The Demon's Daughter (Tale of the Demon World, #1)

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The Demon's Daughter (Tale of the Demon World #1)

by Emma Holly (Goodreads Author)

3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 · rating details · 925 ratings · 56 reviews

It's Inspector Adrian Philips's job to keep the peace between humans and demons in Avvar. Part demon, part human, he's hated by both sides. But when he meets Roxanne, a fellow outcast, he finds in her everything his soul needs--and his body yearns for. The question is, will the exquisite pleasure they find together be worth the dangerous wrath of their enemies?

Paperback, 311 pages

Published November 2nd 2004 by Berkley

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Mar 31, 2008 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of paranormal romance novels

Shelves: paranormal-romance

This is a very entertaining PNR novel with lots of hot steamy sex, but not enough to be what I would call erotica. So it is very tame for Holly (grin)! Adrian Philips is a police Inspector in the fictional city of Avvar, which is similar to Victorian London. One night he is searching for a missing boy in a seedy part of the city populated with demons. He is attacked by a gang, seriously wounded, and collapses in the garden of Roxanne, a portrait artist, who takes him in while he heals from his i...more

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Feb 13, 2009 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Paranormal romance fans

Recommended to Amy by: Laura Stamps

This was my first book by Emma Holly and I thought it was great. I liked the paranormal element and I thought that the romance between Roxanne and Adrian was sweet. I liked that Roxanne had formed her own family by taking in the two orphan boys. The sex was pretty hot, but I wouldn’t categorize the book as erotica still. Will most likely read other books by Emma Holly.

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Oct 29, 2012 Amarilli73 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

L’amore è una follia più dolce del vino.
L’amore è una lama arrugginita che lacera e non taglia. Dammi un amore umano come il primo pianto di un bambino.
Dammi l’amore, ti prego, o dammi la morte. (dalla Canzone del rohn pazzo d’amore)

Nel passato alternativo creato dalla Holly, un esploratore inglese, durante il regno della Regina Vittoria, ha scoperto casualmente il regno segreto degli Yama, sorta di alieni-demoni simili agli umani, con una civiltà tecnologicamente molto più evoluta. Gli Yama son...more L’amore è una follia più dolce del vino.
L’amore è una lama arrugginita che lacera e non taglia. Dammi un amore umano come il primo pianto di un bambino.
Dammi l’amore, ti prego, o dammi la morte. (dalla Canzone del rohn pazzo d’amore)

Nel passato alternativo creato dalla Holly, un esploratore inglese, durante il regno della Regina Vittoria, ha scoperto casualmente il regno segreto degli Yama, sorta di alieni-demoni simili agli umani, con una civiltà tecnologicamente molto più evoluta. Gli Yama sono esseri affascinanti e molto più forti, eterei, dagli occhi a mandorla, con una società rigidamente suddivisa in caste, e vagamente simile a quella giapponese dell’epoca dei samurai (a parte il richiamo di certi nomi, vi sono un imperatore, un regime feudale, nobili guerrieri, concubine, frequenti richiami nelle vesti e nelle acconciature).

Gli Yama scambiano tra loro energia in continuazione, soprattutto i nobili (i daimyo) che sono in grado di controllarne la natura emotiva, ed hanno perciò deciso di offrire agli umani il loro progresso tecnologico in cambio della possibilità di nutrirsi (per lo più consensualmente) della fontana di energia eterica che gli umani hanno sopra al cuore. I damyon considerano loro inferiori i demoni meno forti, i rohn, e, al di sotto di tutti, gli umani, esseri altamente disprezzati perché manifestano in modo incontrollato le loro emozioni e le loro passioni.

Il primo libro di questa quadrilogia fanta-erotica è ambientato ad Avvar, così come è chiamata la Londra vittoriana alternativa: qui, durante un’indagine in un quartiere malfamato, l’ispettore di polizia Adrian Philips viene tratto in salvo da una pittrice, una donna non bella, stravagante, però estremamente generosa e solare. Pur attratti l’uno dall’altra, Adrian e Roxy si nascondono a vicenda molti segreti, e quasi tutti in relazione ai loro rapporti con la razza degli Yama.

