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A review by mxsallybend
Taking Jacob by Leona D. Reish
5.0
The Darkfallen stories by Leona D. Reish are an offshoot of her Daemonique series, which currently stands at 6 books. Each of the Darkfallen books can be read as a standalone story, without knowing anything else about the world, but (as you will see) it helps to have read the first before slipping into the last.
Taking Jacob is the first Darkfallen tale, and Jacob's descent into supernatural submission is well-played, making the macho rebel slowly give into the sexual wiles of his succubus mistress. He fights it, mentally, but cannot deny the ways in which his body betrays him. It is interesting that Reish allows him to taste a bit of his old self before breaking him completely, and it is that mental/emotional aspect that makes this work so well.
As sex-fueled demons go, Kynthia is quite a treat for the eyes. She is sinister and seductive, but possessed of an otherworldly futanari beauty that makes her impossible to resist. The level of detail here is top-notch, especially in the way she sucks the masculinity out of Jacob, leaving them both to transform before our eyes. It is a story that is both dark and erotic, depraved and explicit, but which never loses sight of the larger mythology.
With four stories under her skirt, we can only hope that Leona D. Reish has the opportunity to return to the Darkfallen world soon. In the meantime, it looks like the Daemonique: Darkfall omnibus is next on my must-read list.
As reviewed by Sally at Bending the Bookshelf
Taking Jacob is the first Darkfallen tale, and Jacob's descent into supernatural submission is well-played, making the macho rebel slowly give into the sexual wiles of his succubus mistress. He fights it, mentally, but cannot deny the ways in which his body betrays him. It is interesting that Reish allows him to taste a bit of his old self before breaking him completely, and it is that mental/emotional aspect that makes this work so well.
As sex-fueled demons go, Kynthia is quite a treat for the eyes. She is sinister and seductive, but possessed of an otherworldly futanari beauty that makes her impossible to resist. The level of detail here is top-notch, especially in the way she sucks the masculinity out of Jacob, leaving them both to transform before our eyes. It is a story that is both dark and erotic, depraved and explicit, but which never loses sight of the larger mythology.
With four stories under her skirt, we can only hope that Leona D. Reish has the opportunity to return to the Darkfallen world soon. In the meantime, it looks like the Daemonique: Darkfall omnibus is next on my must-read list.
As reviewed by Sally at Bending the Bookshelf