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Sex Demon 101 #1
The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons
Keeping a sex demon happy and well fucked is always the safest option, even if you have your own relationship issues. When saving the world on a regular basis, a happy home is very important.
Cy’s job as an apocalypse stopper isn’t an easy one at the best of times, but with the help of his weird family, he survives. Sure, he sneaks out every once and a while to watch August his sex demon feed, but he loves and is committed to Patrick, his fae prince lover, even if it means giving up the anal penetrative sex he loves and Patrick has issues with.
All adult relationships are based on compromise. It's just that most don’t require fucking a sex demon to keep him alive and non-murder-y at the same time as you're trying to quit your job to save the world on your own time.
Cy’s job as an apocalypse stopper isn’t an easy one at the best of times, but with the help of his weird family, he survives. Sure, he sneaks out every once and a while to watch August his sex demon feed, but he loves and is committed to Patrick, his fae prince lover, even if it means giving up the anal penetrative sex he loves and Patrick has issues with.
All adult relationships are based on compromise. It's just that most don’t require fucking a sex demon to keep him alive and non-murder-y at the same time as you're trying to quit your job to save the world on your own time.
- GenresDemonsM M Romance
181 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2014
About the author
Angela Fiddler
21 books7 followersAngela Fiddler is the occasional pen name of Barbara Geiger. Barbara didn’t learn that she had lived in three out of the four Northern Alberta towns that had a known or suspected Wendigo attack until well after she’d moved south to Lethbridge. She grew up loving ghost stories and pony books, and spent most of her summers on the British Columbia coast, where she fell in love with the ocean.
As Angela Fiddler, she has written The Master of the Lines series as well as Cy and his sex demon problem books. As Barbara Geiger, she has written The Tempest trilogy, starting with Coral Were his Bones, which exists in the same universe as the Middlehill series, starting with Changeling, as well as various other novellas and short stories.
When she’s not following the exploits of selkies, sex demons and vampires, she writes epic fantasy and makes the occasional foray into science fiction and short stories.
As Angela Fiddler, she has written The Master of the Lines series as well as Cy and his sex demon problem books. As Barbara Geiger, she has written The Tempest trilogy, starting with Coral Were his Bones, which exists in the same universe as the Middlehill series, starting with Changeling, as well as various other novellas and short stories.
When she’s not following the exploits of selkies, sex demons and vampires, she writes epic fantasy and makes the occasional foray into science fiction and short stories.
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January 18, 2014
Expecting a sexy story filled with hot kinky sex? A reader would expect a sex demon story to contain awesome sex. It is not to be.
Cy is a human with some fae blood. He works for a controlling bitch who constantly puts his life in danger. His boyfriend, Patrick, is a fae prince who wants Cy to quit his job and get rid of his "pet" sex demon. August is the sex demon who suddenly can't feed on sex. He's bound to a human and after centuries of betrayal, he trusts no one.
This story is difficult to understand. The plot is murky and there seems to be many missing pieces. After a bit of research, it appears this is the second book in this world. This book cannot be read as a standalone. My guess is, to understand the dysfunctional dynamics between Cy, Patrick and August would require reading CY GETS A SEX DEMON.
The characters in this story are hard to understand. Cy came across as a female. Until I re-read the book blurb, I had no idea Cy is a he. He comes across as a confrontation-hiding whiny female. He's annoyingly indecisive about everything. He's a lot of talk and very little action. He keeps saying he loves Patrick and Patrick is the best thing to ever happen to him. Yet, there is nothing to support Cy's love. Patrick comes across as a cardboard character. There is no development to him. The only character who possesses a bit of spunk is August. His motive and love make sense.
There is one passage which sums of the romantic interest in this tale.
There was a reason our first date had lasted three days and only broke up because Patrick dumped me on the side of a street. He felt like the other half to my kind of Velcro. We connected through ten thousand different individually weak hooks and loops. (pg. 56)
While this is to illustrate a relationship that is tightly bound together, in reality it is a bunch of weak hooks and no loops. What is the point of these two men being together? Why are the sex demons treated so poorly and increasingly so? What exactly did Cy pull to get his way in the end? This book made little coherent sense. Tangent threads are crossing, knotting or cut short throughout this story. This made for a disorienting and jarring read.
The only reason why I still rated it a 2 star is because I want to learn more about the fae world as well as the demon world. There are hints here and there to a more nefarious end game plan. Overall this m/m paranormal romance has potential.
January 31, 2014
Much like the prequel (‘Cy Gets a Sex Demon’), this novel is a wonderfully mysterious story with a lot of cloak-and-dagger secrecy, plans within plans, and deception on so many levels that I found myself involved and entangled until the very last page. Cy again tells the story in first person, but I was a little more familiar with who he is and what he is trying to achieve than the first time around. I can only recommend reading the prequel first – I’m not sure I would have been able to follow the story without having read it. Different from the prequel, Cy has been in a relationship with his full-fae boyfriend Patrick for five years, but to call it dysfunctional is probably trying to be nice. Cy also has a more-than-acquaintance-level relationship with the sex demon August whom he rescued from the clutches of his power-hungry boss. The focus of this novel is on the three men trying to figure out how to relate to each other, on Cy trying to figure out how he can get out of having his soul signed away for eternity, and all three attempting to solve the mystery of the sex demons suddenly being unable to feed.
