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Legacy of Temptation

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Legacy of Chaos

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Synopsis for Legacy of Temptation, Book One:

Eva Tennant, like everyone at The Aegis, hates demons. But she loves her job as Deputy Spokesperson for the global demon-slaying organization, and she’s excited to be in the running for Chief Spokesperson. All she has to do is not screw up the two-week exchange program with The Aegis’s rival agency, the Demon Activity Response Team. But things go horribly wrong when a murder turns her into a fugitive from justice and puts a demonic target on her back.

Logan, son of the Horseman of the Apocalypse known as Death, has dedicated his life to fighting demons alongside his colleagues at DART. He loves fighting, females, and his pet hellhound, Cujo. What he doesn’t love is The Aegis, whose leadership attempted to slaughter him at birth. Understandably, he balks when he’s ordered to protect an Aegis Guardian responsible for the deaths of his friends. Really, he’d rather feed her to Cujo.

But when an old enemy rises from the ashes, Eva and Logan find themselves giving into temptation even as they sacrifice the things…and people…they love the most.

Best Books of the Year

List of My Top 10 Books of the Year and Why I liked them so much. Ironically when figuring this one out it was harder to justify why I liked them best vs the worst list where I could come up with a couple words to describe my hate of the book. Some of these were just the books hit just right that they kept me interested and wanting more. They are also books that I’ve reread already this year as I did enjoy them so much which is why I’ve selected them. Here’s the best of the books I’ve read this year. If you're interested in the review just click on the title and author and it will take you to the review. 

1. Tryst in the Dark by Grace McGinty – Well written omegaverse story 

2. That Time I got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming – Well written story that is weird and has a lot of humor 

3. Bewitched by Elise Faber- Love a good hockey book, Well written and great characters 

4. Pack Darling Part One by Lola Rocks – really well written bully, omega romance 

5. Pack Darling Part Two by Lola Rocks – Well written redemption and heroin saving herself 

6. Protector by Anna Hackett – well written end of a series with a heroin who saves herself 

7. Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews – Great character development and in short story 

8. Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik – Well written story with great characters both primary and secondary

9. Crow Bones by Anne Bishop – Great addition to a series with more world building and character development 

10. Bond of Destiny by Larissa Ione – Well written short story with great characters and made me want to go and reread the entire series

Bond of Destiny by Larissa lone

 

5 Star

Tracker has never known freedom. The day he was born he was a slave. When Harvester, a fallen angel transferred his ownership to a human woman he gained his first bit of freedom. He's not sure if he can trust her with how traumatic his life has been. Something he's never had is love. He doesn't want it to be taken away from him when he eventually moves to a new owner. The one woman who makes him yearn is Stacey.  He is tempted when she shows up during a blizzard. When the pack he was born into comes and makes demands of him she's used against him. Will he be able to save her and himself?

I loved this book. It also made want to go and reread the whole series. It has been a while since I've read all of them. This is also means you don't have to have had all of the books in the series. I vaguely remember Tracker from a different book and he definitely deserves his happy ending. I loved how he got Stacey to realize the reality of his situation. The best part for me was the end. I loved seeing everyone get their comeuppance. 

Book 11.8 of Demonica

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07 Immortal Rider – Larissa Ione – 3*

Limos is the Horsewoman of the Apocalypse.  She is engaged to Satan and is not supposed to be involved with other men.  She kisses Arik Wagner, a soldier in the U.S. Army’s paranormal unit.  This triggers Satan’s wrath and forces Limos to team up with her evil brother Pestilence to save Arik.

I wanted to like this story but Limos was a WHINER and a liar.  She lied about huge things not just little minor points but huge plot points through the entire book and it’s all swept under the rug.  Arik hates liars but is cool with what she did even though he was harmed by her lies.  She whined about everything.  She didn’t want Satan.  Lets whine about it.  She had to help Pestilence to save Arik…oh wo is me.  Grr … No thank you

01 Pleasure Unbound - 4*
02 Desire Unchained - 3.5*
03 Passion Unleashed - 4*
04 Ecstasy Unveiled - 4*
04.5 Eternity Embraced - 3.5*
05 Sin Undone - 4*
06 Eternal Rider - 3.5*

06 Eternal Rider – Larissa Ione – 3.5*

Ares is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.  If the Four Horsemen’s seal breaks they go evil.  In the last book when Sin spread the ward disease she broke Pestilence’s seal.  In this book he is trying to break Ares’ seal.  Cara is his love interest.  She starts the book as a human with a little ability to heal animals.  She is called out to help a dog hit by a car.  The dog is a Hellhound puppy who is so appreciative he gives her Hell’s Kiss.  This ties their life together and thrusts her into the supernatural world.  They meet when she is given Ares’ seal.  He takes her home to protect her from his brother.  She shouldn’t be able to hold the seal but because of the kiss she can.

I enjoyed this book but it was a little choppy.  It is technically the first in a new series but it really is just a continuation of Ione’s Demonica series.  It felt like Ione was sort of starting over but she had all the world there from the other series.  Once it picked up it was a very good book and I wanted the next book.

