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Inferno (Tales of the Were #2)

by Bianca D'Arc (Goodreads Author)

3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 · rating details · 324 ratings · 17 reviews

A forbidden union forged in love and tempered in hellfire.

One last task and Megan will be free of the debt of honor owed by her family. Spying on Dante, a powerful vampire with questionable friends, sounds simple enough. But her mission is complicated by the fact she's got something every vampire wants--tangy, powerful, werewolf blood.

It's easy to capture his attention. T...more

Paperback, 272 pages

Published April 6th 2010 by Samhain Publishing (first published 2009)

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Jul 04, 2009 Reacherfan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Inferno, an erotic romance story, is the second book in Tales of the Were series.

In book one, Lords of the Were, we met vampire Dante d'Angleterre, a knight turned vampire that helped battle the Mater Priori, Elspeth, Destroyer of Worlds generations ago. Venifucus, a sect of followers aiming to restore her to power, is again active and has infiltrated the Altor Custodis, a group of supposedly benign watchers of all magical beings from were to vampire to fey. They are the record keepers and as a...more Inferno, an erotic romance story, is the second book in Tales of the Were series.

In book one, Lords of the Were, we met vampire Dante d'Angleterre, a knight turned vampire that helped battle the Mater Priori, Elspeth, Destroyer of Worlds generations ago. Venifucus, a sect of followers aiming to restore her to power, is again active and has infiltrated the Altor Custodis, a group of supposedly benign watchers of all magical beings from were to vampire to fey. They are the record keepers and as a group that accumulates information they are distrusted by those they watch. (These same groups collided in her Brotherhood of the Blood book Sweeter Than Wine.)

Duncan la Fey, a half-fey knight that was summoned to help the Were Lords in book one. An old comrade in arms of Dante, he has stayed in the mortal realm. He and Dante have returned to Dante's home in NYC. Duncan has been without female companionship for many years in his lonely exile for annoying the Fey Queen, so they go out to a bar. Dante is immediately drawn to a were female who returns his interest. Megan is trying to erase a blood debt her grandfathers incurred when as Were Lords they sanctioned the death of an innocent mage. Spying on Dante is to be her last task for the Altor Custodis and her family honor will be reclaimed - even though she is the last of the line.

The fast moving story has Dante being attacked as they leave the bar and Megan stepping in front of him when the second blast of fire is aimed his way. Megan's were blood allows her to survive and heal quickly in Dante's home where he and Duncan can look after her. Problems compound when it's discovered that Megan's blood has been poisoned so any vampire who drinks from her will die, she is under a compulsion not even Duncan can break to never mention her superior at Altor Custodis. A second attack is made on Dante and soon the supernaturals are banding together to find the evil mage hunting Dante and the name of man who is Megan's superior at AC. Only that mage's death will break the spell that's poisoned Megan's blood and prevents Dante from fully bonding with her. There are prophesies being fulfilled and Dante has a major part.

There are some disconcerting slips in the use of slang and idioms that would be out of character for both an ancient vampire and a fey knight that's been in isolation from all worlds for hundreds for years. The formal speech patterns will suddenly break and an ancient fey will say, “Dante’s a lucky son of a gun.” LOL Otherwise, a good read.

There are several menage scenes, but despite being erotic romance, sex is not a substitute for story. It's a story with beings with a strong sexual nature and within that context it felt right. (less)

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Apr 29, 2013 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm conflicted about this book. I was surprised by the positive reviews. However, don't misunderstand me about that, I do like the book. However, the continuity and details made it very hard for me to give this a good rating. Fey have long life expectancy from what the first book states. Sorry for the spoiler, but I'm stating this because it IS in the first book. Betina is proof of that. Although, I think because she is High Priestess and Fey, it makes her life expectancy a tad longer. But Dunca...more I'm conflicted about this book. I was surprised by the positive reviews. However, don't misunderstand me about that, I do like the book. However, the continuity and details made it very hard for me to give this a good rating. Fey have long life expectancy from what the first book states. Sorry for the spoiler, but I'm stating this because it IS in the first book. Betina is proof of that. Although, I think because she is High Priestess and Fey, it makes her life expectancy a tad longer. But Duncan is also half Fey, and he has a long life too. Then there is the fact of what Megan is. I won't spoil it, but the fact it is stated she is mortal: makes no sense! She should be just as supernatural as the next. She is what she is: mixed, but that doesn't make her any less supernatural.