Pur essendo ad alto contenuto erotico (forse con un paio di scene in eccesso), è un romanzo molto gradevole ed appassionante, con una carrellata di personaggi credibili e ben delineati, che si legge con soddisfazione. E poi Adrian riesce ad essere simpatico ed intrigante, anche quando chiama la sorprendente Roxanne “la mia meravigliosa bruttona”!
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Oct 11, 2012 Dawn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotica

I read this after reading the two reviews on SBTB. Sarah didn’t care for it and stopped halfway through. Candy enjoyed it but did have some reservations. And this confirms for me that I should be going by Candy’s reviews, not Sarah’s ‘cuase I have much the same opinion.

I liked this book. Big surprise, right? Alternate history (ish), paranormal (magic), historical, romance verging on erotica? It’s like Emma Holly writes for me specifically. For those of you too lazy to go click the SMTB summaries...more I read this after reading the two reviews on SBTB. Sarah didn’t care for it and stopped halfway through. Candy enjoyed it but did have some reservations. And this confirms for me that I should be going by Candy’s reviews, not Sarah’s ‘cuase I have much the same opinion.

I liked this book. Big surprise, right? Alternate history (ish), paranormal (magic), historical, romance verging on erotica? It’s like Emma Holly writes for me specifically. For those of you too lazy to go click the SMTB summaries, here is my attempt: This story takes place in an alternate Victorian English called Avvar that discovered an underground (no really) demon nation and struck up a treaty with them to avoid/win a war by gaining their technology. The price? Demon cast-offs/lower class (rohn) get to live in the main city (which I’ll call London even though it wasn’t) where they can make their way. Oh, and feed on human’s energy. The Hero is Adrian Phillips, an inspector who got demon enchanced strength to help him police the docks where the rohn live and to get advancement in his career but it cost him his wife and some friends. The Heroine is Roxanne McAllister, the bastard daughter of a promiscuous singer and some unknown father, who is an artist trying to move from erotica/porno scenes to respectable landscapes and such. Adrian is chasing information concerning a lost boy who may have been taken by the icky demons for feeding when he’s beaten and stabbed and ends up on Roxanne’s roof. She neatly picks up his 6 foot frame and helps heal him back to health with a really hot kiss (20 pages in, after massive bloodlust on the part of Adrian) and a doctor (before the kiss, must be an awesome doc). Roxanne & Adrian like each other lots. Complications arise from (a) finding out Roxanne’s absent father is a Demon of the higher class (dominayo) and so she’s half-demon and (b) Adriann’s social class being higher than hers and so trying to stay away from her so that he can actually stay in his society. There are other subplots, but that’s the main romance one.

As Candy & Sarah point out, the attraction is immediate and really for no good reason. I mean, they are literally trying to jump each other’s bones from minute one and given Adriann’s state (needed to be laying down for 2-3 days after to recover from blood loss) it is just weird. But if you accept their instant attraction, it works. The sex scenes are hot, though I wish Roxanne hadn’t been a virgin. There’s really no good reason for Holly to have done that and I think the story would have worked better if Roxanne had actually been a ‘fallen’ woman rather than the ‘innocent’ she was. I liked the class stuff. Victorian England was about class restrictions and that was shown both for humans & demons and from several points of view, though Holly does infuse it with our modern notions of how out-dated such a system is. The world building was good, and I want more in this world. I can almost smell a sequel from the end given the switch to a lesser character’s view point and mopiness about “not having anyone” and then being flirted with by the Hero’s unattached sister who hasn’t accepted any of her 50 or so beaus.

(view spoiler) There’s another HUGE thing that happens near the end of the book (major spoilers, no I’m not telling) that should have resulted in 20-30 pages of angst, comfort and/or plot to deal with problem, but was just neatly wrapped up in a 3 sentence version of “I’ll take care of this” by a secondary character. Robbed, I tell you! I think Holly just didn’t want to write that part of the plot and so just skipped/skimmed it. It makes me wonder if she’s really just a very good erotica writer who can’t quite stretch to general fiction. Sarah’s comment about needing a scene every 20 pages or so is accurate, which didn’t always pertain to the matters at hand or advance the story. Don’t get me wrong, I like hot sex, and Holly is usually good about using it to advance the story, but I think this book had a little too much or not enough plot to balance.(less)

