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A review by thebooktician
Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
5.0
Yet another 5-star book for Larissa Ione. With the fourth installment of the Demonica series, I swear the stories just keep getting better. And with each book I find myself wondering ‘how do I get a Seminus demon??’
Lore, our hero and the long lost brother of Eidolon, Shade and Wraith, does a pretty good job holding his own next to his brothers. As a bit of a tortured soul who is short-tempered, lethal and fiercely hot, you can certainly see the family resemblance. I really liked Lore and he was definitely a focal point in the book, but the other Sems, as well as Ky and their mates, actually got some good airtime in this book. Having the other Sems take a fairly prominent role helped create the sense of brotherhood (a little BDB-style) and family, which just gives me the warm fuzzies. Of course when your family is dealing with raging arguments, fist fights, kidnappings, assassinations, pregnancies, plagues and the introduction of another unknown sibling, who wouldn’t want to come together and sing kumbaya.
One thing I have come to love about this series is the strong female characters. Tayla, Gem, Runa and Serena all had their unique perspectives and personalities and could stand up to and next to these alpha males. Idess, our heroine, is no different in that regard. However, she isn’t loud and outspoken, sassy or hot-headed and though she can kick butt like the rest of them, she’s not the type to run in guns blazing. Maybe it is a result of her being 2,000 years old (would love to see the candles on her birthday cake), but she had a less in your face kind of strength. She’d actually think of a plan rather than fly by the seat of her pants. She was happy to let the boys duke it out, tapping her feet impatiently, but she’d eventually break it up so they could get back to business. In a way this might be slightly incongruous with her ‘I’m a powerful, make-weapons-appear-from-thin-air-and-fight angel’, but I think it works with who she truly is at heart and who she becomes in the end. (Yes, you’ll have to read the story to find out – and you really should read this story.)
Now, before you start thinking that there weren’t any women with a little more fire…
Sin, Lore’s sister who we first hear about in [b:Passion Unleashed|4701550|Passion Unleashed (Demonica, #3)|Larissa Ione|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221676229s/4701550.jpg|4765865], is a real firecracker and a shinning star in this book. She also happens to be the heroine in the fifth Demonica book, [b:Sin Undone|7715664|Sin Undone (Demonica, #5)|Larissa Ione|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1280857471s/7715664.jpg|10083611], due out in September 2010. This girl does not take smack from anyone and as an assassin and all-around “badass” she’s got skills to back up that completely no holds barred mouth of hers. I think her presence and a great lead up to Sin Undone at the end of the book pushed this into the 5-star zone for me.
Overall, great fast-paced story with some good laughs, some jaw dropping surprises and some super steamy, make you get a little hot and bothered sex scenes.
p.s. I’ll never look at a supply closet the same again – You’ll know when you get there.
Lore, our hero and the long lost brother of Eidolon, Shade and Wraith, does a pretty good job holding his own next to his brothers. As a bit of a tortured soul who is short-tempered, lethal and fiercely hot, you can certainly see the family resemblance. I really liked Lore and he was definitely a focal point in the book, but the other Sems, as well as Ky and their mates, actually got some good airtime in this book. Having the other Sems take a fairly prominent role helped create the sense of brotherhood (a little BDB-style) and family, which just gives me the warm fuzzies. Of course when your family is dealing with raging arguments, fist fights, kidnappings, assassinations, pregnancies, plagues and the introduction of another unknown sibling, who wouldn’t want to come together and sing kumbaya.
One thing I have come to love about this series is the strong female characters. Tayla, Gem, Runa and Serena all had their unique perspectives and personalities and could stand up to and next to these alpha males. Idess, our heroine, is no different in that regard. However, she isn’t loud and outspoken, sassy or hot-headed and though she can kick butt like the rest of them, she’s not the type to run in guns blazing. Maybe it is a result of her being 2,000 years old (would love to see the candles on her birthday cake), but she had a less in your face kind of strength. She’d actually think of a plan rather than fly by the seat of her pants. She was happy to let the boys duke it out, tapping her feet impatiently, but she’d eventually break it up so they could get back to business. In a way this might be slightly incongruous with her ‘I’m a powerful, make-weapons-appear-from-thin-air-and-fight angel’, but I think it works with who she truly is at heart and who she becomes in the end. (Yes, you’ll have to read the story to find out – and you really should read this story.)
Now, before you start thinking that there weren’t any women with a little more fire…
Sin, Lore’s sister who we first hear about in [b:Passion Unleashed|4701550|Passion Unleashed (Demonica, #3)|Larissa Ione|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221676229s/4701550.jpg|4765865], is a real firecracker and a shinning star in this book. She also happens to be the heroine in the fifth Demonica book, [b:Sin Undone|7715664|Sin Undone (Demonica, #5)|Larissa Ione|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1280857471s/7715664.jpg|10083611], due out in September 2010. This girl does not take smack from anyone and as an assassin and all-around “badass” she’s got skills to back up that completely no holds barred mouth of hers. I think her presence and a great lead up to Sin Undone at the end of the book pushed this into the 5-star zone for me.
Overall, great fast-paced story with some good laughs, some jaw dropping surprises and some super steamy, make you get a little hot and bothered sex scenes.
p.s. I’ll never look at a supply closet the same again – You’ll know when you get there.