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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A long, long time ago; Runa Wagner fell in love with a stranger. She never expected to but it just happened. Shade is a Seminus demon. Though he has been with many women, he won’t soon forget the one that rocked his world.
Shade wakes up cuffed in chains and locked in a cell. Shade instantly realizes he is not alone. Runa has waited a long time to get her revenge on Shade. Now that this moment has presented itself to her, Runa starts having second thoughts. She deserves to get her revenge, especially since if it wasn’t for Shade, she won’t be living the life of a werewolf. Shade hungers for Runa. He needs her body and soul to provide him release. Is Shade’s want for Runa of his own accord or due to a curse put on him?
Shade and Runa make a great pair…a demon and a werewolf. This combination is a new one for me but a good pairing. They are both two sexy people who can’t keep their hands off each other. They are like magnets. The pull is too strong to keep them apart.
I have really gotten into the darker, more urban paranormal books. Desire Unchained falls into this category. It is edgier, a little more on the violent side, and all of the characters in this story kick butt! Desire Unchained is book two in the demonica series. Passion Unleashed is the next book that will be released. Larissa Ione is a new author to me. I am so glad that I discovered her sooner rather than later in this series. Now I only have to go back and read book one, so that I am ready when book three comes out.
Shade wakes up cuffed in chains and locked in a cell. Shade instantly realizes he is not alone. Runa has waited a long time to get her revenge on Shade. Now that this moment has presented itself to her, Runa starts having second thoughts. She deserves to get her revenge, especially since if it wasn’t for Shade, she won’t be living the life of a werewolf. Shade hungers for Runa. He needs her body and soul to provide him release. Is Shade’s want for Runa of his own accord or due to a curse put on him?
Shade and Runa make a great pair…a demon and a werewolf. This combination is a new one for me but a good pairing. They are both two sexy people who can’t keep their hands off each other. They are like magnets. The pull is too strong to keep them apart.
I have really gotten into the darker, more urban paranormal books. Desire Unchained falls into this category. It is edgier, a little more on the violent side, and all of the characters in this story kick butt! Desire Unchained is book two in the demonica series. Passion Unleashed is the next book that will be released. Larissa Ione is a new author to me. I am so glad that I discovered her sooner rather than later in this series. Now I only have to go back and read book one, so that I am ready when book three comes out.
It's been a while since I read the first book in this series so I forgot how much I LOVED it. Sometimes there is nothing better than trashy erotic paranormal fiction, honestly, and Larissa Ione writes the exact brand of it that I love. I don't know why I bother reading anyone else's when I don't think I could enjoy any other series more.
Shade is the perfect balance of that protective alpha male and also surprisingly kind and gentle that makes for a good lead in this type of situation. And it's always nice to see a woman not afraid to stand up for herself instead of just being claimed. As it was with the first book, Wraith remains my favorite of the brothers and I hope the next book, or at least at some point in the series, we get a whole load of time devoted to him.
The pacing is fast, the scenes are hot, the demon world is incredibly well created. You really can't ask for more than what the author gives you for this genre.
Shade is the perfect balance of that protective alpha male and also surprisingly kind and gentle that makes for a good lead in this type of situation. And it's always nice to see a woman not afraid to stand up for herself instead of just being claimed. As it was with the first book, Wraith remains my favorite of the brothers and I hope the next book, or at least at some point in the series, we get a whole load of time devoted to him.
The pacing is fast, the scenes are hot, the demon world is incredibly well created. You really can't ask for more than what the author gives you for this genre.
I am loving this series!!! I have had it on my bookshelf for a long time. I do not know why I waited to read them. Very good!
I seriously cannot get enough of these books. It only took me a few hours to read it, and now I'm disappointed that I don't have more here with me for me to dive deeper into this amazing world Larissa Ione has created.
It took me a few years to start reading this one after finishing the first, but I was in a reading slump and I am so dang happy that I picked it up! Larissa Ione does such an amazing job in crafting a unique world full of intriguing characters! every Demonica book I have read just gets better and better.
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
«Sopporterò questo dolore per te» giurò. «Se uno di noi due deve sanguinare, quello sarò io. Sarò sempre io»
Runa Wagner di certo non si aspettava di trovarsi in una prigione incatenata a Shade, il suo ex demone fedifrago.
Dire che Runa è ferita è un eufemismo, amava Shade ma l’ha trovato a letto con due vampire. Dopo essere fuggita via viene per di più aggredita da un licantropo con conseguente trasformazione.
Ha tutto il diritto di essere furente.
Shade è stato maledetto: quando finalmente si innamorerà di qualcuno sparirà nel nulla. Per questo motivo ha lasciato Runa un anno prima.
I loro aguzzini formulano un incantesimo che li unisce per l’eternità e si trovano costretti a dover lottare insieme per salvare le proprie vite.
Se il primo romanzo mi era piaciuto ma con riserbo, questo mi ha rapita totalmente.
Runa mi è piaciuta tantissimo, non si è mai pianta addosso ed ha sempre affrontato queste situazioni assurde a testa alta.
Shade invece volevo prenderlo a badilate sui denti ma poi, quando finalmente l’ho capito, ho provato una tristezza assurda: un Incubo che vive (letteralmente parlando) per i rapporti carnali maledetto ad eterni tormenti.