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Sep 11, 2011 Mlleelizabeth rated it 2 of 5 stars

After getting off to a slow start, this book doesn't really take off until the last 15% or so. The pacing just doesn't work. Every time the plot seems about to take off it's derailed by detours into world building, character introduction and love scenes. The love scenes happen to be the best part of the book - they are very hot and I think show the developing relationship between Roxanne and Adrian better than the suspense plot ever does. But they also intrude on what could have been a fairly in...more

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May 28, 2011 Mackenzie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampire-paranormal, romance-other

This was my first book by Emma Holly. The world in which she created for this book sort of resembled Victorian England, but with the addition of demons into the world with advanced technology, the added not quite steam punk feel/not exactly sci-fi was an interesting point of view.

The female lead character of the book, Roxanne McAllister, is an illegitimate daughter of a famous opera singer. She has no idea who her father is and after living a life where she pretty much had to take care of herse...more This was my first book by Emma Holly. The world in which she created for this book sort of resembled Victorian England, but with the addition of demons into the world with advanced technology, the added not quite steam punk feel/not exactly sci-fi was an interesting point of view.

The female lead character of the book, Roxanne McAllister, is an illegitimate daughter of a famous opera singer. She has no idea who her father is and after living a life where she pretty much had to take care of herself, she doesn't really care. Living as an artist, she made a home for two orphaned boys (Charles and Max). The book explains how she is a woman standing between two worlds: her background classes her as lower class, but through her mother's lifestyle and embracing out of the box thinking, she holds on tightly to her beliefs while still doing her best to "fit in" as well as she can.

Adrian Phillips is your average run of the mill police man/detective. However, to further his career, he agreed to have special demon technology with gives him enhanced abilities in order to keep the peace and help when lower class demons called rohns cause trouble. Demons find human's life force especially appealing. Humans may "prostitute" their life force out as a means of survival.

Adrian is interesting because his is not the typical male lead. He is very prim and proper and "Victorian". He even blushes and it takes Roxy's carefree attitude toward sex and her willingness to try new things to help break Adrian out of his shell.

After Adrian fights with an especially nasty rohn, he knows he is in bad shape, and in a tough neighborhood, tries to get to the safest place possible. Before he think he accomplishes his goal, however, he passes out.... right in Roxy's garden. She finds him, brings him into her home and cares for his wounds. The attraction between them is amazing and the plot thickens with the growing relation between Roxy and Adrian along with a few other demon (also known as Yama) surprises.

The title gives the surprise away and when Roxy learns that her father is actually the Yama diplomat. Yama and humans are supposed to be incompatable when it comes to having offspring, but somehow.... Roxy is half human, half demon. Lord Herrington, her father, refuses to take no for an answer and continues to initiate communication between them. When he learns that someone else from the demon upper class, the daimyos, wants Roxy, he does his best to protect her. Her "kids", Adrian and Roxy find themselves staying with Lord Herrington when the plot comes to it's climax.

Perhaps the book depended a little too much on the attraction the pair had for each other which led to all the sex scenes. Still, the book was readable, even enjoyable. The plot, perhaps a little predictable, was still to fun to see unravel. (less)

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Jan 25, 2009 Ladiibbug rated it 5 of 5 stars

#1 or #2 in Demon series (?) - from EH's site I thought this was #1 but ?

Beautifully written, this was a lovely and steamy romance. Set in a fantasy world much like Victorian England, demons inhabit part of the area.

I was so taken by with Adrian and Roxanne's romance and their lives, including the teenager and little boy Roxanne saved from the slums and had taken into her care as her own. Adrian is a human police officer, enhanced with certain demon powers which allow him to keep the peace betwe...more

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Jun 23, 2009 Maria rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

In a country much like Victorian England spins a fascinating story of growing love and trust.

Roxanne McAllister has long lived alone. She broke early with her glamorous chanteuse mother to avoid travel around the world on her mothers tours. Roxanne has made herself a name as a painter and she is doing quite well.
One day on the way home she see two small kids shiver in a doorway. At a moment's inspiration she stops and open her home for the little guys. They grow together as a small family.