Cy has been moved to a more supervisory role, and is no longer working as an assassin for hire. He is now in charge of stopping various apocalypses (and yes, apparently there is more than one). The fact that his boss still sends him into the field on a regular basis, and that he is close to getting killed as often as not, makes Patrick very suspicious. He wants Cy to quit his job and thinks it can be done. Cy doesn’t believe that is possible, and the ensuing fights are epic. One thing is certain: Patrick and Cy are very much in love despite the fact that they have trouble relating on a day-to-day basis, and never mind the fact that Cy needs to have some form of sex with August to keep him alive now that all his other sources of nourishment have dried up.
What follows Patrick’s demands to stop working for a boss who doesn’t like him very much, is an action-packed adventure with escalating threats to Cy’s life, sex demons who are out of control since they are starving by the hundreds, and fae court political machinations that may be in the background for much of the book, but turn out to be central to the whole issue of Cy, Patrick, and August figuring out how to survive. I loved all the revelations, the plans-within-plans, and secrecy as much as the two men figuring out what was really important to them.
If you like main characters who fight doom on a daily basis, if a secretive mission to save the world as well as their relationship sounds like fun, and if you’re looking for a read that is not realistic but contains great supernatural fun and hot man-on-fae and man-on-sex demon action, then you will probably like this novel. I think it’s a hoot!
NOTE: This book was provided by Loose Id for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
Cy has been moved to a more supervisory role, and is no longer working as an assassin for hire. He is now in charge of stopping various apocalypses (and yes, apparently there is more than one). The fact that his boss still sends him into the field on a regular basis, and that he is close to getting killed as often as not, makes Patrick very suspicious. He wants Cy to quit his job and thinks it can be done. Cy doesn’t believe that is possible, and the ensuing fights are epic. One thing is certain: Patrick and Cy are very much in love despite the fact that they have trouble relating on a day-to-day basis, and never mind the fact that Cy needs to have some form of sex with August to keep him alive now that all his other sources of nourishment have dried up.
What follows Patrick’s demands to stop working for a boss who doesn’t like him very much, is an action-packed adventure with escalating threats to Cy’s life, sex demons who are out of control since they are starving by the hundreds, and fae court political machinations that may be in the background for much of the book, but turn out to be central to the whole issue of Cy, Patrick, and August figuring out how to survive. I loved all the revelations, the plans-within-plans, and secrecy as much as the two men figuring out what was really important to them.
If you like main characters who fight doom on a daily basis, if a secretive mission to save the world as well as their relationship sounds like fun, and if you’re looking for a read that is not realistic but contains great supernatural fun and hot man-on-fae and man-on-sex demon action, then you will probably like this novel. I think it’s a hoot!
NOTE: This book was provided by Loose Id for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
March 2, 2014
Reviewed for Hearts On Fire Reviews
One thing about this book – be ready to pay attention because there is a lot going on and you are whipped right into it from the beginning. Of course, said beginning is all about the smell of ambergris, which is disgusting. For some reason knowing he used earwax made it worse. How weird of me.
Told in first person by Cy, the apocalypse stopper, this is a whirlwind of goings on. Cy has a sex demon named August and a Fae boyfriend named Patrick, and he’s having a hard time keeping it all together, what with blowing wizards up into a billion pieces to save the world. Tough job.
Cy is an interesting character. He makes a point of checking every few years to see if he still hates marshmallows and he may or may not put hearts on notes he leaves for Patrick. None of our business. August needs regular sex (sex demon, remember?) and he’s sort of starving to death. So Cy steps in to help. You do have to be okay with multiple partner sex, because it’s here, although is pretty toned down.
Patrick and Cy have been together for five years and August the sex demon is like Cy’s best friend with some benefits. I liked August – he’s protective, a good friend, appreciative and helps out his friends. Patrick, well, not so much. I’m not sure what it as about him but I definitely didn’t think he was worth everything he put Cy through. He also doesn’t trust anyone, including Cy, and that was irritating.
There is a plot involving starving sex demons going on and this was interesting. I also oddly felt sorry for the giant, “I had but one chance.” Even giants get dejected. Patrick never quite redeemed himself for me but I loved August right through. Interesting story with just so much happening.
One thing about this book – be ready to pay attention because there is a lot going on and you are whipped right into it from the beginning. Of course, said beginning is all about the smell of ambergris, which is disgusting. For some reason knowing he used earwax made it worse. How weird of me.
Told in first person by Cy, the apocalypse stopper, this is a whirlwind of goings on. Cy has a sex demon named August and a Fae boyfriend named Patrick, and he’s having a hard time keeping it all together, what with blowing wizards up into a billion pieces to save the world. Tough job.