01 Pleasure Unbound - 4*
02 Desire Unchained - 3.5*
03 Passion Unleashed - 4*
04 Ecstasy Unveiled - 4*
04.5 Eternity Embraced - 3.5*
05 Sin Undone - 4*

05 Sin Undone – Larissa Ione – 4*

Master assassin Sinead Donnelly is the only female Seminus demon.  She is Lore’s twin and half-sister to Eidolon, Shade, and Wraith.  Like he brother Lore her gifts are very special.  She accidently creates a new disease that kills werewolves.  Sin has to accept the help of her brothers and Conall Dearghul who is half-werewolf, half-vampire to figure out how to stop the disease.

Ione continues to build her demonica world with this book.  I liked the relationship between Sin and Conall.  I also liked how Sin has to build a relationship with her half-brothers.  I wasn’t sure if I would like this book since I didn’t like Sin in Ecstasy Unveiled but the more revealed about her the more I liked her and the book. 

01 Pleasure Unbound - 4*
02 Desire Unchained - 3.5*
03 Passion Unleashed - 4*
04 Ecstasy Unveiled - 4*
04.5 Eternity Embraced - 3.5*

04.5 Eternity Embraced – Larissa Ione – 3.5*

Andrea Cole and Kaden Quinn are demon slayers.  They love each other but don’t say anything because of the nature of their lives.  Kaden ends up being taken and turned into a vampire who the bad guys plan on releasing kill his former friends.

This story originally appeared in The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2.  The story is very short but still good.  You don’t get a lot of character development because it is only 44 pages.  What was there was an interesting plot.


01 Pleasure Unbound - 4*
02 Desire Unchained - 3.5*
03 Passion Unleashed - 4*
04 Ecstasy Unveiled - 4*

04 Ecstasy Unveiled – Larissa Ione – 4*

 

Lore is the half-brother to Eidolon, Shade, and Wraith.  They share a father.  While the other three brothers has demons for parents Lore’s mother was a human.  This caused some interesting things to manifest with his gifts.  He can kill anyone with a single touch of his right hand.  He is currently slave bonded to a demon master named Deth.  To no longer be in his debt all he had to do was kill his half-brothers.  Since he didn’t kill them he is punished.  With his failure to kill his brothers he is sent to kill someone else.  Idess is a Memitim waiting to ascend to heaven.  She is a guarding until she ascends.  One of those she protects is who Lore is supposed to kill. 

I loved these two.  They started as enemies, sort of.  Lore is a character who has nothing but bad thrown at him and is trying to make the best of it and you just want him to succeed.  There is more world building in this book to continue what was in the other three books.  More characters are introduced that I want to get to know more of.

01 Pleasure Unbound – 4*

02 Desire Unchained – 3.5*

03 Passion Unleashed – 4*

03 Passion Unleashed – Larissa Ione – 4*

Wraith is the third brother.  He has been poisoned and dying.  The hospital is crumbling and the staff is abandoning it.  Eidolon and Shade try to find an antidote for Wraith and their only option is the charm Serena has.  This charm allows her to live forever with good health as long as she remains a virgin.  Serena is an archeologist and goes to great lengths on her digs.  Taking chances which could cause her death. 

I loved how this story came together.  Wraith is very selfish in the other books and in this one he has to decide who is more important Serena or himself.  Wraith sets out to seduce her and take the charm but the more he gets to know her the harder it is for him to be selfish.  I loved the give and take in this story.

01 Pleasure Unbound – 4*

02 Desire Unchained – 3.5*

02 Desire Unchained – Larissa Ione – 3.5*

Shade wakes up chained next to his ex-girlfriend Runa.  She wants nothing to do with him after he left her.  They were kidnapped by boogeymen who were killing people for organs in the last book.  These boogeymen have a grudge against Shade and his brothers and want to trigger Shade’s curse to ruin him. 

I liked this book but not as much as other books in the series.  I didn’t really like the two main characters.  It never seemed like there was much chemistry between the two of them even though that seemed to be a major part of the plot.  I liked it.

01 Pleasure Unbound – 4*

01 Pleasure Unbound – Larissa Ione – 4*

I started this series with one of the short stories and fell in love with this author's writing.  Some of her books are amazing and some I can live without.  This was one I liked a lot and was glad I tried it.

 

Tayla Mancuso is a demon-slayer who ends up in a hospital run by demons.  Head doctor Eidolon can’t resist Tayla.  They burn for each other but Eidolon needs a mate before he transforms into a beast.  However, he fears she is the one who is killing other demons.  She was taught things are black and white.  Demons are evil and need to be killed. 

I liked the chemistry between Tayla and Eidolon as well as the plot.  This is the first book in a new series and it kept me enthralled and made me want to pick up the other books.  It was interesting to watch Tayla struggle to come to grips with the world being grey verses black and white.  She has to find the middle ground and realize that like humans not all demons are evil.