Inspec...more

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May 06, 2012 Amy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

I was very excited to read this book after having read Prince of Ice. I'm not sure if it's because it's the first book or if it's just the whole book itself, but the characters were not nearly developed enough. It's a romance, I expect lovey-dovey stuff - that's why I bought it. But I don't like mindless romance that's so love-at-first-sight. This was most definitely lust at first sight that was passed off as love. Suddenly they're saying "I love you" and what?

I also wasn't a big fan of the her...more

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Nov 24, 2009 Sarah rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, romance, 2009, steampunk

I had high hopes going into this one, believing it to be a steampunk romance. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations. I found the development of the relationship between the main characters to be rather thinly drawn, and it was full of cliched plot elements. The plot really seemed to exist to propel the two characters into bed together, which really isn't romance. Romance is the building of an emotional relationship, and sex can be an element of that relationship, but if the develop...more

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Aug 27, 2011 Cristina Contilli added it

"Non posso lasciarla in questo casino - ribatté Adrian e poi aggiunse: - Signore (...) -Avanti, assassina di demoni - le sussurrò affettuoso sui capelli."

Ho scelto una citazione "strana" me ne rendo conto, ma la parola "casino" pronunciata in una Londra vittoriana dove convivono umani e demoni mi ha fatto istintivamente sorridere... è vero che anche nei precedenti romanzi della Holly che ho letto avevo apprezzato la capacità di raccontare le fragilità dei vari personaggi, ma mi aveva fatto stacc...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Kathy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-romance, detective-bounty-hunter, sensuous

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Imagine a world (like Captain Kirk landing on a planet when Nazi Germany moved into the 21st century, or the old west) of Victoria England - an early industrial time... and, in their explorations, instead of discovering america, they discover the Avvar - a more technically advanced, not quite human society - whose people are divided between the elite Daimos and the lower class Rohns - They are stronger, faster, more intelligent... The snippets of this society come in pieces of the story, and I d...more Imagine a world (like Captain Kirk landing on a planet when Nazi Germany moved into the 21st century, or the old west) of Victoria England - an early industrial time... and, in their explorations, instead of discovering america, they discover the Avvar - a more technically advanced, not quite human society - whose people are divided between the elite Daimos and the lower class Rohns - They are stronger, faster, more intelligent... The snippets of this society come in pieces of the story, and I don't have a complete understanding of how this works.. but the Avvar's, especially the Rohn, can 'feed' from the energy of the humans - they are superior to humans and don't like emotions, they don't like to mix... but in a treaty, they are allowed to live with the Aedlyne - and mostly this means the Rohn, which the Daimos have 'kicked out'... and they do tend to make prolems for the human law enforcement...

and we meet Adrian - a police man, with Victorian type morals - he works hard, he doesn't like failure, and he has accepted demon implants in his wrists when activated give thim the strength and speed of the demons - but makes his fellows fearful of him... He had been married to poor gentry (his family is middle working class), and his wife held tightly to the Victorian modesty - and he resigned himself to a wife who would not allow herself to enjoy his touch... but then he had the implants, and she was afraid he would act differently, and told him she would not have his children, afraid they may be part demon.

and we meet Roxanne - her mother was a famous singer / entertainer, who did not take no... who had and used sex indiscriminatley... who had sex with demon diplomat Herrington (who is interested in humans, unlike most of his kind) at the halftime of her concert, after having sex with someone else an hour earlier - and somehow, this combination of another man's semen and his allowed a human to get pregnant - a led to Roxanne's birth (though Herrington does not know of her until she is in her late 20s)... and who alternatively ignored and lavished attention onto her daughter, taking her with her from city to city...Roxanne is larger than most women, strong, handsome, a bit of her mother's voice, reserved yet caring, an artist - one who started to support herself with pornographic drawings.... she has taken into her home 5 year old Max and 14 year old Charlie, whos she passed on the street, and invited into her home. She in unorthodox, self sufficient, kind hearted, a bit lonely...

and Adrian is hurt, fighting drunk Rohns... and stumbles over the wall separating the dock from the better side of town, and into Roxanne's roof garden and passes out... Roxanne hears him, and takes him into her parlor, calling the doctor to nurse his knife cut... and he spends a week with them... with Charlie cooking delicious meals, Max winning his heart, and a woman who is as attracted to him as he is to her - and their attraction leads to erotic love making...

and though he is warned to stay away from her or possibly loose his job, he cannot stay away... it is touching how their separations and reunions keep bringing them closer...

and then Roxanne;s daimos father visits her shop - and he can see she is the spitting image of his sister - and Roxanne is disturbed to find she is half demon (the first), and she will not reciprocate his attempts to engage her... until...