Cy is an interesting character. He makes a point of checking every few years to see if he still hates marshmallows and he may or may not put hearts on notes he leaves for Patrick. None of our business. August needs regular sex (sex demon, remember?) and he’s sort of starving to death. So Cy steps in to help. You do have to be okay with multiple partner sex, because it’s here, although is pretty toned down.
Patrick and Cy have been together for five years and August the sex demon is like Cy’s best friend with some benefits. I liked August – he’s protective, a good friend, appreciative and helps out his friends. Patrick, well, not so much. I’m not sure what it as about him but I definitely didn’t think he was worth everything he put Cy through. He also doesn’t trust anyone, including Cy, and that was irritating.
There is a plot involving starving sex demons going on and this was interesting. I also oddly felt sorry for the giant, “I had but one chance.” Even giants get dejected. Patrick never quite redeemed himself for me but I loved August right through. Interesting story with just so much happening.
July 7, 2014
Supposedly Sidney ‘Cypher/Cy’ MacKenzie was on desk duty, yet once more Cy is in a place where he prevents another apocalypse from happening. Even worse his car becomes collateral damage as a metal puddle on the highway. Honestly, what makes the whole thing totally stink – his sex demon August refused to pick him up and he was forced to call his Fae boyfriend Patrick for a ride. Cy had promised Patrick that he was done with stopping apocalypse events, he’s on desk duty at work. At least that’s what he’d been promised.
Of course it wasn’t so much the drive that Patrick minded, it was the fact that Cy put himself in danger, again. Trying to work out a deal to be released altogether from his contract seems insurmountable to the mostly human Cy, but Patrick is insistent. It is also exhausting trying to figure out what’s going on with his sex demon. Something important is going on, something is wrong. That’s not supposed to happen either. All in all Cypher is having a really bad week.
The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons is literally written crack cocaine. An off the chart crazy plotline, zany characters, and non- stop action that never ends. This is one wild ride. Author Angela Fiddler should be writing for an HBO special with her talent for snarky one liners and cutting commentary dialogue. The one negative here – Cypher’s story begins with chaos and never stops, the reader doesn’t get a chance to take a breath from the first page to the last. The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons is exhaustive, addictive entertainment. Warning, don’t eat or drink while reading to avoid choking or snorting out the nose from laughter.
This book was reviewed by Lisa for Joyfully Reviewed (JR), and was provided by the publisher/author at no cost to JR for the purpose of being reviewed.
Of course it wasn’t so much the drive that Patrick minded, it was the fact that Cy put himself in danger, again. Trying to work out a deal to be released altogether from his contract seems insurmountable to the mostly human Cy, but Patrick is insistent. It is also exhausting trying to figure out what’s going on with his sex demon. Something important is going on, something is wrong. That’s not supposed to happen either. All in all Cypher is having a really bad week.
The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons is literally written crack cocaine. An off the chart crazy plotline, zany characters, and non- stop action that never ends. This is one wild ride. Author Angela Fiddler should be writing for an HBO special with her talent for snarky one liners and cutting commentary dialogue. The one negative here – Cypher’s story begins with chaos and never stops, the reader doesn’t get a chance to take a breath from the first page to the last. The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons is exhaustive, addictive entertainment. Warning, don’t eat or drink while reading to avoid choking or snorting out the nose from laughter.
This book was reviewed by Lisa for Joyfully Reviewed (JR), and was provided by the publisher/author at no cost to JR for the purpose of being reviewed.
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September 6, 2014Even if dealing with fairies and demons, The Care and Feeding of Sex Demons wasn't a typical paranormal romance, but a classic urban fantasy: the "menages" between human Cy, fae Patrick and sex demon August was a whirlwind of events, sometime so crazy packed that was almost difficult to understand what was happening; an example? when Cy is "feeding" August, for what I know of sex demon, that means they are having sex, but I had to read two times that scene and still am not sure they were having sex... it was more an impression that a detailed description, so if you are expecting to buy this novel for the hot sex... well maybe you have to change your expectation. But if you are searching for a crazy urban fantasy, with IKEA and McDonalds throw in the middle of it, humor and satira, well, then, this is your book.
I'm pretty sure this is part of a series, and indeed the whole book was like "viewing" an episode of a modern television fiction, those snarcky, but clever series that are the hit of the moment. I'm not really a fan of fantasy, or urban fantasy, but I'm a fan of complex characters, and all three of them, Cy, Patrick and August are the best example of multilayered characters.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HV1W0OA/?...
I'm pretty sure this is part of a series, and indeed the whole book was like "viewing" an episode of a modern television fiction, those snarcky, but clever series that are the hit of the moment. I'm not really a fan of fantasy, or urban fantasy, but I'm a fan of complex characters, and all three of them, Cy, Patrick and August are the best example of multilayered characters.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HV1W0OA/?...
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