Gentlemen Prefer Succubi (Succubus Diaries, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Dec 08, 2009 Shawna rated it really liked it

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4 stars – Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Romance

This is a deliciously sexy, fun debut read in the new Succubus Diaries series about angels and vampires and a reluctant succubus caught in the middle of their ancient battle.

Jackie Brighton’s quiet, mundane life as an introverted museum docent gets turned upside down when she wakes up one morning in a dumpster with a massive hangover and only fuzzy memories of how she got there. She has vague flashes of having her first ever one-night stand with a man s 4 stars – Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Romance

This is a deliciously sexy, fun debut read in the new Succubus Diaries series about angels and vampires and a reluctant succubus caught in the middle of their ancient battle.

Jackie Brighton’s quiet, mundane life as an introverted museum docent gets turned upside down when she wakes up one morning in a dumpster with a massive hangover and only fuzzy memories of how she got there. She has vague flashes of having her first ever one-night stand with a man so hot that he puts Brad Pitt to shame (but mostly only recalls his...ahem...porn star quality package). Things get a lot weirder when she encounters her mystery hottie, Noah Gideon, whose version of the post-coital brush-off is rather strange because apparently he’s a fallen angel, she was bitten by a vampire, and now she’s a sex-crazed succubus...riiight. But when she goes from a size fourteen, 34B to a size six, 34DD overnight and suddenly has guys drooling over her and an insatiable lust that just won’t quit, Jackie realizes that Noah’s nutty claim might not be so crazy after all.

Jackie has hunkalicious fallen angel Noah to scratch her ‘Itch’ when needed and new gal pal Remy Summore to teach her the succubus ropes, so maybe life as an immortal sexpot won’t be so bad after all? But it doesn’t take long before she lands in hot water with malevolent vampire queen Nitocris, who assigns wickedly sexy, tempting bad-boy vampire Zane as Jackie’s personal guardian, finds herself smack in the middle of an end-of-the-world type battle between angels, fallen angels, and vampires over an ancient halo, and then life as a ‘Suck’ truly does start to suck.

Jackie’s abrupt transformation from a plain, mousy, museum nerd to a self-conscious bombshell, sex kitten is rather funny, and her fellow succubus and new BFF Remy, who has learned to embrace and celebrate her inner slut, is a total hoot. Remy flat-out cracked me up, and she’s the kind of friend you’d want to go shopping and out for margaritas with.

Jackie’s got two potential lovers: fallen angel Noah, who’s the straight-laced, protective, savior type, and black leather trench coat wearing James Dean-esque bad-boy vampire Zane, who might be hiding something behind his flirtatious, carefree demeanor and seeming indifference, but how’s a horny succubus supposed to choose?

Gentlemen Prefer Succubi is a devilishly entertaining, sexy romp with lots of wicked hot love scenes and sarcastic, naughty humor. It’s a total smutastic (and I mean that in the best way), decadent treat that will have you laughing one minute and fanning yourself the next. My only (minor) complaint is that although it’s marketed as a paranormal romance, no official “I love you’s” are declared and it has a “happy for now” ending rather than a true HEA, so it’s closer to an urban fantasy romance in that regard. I’m looking forward to the next book, Succubi Like It Hot, which fortunately comes out later this month! 4 stars!
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Nov 05, 2009 DarkHeart "Vehngeance" rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, vampires, angels, succubi, 2010

An entertaining read with likable characters. It will be interesting to see how things develop in the next book after the events that concluded this one. My only negative critique would be that I think it may have relied a bit too heavily on the sexual aspects to drive the story along. I appreciate that she's a succubus, but pretty much every conversation and thought all came back to sex. Maybe it will change with future books when Jackie is more comfortable with her new incarnation.

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Feb 17, 2010 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it it was ok

Mind candy probably best describes this for me - amusing and easy to read. Moves more into erotica than romance - but she is a succubus after all. I'm on Team Zane LOl ...more

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