Aside from that, I sort of like Dante. I was more into Duncan in this one. From what I could tell his character takes the magic aspect like Allie and Betina did. My other issue is Duncan not using flashing them to safety. Uh, what happened to that ability? Did he lose that yet still conjures up glowing swords? And the bit about using something as means to get rid of poison? Why is it in the first book, this was not used? Silver is just as much a poison to vampires and weres and there was no need for what Duncan says helps rid poison from their body. It was inconsistent to the first book. Or maybe just an excuse to have multiple partners, but still make this a book on a couple. I'm going to say yes it was used just for that. Which is just plain horrible to use Duncan in this sense. He was imprisoned and released in the previous book by Allie...yet he is used in this one. Kinda horrible that he couldn't find happiness in this book especially considering a detail that is found out about a character. I just think he got short changed BIG TIME. Then again he deserves better.

Megan. What to say about her. I liked her, but I didn't love her like I adored Allie. She is constantly back and forth with feelings. Let me emphasize. She makes it very clear she feels something for Dante at some point. Won't say when. But right away you can tell B. D'arc is making this only about two of the characters and not a trio. However, she does throw in the sharing aspect quite a bit. At which point pisses me off at times. Inner voices are basically laying down just who that couple should be. Yet, you wonder about the one character who saves them continuously. I just don't understand why this couldn't have included Duncan also. Given how close Dante and Duncan are. And don't get me wrong I get being a good friend, but that? Yeah, that was taking the friendship to an entirely different level. Sure they were mature about it, but it squeaked me out more than the twin brothers in the first book. I got that, and even excepted it. This? I don't know, unless at some point she plans to make books about what Duncan's character actually is. It's stated in the first book that he is a Knight and half Fey. So maybe a bunch of Knights and half Fey or Knights and Fey get there own set of books aside from this series? Because it seems to me we won't see Duncan getting his own book anytime soon. So yeah, he was written in a way that he was used big time. Aggravated me. Probably why it's taking me so long to read this. It's losing my interest. And probably because I saw better chemistry when all three were together, but hey, just my opinion, I guess.

I didn't find this book as hot as the first and I'm not a big fan of twins with the same woman.

But I'm not finished and pushing through this book even though I'm not as immersed as I was with the first. So I will update.

Update:

The inconsistencies are a big problem for me. Another is the very fact she discusses not using the backdoor during sex...yet she has done this. It's like the act is happening for the very first time at every sexual interaction they have. It's highly annoying. I'm surprised no one noticed this at all. Another spoiler from the last book. Don't read this unless you've read the first. But my issue is that there is so much emphasis on the fact Dante got rid of a character that is of importance to a family in this one, yet he aided. It was Allie the Priestess who banished that character whom Dante is being blamed for. That was a very big pet peeve how that wasn't argued with the bad villains of the story. They knew what Patrick was up to, yet they don't follow through and assume it's Dante? Dante helped, along with Duncan, but it was ultimately Allie who banished this Patrick. This character is the reason behind a revenge vendetta against Dante. I understand why they think it's him...BUT they are so wrong. And why when it does get pointed out it wasn't him, it's brushed off. I get the reasons for going after Dante, because I won't say that spoiler, but seriously they needed to go to the source too. (maybe this will come up in later books, I hope?)

