A review by devannm
Idle Ingredients by Matt Wallace

3.0

actual rating: 3.5

Although still a pretty good book, this is definitely a low point in the series for me so far. Super unfortunate since the ladies take center stage in it, which made me really WANT to love it. I think at its most basic level Idle Ingredients just suffers from 'middle book syndrome' because it doesn't really feel like a complete plot in and of itself, just a bridge to elevate the stakes for the later half of the series. And while I do understand the title and I guess it works okay enough, this felt more like another book for lust a lot of the time instead of one for idleness.

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I also feel like succubus plots are never really handled well and while this one does it better than most there are still things that bothered me, although maybe more on a personal level than a narrative one.

. I did enjoy it more the second time around although not really enough to bump it up to 4 stars.