets no nourishment from her girlfriend. Slowly, over time, she begins to get close to death and her incubus nature snaps and forces her to live by seducing a human man. This moment forces her to start down a path that will lead her to her destiny, one that was prophesied by her now deceased mother. She is covered in runes that link her to four men who share in her destiny, she just needs to find them and then work out what her destiny actually is!

This book is intriguing as the author doles out tiny tidbits of information about the overarching story as we see how Sonya and the people around her are reacting to the immediate situation. It’s very cleverly and subtly done. The characters are equally intriguing as they are complex and layered.

Sonya, herself, is a moral person who hates that her need for sexual energy causes men to lose themselves and their life force to keep her alive. She shies away from her power and is deeply conflicted about her own existence. Other characters in the book are equally interesting and multifaceted. I don’t quite yet feel a connection with the characters and I think that might be because I’m not sure who the good guys and bad guys are yet, and there was so much information shoved at me I need to work out how I feel about it all.

There are some quite dark moments in the book with some torture scenes. They weren’t too explicit or grisly but there a few moments that made me flinch.

This is a series with several books, and I’m interested to continue reading it, but not straight away as there was so much to digest I think my brain needs to sort through it all before moving on.

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Review: Here Kitty, Kitty (The Magnus Pack Series Book 3) by Shelly Laurenston

Here Kitty, Kitty by Shelly Laurenston
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ties Everything Together Nicely

The third book in the Magnus Pack series is very funny indeed. I know I say this every time I review anything by Shelly Laurenston, but the woman knows how to construct a plot well. She’s also fantastic at writing madcap characters, with banter up to your eyes.

In this book Angie, Sara and Miki’s best friend from home is attacked by hyenas and then kidnapped in the scuffle by two tigers. The tigers thought they were doing the right thing be getting her away from harm, but they forgot to ask permission, so when she woke up the alway fierce Angie fought back with some surprisingly effective tactics. Like Miki, Angie is a full human, but she’s been aware of the shifter world for a little while now because of Sara. Despite her knowledge of shifter strength, she is fearless and this captivates the brother of her kidnappers, Nik.

Whilst the rabidly independent Angie and Nik both fight their growing desire for each other, Angie is also trying to broker a peace treaty between the Pack and the Pride, whilst finding a way to deal with the hyenas. This book ties together the story arc that started in the first book of this series very nicely and answers all the questions that had been left hanging.

I love how both Nik and Angie fight their feelings as neither wants to give up their independence, but they know they are fighting a losing battle. Nik’s family are great fun too and I loved hearing about their history and seeing how they all related to each other.

It was a good end to these three books about three friends. I love this shifter world this author writes about and can’t wait to find another book to read about these characters.

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Review: Dark Hunt (Shadow and Light Series Book 1) by Kim Richardson

Dark Hunt by Kim Richardson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Really Good Start To A New Urban Fantasy Series

I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

I got this book free as part of the ‘it’s horrible because we are all scared of the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s give our books away’ spate of giveaways last week. I’d not read any books by this author before but the blurb looked interesting. I’m really glad I decided to give it a try because it was a very well written urban fantasy book.

Rowyn is a Hunter. She is Angel-Born, a being with angelic blood flowing through her. She was born to fight demons and half-demons to protect the human race. When she was 18 her parents died in a horrific fire and her home was destroyed. When she challenged the Council about their deaths not being an accident she was thrown out of the system that trains Angel-Born Hunters and had to make her own way in the world.

Now when she’s starving and dressed like a homeless person a gorgeous and beautifully dressed Angel-Born offers her a job worth $10k to find out who is murdering Angel-Born and stop them. She doesn’t want to work for the Council, but she needs to eat. When she finds out the name of the last victim it becomes personal.

Rowyn and Jax, the handsome Angel-Born, and long with Rowyn’s cat/Baal demon Tyrius, they try to track down the murderer before they kill the next victim.

It was a well paced book with enough action to keep you whipping through the pages. There was plenty of tension between Rowyn and Jax without it distracting from the plot. I loved Tyrius, a demon who chooses to live with mortals rather than go back to the Netherworld. He is loyal, intelligent and wise.

All the characters were well rounded with lots of hints of interesting backstories, which will hopefully come out more in the rest of the series.

This is a very promising start to the series, but the book stands alone as interesting in it’s own right. There aren’t any cliff-hangers, just an opening to invite the reader to find out more in the next book.

Well worth a read.

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Review: Princess Ninja Warrior (House of Garner Series Book 4) by Erin R Flynn

Princess Ninja Warrior by Erin R. Flynn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

More Mayhem

This series continues apace as Inez starts work on the coven and tends her life tree, planted from the first seed she was given. She continues to rescue people enough for them to help rescue themselves, by giving them opportunities and old ones gravitate towards her.

There is more relationship drama and alliances with other princesses and fights with others. She wants to shake up the system and it’s working, but it’s dangerous for her and her loved ones.

One of the things I love about this author is that her series are a pretty seamless continuation of the story, however that means if a series isn’t popular she concentrates on something else and that means a frustrated reader who wants to know what happens next. I really hope that the author comes back to this series, but as this book was published in 2019 I’m not holding my breath. It’s frustrating when this happens because often people won’t start an incomplete series which means it won’t get reviewed and signal to the author that they want more of this series please.

So Ms Flynn, can we have more of this series pretty please with sugar on top?

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Review: Reaching for Home (House of Garner Series Book 3) by Erin R Flynn

Reaching for Home by Erin R. Flynn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Trouble With Other People

This book is all about Inez working out how to deal with other covens and shifter clans. As soon as she another vampire she was going to have to deal with other covens, because they all came from somewhere, unlike her. Being unknown and young, means that she is not taken as seriously as she should be, despite her power and the power of her nobles. She goes through a lot in this book to prover her strength and her ruthless intellect.

There are also a few relationship wobbles and misunderstandings That are hard to sort through, but she gains support from her knights and new allies.

Once again this book is interesting and absorbing and I can’t wait to read the next one.

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