Too many things just weren't consistent with the truth of the first book. I had a very hard time with a certain joining too. There was nothing spectacular about it. Just words spoken of We are one. Yet, Dante shares a bond with Tim from the first book and even more so with Duncan from the first book and even this book. I'm going to spoil this right now so read at your own discretion: But given there was sex between Duncan, Megan, and Dante at one point. To control Dante's urge to feed he bit Duncan. Um, I've read quite a few vampire bonding books, but this was very very weak. It would mean that Dante bonded with anyone he slept with. This one business was, too me, a cop out. Automatically joining them. I didn't find it romantic at all. I found it too convenient so that it was just the two. As I'm sure it was intended to begin with. I really wished I did find it romantic and a great joining, but I didn't. But this book wasn't anywhere in the same caliber as the first of this series. That joining between Tim/Allie/Rafe was believable. I kinda want to grab Duncan out of this book and give him something 100 times better than these two. D'arc definitely throws him to the side, but loves to tell you the reader that he's okay with it. I wouldn't have been. I still have an issue that she changed how magic users rid poison. It just didn't fit. I still believe it was to add the spice of multiple partners. Because come on! How the heck can a poisoned nearly dying vamp manage to have sex???? Yeah I'm not going to totally spill on that scene, but seriously? It makes you wonder how this technique of ridding poison wasn't used in Lord's of the Were when Duncan shows up. I'm just stumped how details can change so quickly from each book. Yes, I'm into details and certain details done jive with the first book.

Final Update:

I'm hoping this isn't the case with the rest of the Were series because I totally loved the first book! And now finishing this story...finally, I'm still very much conflicted. A lot didn't add up to the previous book. I wonder how the ending will come about if we don't see much of a certain character being tagged by a certain familiar. The joining between these two Dante and Megan, was kinda cheesy and way too romanticized to be believable at times. And I'm still smarting about the fact that she needs to be something else. She is part something, part were, and part human. She should have long life expectancy, yet I think we are to assume she doesn't, which negates what we read in the first book. I just don't get that. Some things with these details just boggled my mind. I'm sorry I tried to like this story. A lot of it was telling with some bits of it showing then right back to telling. I don't know some things were contradicting the first story and then this one takes on a new leaf, so to speak. I get making two characters the be all, but it was overly done. Kinda like without you, we are so dead, it's up to these two. Yet, when it was done for the Lords of the Were, it was tastefully done. It worked. For these two it was pushed and pushed. You find yourself really pulling for another trio to come together, but it's NOT going to happen. Yet, he does MORE heroic and amazing things during this entire book, and he amazed me the most aside from some special characters that came on the scene! I was not connecting well with Megan or Dante in this story. I swear even with the first part of the book, I wanted Duncan to find his happiness. And, at this point, I don't think we will see it any time soon. Unless of course it's thrown in there in later stories just to conclude his part in all of this. Rather sad, because I connected so much to him in the first book and this book.

No doubt most won't agree with me, but the details killed me. Given the fact that I'm into details, this was disappointing because I do like Bianca's work. I hope to enjoy the rest of the series. I recommend read if you aren't a detail wolf like me (lol), but I am not like the others with their praise for this book. I failed to review the last book, because I wanted to read this one. And I don't review every book either. This one I had to say something. I was really into Dante in the first book. This one he literally died in my eyes. No connection. So yeah, disappointment. I hope Rocky is better!(less)

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Aug 10, 2009 Kris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book comes after Lords of the Were and is Dante's story. It is helpful to read that one first because some of the characters are in this one, but it is not imperative. These two books are also related to Sweeter than Wine and the Brotherhood of Blood Trilogy. She seems to list them like Lora Leigh does her Breed books, they are related but she lists them separately. Maybe because it is not imperative that you read them in order outside of their own series. Anyway, very good story.
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Apr 04, 2010 Mspink rated it 5 of 5 stars

just love Bianca's heroes. Love 'em!!!