The Dragon - a rohn doctor (who set the implants in Adrian) - is trying to cultivate a source of energy without the emotions for the upper class daemos... he actually had purchased Max from his parents, experimenting on younger children - then released him to the street where Charlie foundhim... and he wants Roxanne - with the 'blessing' of the prince of Narikerr - they ttempt to kidnap her, and Adrian protects her - and then they (with the kids) go to her father's home for protection... by this time, adrian knows that whatever he might have to give up is nothing compared to his love for Roxanne...

And Roxanne sees (and demon feels) her father's pride and love for her - in spite of his manipulating Adrian's loss of job thinking that would separate them -

and at the political party her father is forced to sponsor to introduce her to the Avvar's and the prince, Adrian & Herrington are manipulated to chase (and kill) the Dragon... while the prince entices Roxanne into a room that he seals... and then says he will take her for his own to experiment with - to draw her energy and if it's not right, to breed her with other demons and humans to find the right balance of blood to 'feed' the daimos without the emotion... and as he is drawing her energy, some demon core comes to life, and pushes back at him - taking his energy and killing him...

And Adrian's large, loud family embraces Roxanne and the boys ... and they are engaged... and happy... and her father takes care of the rest...

the epilogue tells us they had 4 children, and he became head of the police' International Affairs (apparently reinstated after his father-in-law manipulated things back for him...

ahhhhh... a sweet, compelling star crossed love story - where love overcomes all...(less)

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Jan 25, 2009 Cindy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: keepers

The Demon's Daughter loved the Victorian feel - and our hero who wanted a girl who was more enamored of him than her fainting couch.

Hot Spell (anthology)same world but not 'Victorian' in the way DD was

Prince of Ice not my favorite, sort of feudal Japan crossed with China's Forbidden City

Demon's Delight (anthology)Demon scientist is trying to develop the ability to 'upgrade' the body - again a piece of technology that will probably reappear should the characters of Demon's Fire get another book....more

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Apr 16, 2010 Lisa rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: pnr

This book wasn't that bad but wasn't that great either. My biggest complaint is the lack of information the author doesn't give the reader. I had a really hard time imagining the world she created. What time period is it suppose to be? By the end of the book I think I finally understood that it's suppose to be similar to the 19th Century with Demon technology that resembles the 21st Century. I also didn't understand the social ranks. I don't know why Roxie was considered lower than Adrian. The s...more

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Apr 21, 2010 Shannon C. rated it 1 of 5 stars

I've read some of Emma Holly's other books, both the contemporary as well as historical romances, and most of them were pretty good. I'm a big fan of paranormal romance and urban fantasy, so when I saw Holly had moved over to my favorite genre I thought I'd give this a try. I was surprised how disappointed I was with this book. Didn't care for the leading man--the way he treated the gal. And the world building didn't appeal to me. The story was slow and didn't hold my interest. I got around half...more

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Oct 18, 2009 Marsha rated it 4 of 5 stars

When I picked up this book I had no idea it fell under the romance category. That is not a problem; but I was not prepared for the hot eroticism of the story. Emma Holly weaves a interesting world in early 20th century where demons and humans live together. The times are hard and the underclass struggle to survive, even children.

The main character is a single woman, Roxanne who is self made (unique in the times) and rather plain looking. It was nice to read about a character that was just avera...more

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May 21, 2012 Marie-claude Perras rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is what I thought at the beginning:
Though the world she is creating has significant potential, the relationship between the characters does not feel sincere. It feels like a book by numbers from a romance standpoint. However, on the whole, the characters are extremely well fleshed out. This book could be amazing without as much of the romance.