Bello bello bello!
Poi vado totalmente fuori di testa quando c’è il cliché dei mate, adoro quando si parla di compagni per la vita.
«Essere maledetto ad amarla era la più bella delle sventure»
Runa Wagner di certo non si aspettava di trovarsi in una prigione incatenata a Shade, il suo ex demone fedifrago.
Dire che Runa è ferita è un eufemismo, amava Shade ma l’ha trovato a letto con due vampire. Dopo essere fuggita via viene per di più aggredita da un licantropo con conseguente trasformazione.
Ha tutto il diritto di essere furente.
Shade è stato maledetto: quando finalmente si innamorerà di qualcuno sparirà nel nulla. Per questo motivo ha lasciato Runa un anno prima.
I loro aguzzini formulano un incantesimo che li unisce per l’eternità e si trovano costretti a dover lottare insieme per salvare le proprie vite.
Se il primo romanzo mi era piaciuto ma con riserbo, questo mi ha rapita totalmente.
Runa mi è piaciuta tantissimo, non si è mai pianta addosso ed ha sempre affrontato queste situazioni assurde a testa alta.
Shade invece volevo prenderlo a badilate sui denti ma poi, quando finalmente l’ho capito, ho provato una tristezza assurda: un Incubo che vive (letteralmente parlando) per i rapporti carnali maledetto ad eterni tormenti.
Bello bello bello!
Poi vado totalmente fuori di testa quando c’è il cliché dei mate, adoro quando si parla di compagni per la vita.
«Essere maledetto ad amarla era la più bella delle sventure»
It started off a little sad--"sad" as in upsetting, not as in "poor." And frankly, 50% of the way through, I was trying to figure out what else the author could do to make Shade's life just a bit more miserable or complicated. But she had already covered all the bases on that one. It was like she sat down and said, "Now, how can I make Shade's predicament multiple times more serious than Eidolon's predicament was in the last book?" I know: I'll kill a loved one. Bring a vengeful relative back to life. Torture him. Bond him to a woman he may fall in love with, thereby triggering that pesky eternal-suffering curse. And of course, let's not forget the internal torment from a childhood misstep that destroyed his family. Summary: Dear Shade, your life sucks the big ones.
Luckily, things did get better. But the sad beginning took some of the enjoyment out of the book for me, so I can't give it a glowing 5 stars like I gave Pleasure Unbound. But still, I enjoyed this book more than I enjoyed most, if not all, of the other books to which I have given 4-star ratings this year.
When this book got good, i.e., less depressing, it got really good. Great action sequences. A believable and sufficiently scary and psycho bad guy. I loved seeing more of Wraith, who I can't wait to read even more about in the next book. Wraith is aaawwwwesooome! And of course, the sex scenes were steamy, as expected based on the first book in the series. (I think that Pleasure Unbound had slightly better sex scenes--but only slightly.)
I was pleased that author took a demon of the same breed, and even from the same family, as the demon featured in the first book and managed to create a completely different set of issues for him. Instead of the whole book leading up to the mating, as the first book did, the mating in this book happens toward the beginning. Neither party intended to mate, so a good portion of the book is devoted to the problems that arise when Shade, who is cursed to never fall or in love or to suffer for all eternity, is forced to get his sex from only a single female. Stage right: Enter the tortured, broody lover/hero. Throw this in the mix with that vengeful relative that I mentioned earlier, and we've got a angry, reluctant lover trying to protect himself, his brothers, and the mate he claims he wants nothing to do with. Lots of shape-shifting, demon-fighting, and love-making. In the end, I can't complain.
Luckily, things did get better. But the sad beginning took some of the enjoyment out of the book for me, so I can't give it a glowing 5 stars like I gave Pleasure Unbound. But still, I enjoyed this book more than I enjoyed most, if not all, of the other books to which I have given 4-star ratings this year.
When this book got good, i.e., less depressing, it got really good. Great action sequences. A believable and sufficiently scary and psycho bad guy. I loved seeing more of Wraith, who I can't wait to read even more about in the next book. Wraith is aaawwwwesooome! And of course, the sex scenes were steamy, as expected based on the first book in the series. (I think that Pleasure Unbound had slightly better sex scenes--but only slightly.)
I was pleased that author took a demon of the same breed, and even from the same family, as the demon featured in the first book and managed to create a completely different set of issues for him. Instead of the whole book leading up to the mating, as the first book did, the mating in this book happens toward the beginning. Neither party intended to mate, so a good portion of the book is devoted to the problems that arise when Shade, who is cursed to never fall or in love or to suffer for all eternity, is forced to get his sex from only a single female. Stage right: Enter the tortured, broody lover/hero. Throw this in the mix with that vengeful relative that I mentioned earlier, and we've got a angry, reluctant lover trying to protect himself, his brothers, and the mate he claims he wants nothing to do with. Lots of shape-shifting, demon-fighting, and love-making. In the end, I can't complain.
Book 2 gives us Shade and Runa.
A second chance, enemies to lovers, forced proximity kind of story.
I really enjoyed this one even though I knew at least halfway through the book exactly how it would end.
A second chance, enemies to lovers, forced proximity kind of story.
I really enjoyed this one even though I knew at least halfway through the book exactly how it would end.