This is the 2nd book in the WereLords series. I really enjoyed the first book where we also met Dante and Duncan for the first time. Dante is the ultimate sexy good guy. Megan is a part werewolf trying to "work off" an old family blood debt to clear her family's name and bring honor back to them, but got tricked in to giving her allegiance to the wrong people. They in turn force her to do many questionable things. Her supposed final task is to spy on Dante a...more

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Apr 19, 2010 Dahlia (yadkny) rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Vampire/Shifter Lovers

Somewhat disappointing at the start when I learned that this really wasn't a continuation of the story of Tim, Rafe, and Allie. I really wanted to learn more about those characters, but was comforted by thought of at least in this book I will learn more about Dante. He was just barely introduced in the previous story, but he definitely seemed like a character that could handle his own book. I was also pleased to see that Duncan was in this one as well with a much larger role to fill than in the...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Tasneem rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: shifter-changeling-were

Hot, hot, hot. She is such a luck girl, she gets to make out with two hot men, a fey knight of goodness and her vampire one and only. Not only that, she also gets to make out with three hot men while her one and only watches. Talk about the kink factor. Very nicely done, and the thing is, it doesn't seem forced, but part of the plot and part of her character. So yes, I enjoyed this book :)

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Jul 09, 2010 Crystal S rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, erotica

This was my 2nd Bianca D'Arc book, the first being the 1st book of this series, Lords of the Were. I have struggled with both of these books, but I can't put my fingers on what it is that doesn't appeal to me. I've read books with just as much sex that I enjoy, so it's not that there is too much sex. The plot sounds like it would be interesting. I don't dislike any of the characters. I've concluded that D'Arc may just not be my cuppa. I may try another series of hers before giving up completely....more

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Feb 19, 2012 Kathy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2012

liked better than the first, but less than the third which seems disconnected from the first two. very scary things afoot - likely to pick up the connected vampire series to see what's going on.

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May 16, 2011 Gina (bibliobuff) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Bianca D'Arc didn't impress me with her Brotherhood of Blood books, but this series so far has rated much higher on my scale. I love the Knight angle, the strong heroine and the alpha males, but just wish her dialogue was a little stronger. Inferno ended with a nice set-up for the story to continue, so I'll be watching for more from this series.

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Jun 22, 2010 ♡Kimberly♡ rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Full of sex with HOT MEN and action! Great Love story also among other things! Caution not for YD

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Nov 15, 2012 Tia rated it 3 of 5 stars

I originally read this novel in 2009. I read it right behind the first novel in the series and was impressed enough to keep reading it.

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Apr 07, 2013 Mandy rated it 2 of 5 stars

not a bad story
it just could of been better.
it was kinda predictable.
i never thought i would say this,
but there is such a thing a too much sex.

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Jan 22, 2012 Dusty rated it 3 of 5 stars

love it

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May 14, 2011 Michelle the Romance Witch rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

i wonder if that is really the end of the series though the vampire bit overlaps quite a lot with the brotherhood of blood series i definitely would like to have Duncan's story to read too! but this one is hot for sure and a love story with interesting twists and turns to be sure. Another Great D'arc Classic!

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Jun 02, 2010 Cindyg rated it 4 of 5 stars

Another winner by Ms. D'Arc. Again we are entertained by a vampire, a were and fey. And I loved them all. There is intensity, determination, love and let's not forget those hot and steamy menage a trois...wow. I liked book one and liked this one even better. Highly recommend.

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May 26, 2011 Debbie Talbot rated it 4 of 5 stars

I wish very surprised by how much I really liked this book. It had a great storyline and alot of heat.

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May 02, 2011 Dee rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic-romance, paranormal-romance, vampires, magic, mages, shifters, fae, m-m-f

Re-read August 2012

Gave this 4 stars originally and still agree with that rating. A good steamy read!

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May 29, 2012 Anne rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This story was ok. Lots of boring parts. Too long.

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May 22, 2013 Ian Ormot rated it 3 of 5 stars

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About Bianca D'Arc

Bianca enjoys mixing her real-world knowledge of science with imaginary worlds in her writing. A former chemist, she tends to mix genres, concentrating most of her writing in the paranormal, sci fi, fantasy and futuristic realms, with some contemporary and urban fantasy thrown in for fun."

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