But, at mid point, I have to say the book and the characters grow on you. I love the universe she created and I'm happy I read this book. I am impro...more

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Mar 24, 2009 Lara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Hummm...what to say about this book. Emma Holly was recommened to me by a friend. I couldn't find the recommended book...so I read the one I could find. It was....just alright. Maybe if I had read others I could figure out the fantasy world she is trying to portray...but I struggled with it. The story was alright...when I wasn't trying to figure out where they were or how the world worked. Her writing isn't bad. The pacing was stilted in spots but all in all and okay book. I'll probably try anot...more

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Oct 28, 2008 Celeste rated it 3 of 5 stars

3 stars for The Demon's Daughter by Emma Holly. It is actually the first book I have read by Emma Holly. This book has very mixed reviews on Goodreads, I was hesitant about it being my first but it was one of the only one's available at the library and since I didn't want to buy it not being sure I would like it, I decided to give it a try anyway.

I was very confused from the onset of the book, I didn't realize that they weren't exactly on Earth... at least I think they weren't on Earth? I'm sti...more

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May 15, 2008 Anita rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really wanted to like this book. The writing is good, the creativity is good, the sex/romantic scenes are very well written (Emma Holly is know for erotica - so this book is steamy), and this book came very highly recommended. I just couldn't get into it, though. I have a VERY strong preference for contemporary paranormal romance. This one is paranormal, but it's a hybrid of historical and the on-another-planet type of straight up fantasy. I had to force myself to finish it, but it was a good...more

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Sep 29, 2011 Vfields needs to be happy! rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: weres-vamps-magic

This had a good start. Inspector Adrian Philips has long felt on the outside. A human who has been "enhanced" by Yamish implants in order to police the rougher parts of town, he is feared by his coworkers and had been rejected by his ex-wife. After a fight leaves him wounded he finds himself in the care of the infamous artist. To be honest I didn't know what was going on most of the time. I enjoyed the characters but I kept rereading each chapter twice. Was this Steam-Punk?

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Jan 06, 2013 Sabrina (Soter) Sally rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Questa volta la Holly per me ha fatto centro ^_^ sarà per il passaggio dai vampiri ai demoni, sarà una nuova maturità letteraria ma pur mantenendo le (numerose) scene di sesso che sono un suo marchio di fabbrica, stavolta l'autrice è riuscita anche a sviluppare una bella trama e a dare ai personaggi, primari e secondari, un pò di spessore! Sono contenta di averle dato un'altra opportunità, 4 stelline! =D

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Dec 28, 2009 Carolyn F. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

This was a really clever book with a storyline that was different from anything I've read recently which made it a little more interesting just for that fact. (I find a lot of repetition in vampire/shifter stories.) I really liked Roxanne the most. Loved her character. Adrian was also a good character but not as good as Roxanne's. I would recommend this book.

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Aug 20, 2010 Netanella rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: author-emma-holly

Holly weaves an unusual tale here, a story set in an alternate Victorian England, where explorers have discovered nothing so mundane as the North Pole, but a northern kingdom of demons who can feed off the energy of humans (and become addicted to it). A mixed culture is established, along with the social stratification of Victorian mores and new demonic lines. The world is an interesting mix of turn of the century human advances with technologically superior alien technology.

Above all this is a...more

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Aug 06, 2011 Louise Dunlap added it Recommends it for: Paranormal-romance lovers

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Holly is an excellent writer of paranormal-romance who is adept at creating unique worlds. I especially enjoyed this book and it's alternative Victorian universe about a scandalous artist and a police officer.

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Jan 11, 2010 Alia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Alia by: kristian

It was a trashy romance novel, pretty much what you'd expect. Apparently this one is tame for this author's standards, not as many sex scenes as she usually includes, but it was still an enjoyable fluff read, and the sex scenes that were in the book were worthwhile.

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Jun 28, 2009 Sandy rated it 1 of 5 stars

So disappointing for me. I was interested in reading Holly's books because of the short story in Hot Spell with 3 other authors. But this was pure crap. The romance was NOT anything worth raving about. 1/5 stars.

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Feb 23, 2010 Katie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

This book was very different than I expected. It took me a while to get into the lore and the language. I'm still not sure that I get everything. Anyway, it was just okay to me.

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Jun 15, 2012 Paula rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: lendable

I really liked this book the world building was interesting and the story wasn't trying to do more than it should.

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Aug 30, 2010 jen8998 rated it 2 of 5 stars

I gave up on this one midway through. The plot is meandering and therefore hard to follow.

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The Demon's Daughter (Tale of the Demon World #1)

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