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bookwife's review against another edition
5.0
I struggled with this one a little bit at first. Just because they kept using each other. I was getting pissed thinking it was going to be this never ending back and forth game of who has the upper hand and that really would have been annoying. But it wasn't like that for too long.
Why didn't Lore just be honest from the start? Hey man, I was hired to kill Kynan to save my sister. Who by the way is obviously your sister. So let's put our heads together and figure out a way to kill Death.' Would have been a really boring book.
I am actually going to be really lazy and not write a real review for this one.. maybe later.
It was fantastical. Like all the other. Lore is amazing. I love him the most!! he is sarcastic and everything is sexual to him. Which is awesome. So read it!
Why didn't Lore just be honest from the start? Hey man, I was hired to kill Kynan to save my sister. Who by the way is obviously your sister. So let's put our heads together and figure out a way to kill Death.' Would have been a really boring book.
I am actually going to be really lazy and not write a real review for this one.. maybe later.
It was fantastical. Like all the other. Lore is amazing. I love him the most!! he is sarcastic and everything is sexual to him. Which is awesome. So read it!
hoosgracie's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this addition to the series. Lor, a half-demon has one last kill for his assassin master before he and his sister are released from slavery. It isn't so easy though, because Idess, an angel, guards his prey. Sparks fly, etc.
andreah13's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lucy_qhuay's review against another edition
5.0
Well, Hell's fucking bells! :D
I loved Lore and Idess's story so much!
And the best of all is, this was really a surprise because I didn't quite know what to think about Lore in Passion Unleashed.
I'm happy to admit that now he seriously rivals with Eidolon for the position of sexiest demon ever! +.+
Lore is a half-breed demon, which means that he is part human and part seminus.
He and his sister, Sin, are the slaves of a demented master demon called Deth and they are forced to serve as their master's assassins.
But now Lore is giving a mission that can set them both free - he has to kill Kynan Morgan, the very man he recently brought back to life.
If he doesn't succeed, Sin will be killed, so it is obvious that he is hell bent on being successful and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
And then we have Idess.
She is an earthbound angel, hoping that her Ascension is near so that she can get her wings and ascend to Heaven.
She is tasked with the protection of primori, humans or demons with a crucial role in the future of the world and Kynan is one of the primori she has to protect.
When she senses that Lore wants to kill Kynan, she thwarts his plan and is set on killing him herself or letting him be killed by either Shade, Wraith or Kynan.
But in a surprising turn of events, Lore becomes one of her primori, which means not only that she can't allow that, but also that she has to protect him.
Instead, she imprisons him in her house, so that he can't run away and kill Kynan or be killed.
At first, both Lore and Idess are determined to do what must be done to complete their missions but slowly, they start getting to know each other and they see that they have much in common.
I loved how incredible tortured these two were and how they found what they needed to be whole again in each other.
They were very much like ghosts - apart from the world, living a recluse life and longing for something more.
Lore had his strange ability keeping him from truly living.
He couldn't touch people or else they would fall dead, which meant that he couldn't get close to people and be more intimate.
That was something he really hungered for - proximity. To be able to have something meaningful.
It was so emotional to see a man that powerful with that particular vulnerability.
Besides, he also lived plagued by a terrible guilt for what he didn't do for Sin, his twin, when she needed him.
It broke my herat! :(
Idess, on her side, lived tormented by great guilt due to her betrayal of her brother and by the loneliness brought upon by the life someone set on ascend has to have.
She had such a terrible burden on her shoulders, as well.
I'm glad they found and held on to each other.
But not before some major heartbreak. :'(
You don't even know how much I cried when Idess was called back to the heavens and she thought she was going to be destroyed because of the transgressions she committed and she and Lore thought they would never see each other again! :'(
I am very curious to read Sin's story.
She intrigued me a great deal in this book. She really looks like a female Wraith! xD
But I can't say the same about Conall! He seemed to be a huge asshole!
What the hell? I admit, Sin is not really an easy person/demon to deal with but he didn't need to say such cruel things! :@
Speaking of assholes, I was royally pissed off with a lot of the gang because of what they were doing to Lore and Eidolon! :@
Shade especially pissed me the fuck off! --'
He had no right to judge Lore as he did, as if he was better than him! His own past was more than a bit shady!
And he certainly didn't have the right to do what he did to Eidolon, who only wanted to protect his family, including Lore, and give Lore a chance.
And Wraith, Runa, Kynan and even Gem didn't have that right either!
Dammit! They were all tag teaming on Eidolon and saying some pretty hurtful shit!
Bastards! :@
I loved Lore and Idess's story so much!
And the best of all is, this was really a surprise because I didn't quite know what to think about Lore in Passion Unleashed.
I'm happy to admit that now he seriously rivals with Eidolon for the position of sexiest demon ever! +.+
Lore is a half-breed demon, which means that he is part human and part seminus.
He and his sister, Sin, are the slaves of a demented master demon called Deth and they are forced to serve as their master's assassins.
But now Lore is giving a mission that can set them both free - he has to kill Kynan Morgan, the very man he recently brought back to life.
If he doesn't succeed, Sin will be killed, so it is obvious that he is hell bent on being successful and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
And then we have Idess.
