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Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione

3 reviews

alejandra_guerrero's review against another edition

3.75

I liked it. I wasn’t quite convinced, because, c’mon, the blurb makes it seem cheesy AF. But I think it was good. Tayla’s bigoted attitude toward demons was tiresome, though, and got annoying after a while, especially when she was proven, over and over, that her beliefs were incorrect. But I didn’t find her as irritating as some other characters I’ve read before.

The world is fascinating, though there are a couple of things I didn’t quite get. I guess they will be addressed in later books. The brothers are interesting, but Gem, Kynan (how the hell do you pronounce that?), and the slayers (Sorry, Guardians) in general, aren’t. I’m curious about Shade’s curse, and what the hell do you mean Wraith’s eyes are not his? I need to know. So I’ll keep reading.

Something I didn’t enjoy was the Miriad POVs present here, some of which have events that are tangential to the story at best. And, I don’t know if it was something about the version I got, but they didn’t have any separation, like we were in one character’s POV and the next paragraph was another’s, without a single space between the two to signal a change. Overall, I enjoyed it, though.

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renpuspita's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

RE-READ

Original squeeeing review can be read below in spoiler tag *which kinda make me embarrassed, lol*, but well, I'm glad I got my fangirl-mojo back.

While I kinda lost contact with friend that recommend me this book back at 2011 (wow, time sure flies fast. 8 years ago!!), I can't thank her enough to my intro into Demonica series. Sure this series have some up and down, but Larissa Ione always deliver. Pleasure Unbound is no exception. Eidolon still is, non-arguable- my favorite Seminus demon, even readers love Wraith more. I know that Tayla at first can be too hot-headed, but I can't blame her because fanatical thought is horrible (and still do until now.). I like how Ione solved Tayla's sexual problems, not just magically cure her can't-orgasm by Eidolon's magic peen in the first time, but make it progress slowly while E and Tayla try to understand each other. Who knows that a simple hospital for demons and just your ordinary battle between good vs evil can be so..so ..much more.

Also, Pleasure Unbound is the most erotic Demonica book Ione's write (bordering erotica, tho), so who am I to complaint, hahaha. Since her books after that tend to plot rather than just some sex scenes throw in your face. But, hey, Ione is one of those authors that know how to write blazing, scorching, sex scene, so go figure!

Ah, I missed all those good paranormal romance books in their glory era (circa 2008-2014) *sigh*

I HAVE A NEWS FOR ALL EIDOLON'S FANS!!

Just look at the bottom of my review *grin*

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Just wanna say :

Everybody love Wraith, maybe because his bad-ass attitude

Everybody love Shade, maybe because.. what? Dunno *lol*

But

For me, just one of Seminus Brother that from the beginning until the end, that still captivated me, still make me love him, still make me adore him and his name is..

EIDOLON

*LOL*

So, is it wrong that his book is favorite of mine? But, actually all of Demonica are favorite of mine!

This is my 3rd times read...And I realize something,...

Wraith's book is about his change, from his bad-ass attitude to became a better person (and remember he is badly tortured at the past, so he deserved happines for his book)

Shade's book is about how he deal with his curse, and his feeling to Runa..I dunno, Shade is not my favorite Sem after all, but after re-read his book, I got his"other" side, that I'd missed when first read it...

Eidolon's is about prejudice... Maybe with highly erotica content in this book (hello chapter 2 *grin*), people forgot, that his book have a deepest meaning from all Demonica (in my opinion of course)...
It's about prejudice, both from Demon side and Human side...
Especially from human side, let's say Tayla...

Tayla believe that all demon are bad, all demon are cruel. But look, after she meet Eidolon, she know that she wrong. That every side not always black and white. Every side always have a gray side, a shade, that make is right isn't always right, and wrong not always wrong.. Demon aren't all bad, there are some harmless demon, and The Aegis, her organization is not as good as she believed..

And then E.... While many fans of Demonica love Wraith,I love E because his dedication to his hospital, and while his relationship with Wraith not good like Wraith and Shade, he still care for his little brother...

I must stop babbling about this series *lol*

I'm glad when some friend of mine decided to read this, and then they love it...

I'm glad that Larissa Ione make this wonderful series...

What I must said?

If you not read Demonica yet, you must take this to your top to-read list ;)
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The News!!!!!!!:D

As the gift from Larissa, because so many fans of her support Jaci Burton at DA BWAHA, she write the scene between E and Tayla, and their efforts to make baby!!

This scene is take place at Sin Undone and Eternal Rider..

Oh, how I love read about E again!!

This is the link!

http://larissaione.com/blog/books/dem...

Make sure to scroll down, until you find their story, and......

Happy Reading!! :D

(ohh, and that scene is scorching hot!! )

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noellelovesbooks's review

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3.25

Content Warnings: Sexual content, blood/gore, violence, sexual harassment, sexual assault, murder, racism, noncon, dubcon, and ableist language.
Mention of: rape, child abuse, drug abuse/addiction, and witnessing a parent’s torture and murder.

The first time I read this book was years ago and with the cover re-issue of book 5 [Eternal Rider, also the first book in the Four Horsemen/Lords of Deliverance series] I decided I wanted to re-read this series.

When I originally read this story I thought it was such a sweet and passionate supernatural romance…after this second read though…not so much. Overall I still enjoyed the story and loved getting back into reading all the characters of Underworld General but I feel like I needed more to truly feel the connection between Tayla and Eidolon.

From the start, Tayla and Eidolon have a mutual physical attraction though they initially attempt to fight it since they should be enemies. Their first few sexual encounters aren’t completely consensual on both sides which gave me the ick.

Bit of a spoiler but something I feel is important to say…after witnessing the torture, rape, and murder of her mother Tayla has never been able to orgasm with a partner and even has difficulty reaching orgasm alone. When she tries having sex she usually has horrible flashbacks to her mother’s murder which prevents her, understandably, from reaching orgasm. Once she tells this to Eidolon he’s determined to help her reach orgasm and they have sex…in which she orgasms. I really would have loved more inner monologue from Tayla talking about how this conversation, vulnerability and trust in Eidolon to tell him, made her feel. The way it all goes down in the books it’s like…oh after years of unresolved trauma within minutes she’s now cured because of a man.

I feel that the story would have been better if more focus was spent on showing a growing connection between Tayla and Eidolon and less time spent on introducing so many other aspects of the world or they should have given us like 100 more pages or so to fully explore everything they threw at us. Getting to see so many POVs and meet so many characters is great but I feel like the main couple needed a little more focus for me to understand and feel their connection.

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