She is an earthbound angel, hoping that her Ascension is near so that she can get her wings and ascend to Heaven.
She is tasked with the protection of primori, humans or demons with a crucial role in the future of the world and Kynan is one of the primori she has to protect.
When she senses that Lore wants to kill Kynan, she thwarts his plan and is set on killing him herself or letting him be killed by either Shade, Wraith or Kynan.
But in a surprising turn of events, Lore becomes one of her primori, which means not only that she can't allow that, but also that she has to protect him.
Instead, she imprisons him in her house, so that he can't run away and kill Kynan or be killed.
At first, both Lore and Idess are determined to do what must be done to complete their missions but slowly, they start getting to know each other and they see that they have much in common.
I loved how incredible tortured these two were and how they found what they needed to be whole again in each other.
They were very much like ghosts - apart from the world, living a recluse life and longing for something more.
Lore had his strange ability keeping him from truly living.
He couldn't touch people or else they would fall dead, which meant that he couldn't get close to people and be more intimate.
That was something he really hungered for - proximity. To be able to have something meaningful.
It was so emotional to see a man that powerful with that particular vulnerability.
Besides, he also lived plagued by a terrible guilt for what he didn't do for Sin, his twin, when she needed him.
It broke my herat! :(
Idess, on her side, lived tormented by great guilt due to her betrayal of her brother and by the loneliness brought upon by the life someone set on ascend has to have.
She had such a terrible burden on her shoulders, as well.
I'm glad they found and held on to each other.
But not before some major heartbreak. :'(
You don't even know how much I cried when Idess was called back to the heavens and she thought she was going to be destroyed because of the transgressions she committed and she and Lore thought they would never see each other again! :'(
I am very curious to read Sin's story.
She intrigued me a great deal in this book. She really looks like a female Wraith! xD
But I can't say the same about Conall! He seemed to be a huge asshole!
What the hell? I admit, Sin is not really an easy person/demon to deal with but he didn't need to say such cruel things! :@
Speaking of assholes, I was royally pissed off with a lot of the gang because of what they were doing to Lore and Eidolon! :@
Shade especially pissed me the fuck off! --'
He had no right to judge Lore as he did, as if he was better than him! His own past was more than a bit shady!
And he certainly didn't have the right to do what he did to Eidolon, who only wanted to protect his family, including Lore, and give Lore a chance.
And Wraith, Runa, Kynan and even Gem didn't have that right either!
Dammit! They were all tag teaming on Eidolon and saying some pretty hurtful shit!
Bastards! :@
michellesantiago's review against another edition
5.0
Ecstasy Unveiled is book four in Larissa Ione's Demonica Series, which centers around demon brothers who built and work in Underground General Hospital. When I first started reading the book, I was a bit lost because it's been almost a year since I read book three of the series. I had to skim the last few chapters of Passion Unleashed to jog my memory. Ms. Ione spent little time telling the back story which I liked but others new to this series will get lost. I don't know if this book is being marketed as a stand alone because it's not. You need to read the first three books to get the back story on the other brothers and their friends who play important secondary roles in this book.
Lore and Idess were great together and their story was filled with non-stop action and romance. They were good apart and better together because they balance each other out. Lore being the big, bad assassin with a lot of baggage and Idess the good angel with a bit of a wild side who I thought was in no way weak and is equal to the previous heroines of the other books. Their chemistry is definitely there and the sex scenes were hot. This book also reaffirms that Eidolon is still my favorite of the brothers although now Lore joins Wraith as a very close second. We were also introduced to Sin in this book, Lore's twin sister and the only female Seminus in existence--the "Smurfette" of the breed according to Wraith and Tayla. She was describe as the female version of Wraith which I think is accurate from reading about her in this book (unfortunately it doesn't come out until September).
This book read like a movie and I didn't know what was going to happen next. I love how Ms. Ione can write a story fast-paced story where their is always action in every single page and humor and wit in all the right places. It doesn't let up until the last page and even then it ended in a high satisfying note though it makes you hunger for the next installment in the series. I give this book 4.75 stars out of 5.
Lore and Idess were great together and their story was filled with non-stop action and romance. They were good apart and better together because they balance each other out. Lore being the big, bad assassin with a lot of baggage and Idess the good angel with a bit of a wild side who I thought was in no way weak and is equal to the previous heroines of the other books. Their chemistry is definitely there and the sex scenes were hot. This book also reaffirms that Eidolon is still my favorite of the brothers although now Lore joins Wraith as a very close second. We were also introduced to Sin in this book, Lore's twin sister and the only female Seminus in existence--the "Smurfette" of the breed according to Wraith and Tayla. She was describe as the female version of Wraith which I think is accurate from reading about her in this book (unfortunately it doesn't come out until September).
This book read like a movie and I didn't know what was going to happen next. I love how Ms. Ione can write a story fast-paced story where their is always action in every single page and humor and wit in all the right places. It doesn't let up until the last page and even then it ended in a high satisfying note though it makes you hunger for the next installment in the series. I give this book 4.75 stars out of 5.
carebear11's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
tj_park's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
skateanddonate's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! Extraordinary book. I really cannot resist a book that makes me bawl multiple times.
bookdragon85's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0