Blood Wicked (Blood, #4) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 21, 2011 Chelsea rated it really liked it

Shelves: smexy, vampires, uf-pnr

This review was originally posted as a guest review over at Smexy Books.

Blood Wicked is a dirty, dirty historical paranormal romance. It’s also remarkably engaging with characters worth caring about.

It’s also a book I kept close to my chest lest my husband catch a paragraph or two over my shoulder and I’d be forced to explain why I was engrossed in a passage featuring Regency-era sex toys. (OK, the heat level is so intense there’d be no question as to why I was wrapped up, then spent after that This review was originally posted as a guest review over at Smexy Books.

Blood Wicked is a dirty, dirty historical paranormal romance. It’s also remarkably engaging with characters worth caring about.

It’s also a book I kept close to my chest lest my husband catch a paragraph or two over my shoulder and I’d be forced to explain why I was engrossed in a passage featuring Regency-era sex toys. (OK, the heat level is so intense there’d be no question as to why I was wrapped up, then spent after that detailed scene.)

A former courtesan, Vivienne just wants to take care of her sick daughter. Only one apothecary will make her the medicine for her teen, but the owner makes her pay by seducing men. Not long afterward those men die. Heath is sent by the vampire council to find the succubus killing his kind. Though, he’s dividing his time searching for his brother.

Heath has an instant attraction to Vivienne, but a curse keeps him from being able to make love to the same woman more than once. She doesn’t know she’s a succubus or that she’s been stealing the life force of these men, but as Heath provokes her into needing he has to give in to sating her.

Vivienne, while a strong woman, feels inadequate. She worries her daughter’s chances for finding a good husband are hindered simply because she’s a courtesan’s daughter. Heath does everything he can think of to show Vivienne he sees her as a beautiful woman of worth with more class than most noblewomen. She’s never thought about sex as something that could be about her enjoyment, and he uses that as the gateway to illustrating his intentions to put her first.

As the two fall for one another, Heath’s goal to improve Vivienne’s view of herself is the plot vehicle for Blood Wicked’s more inventive sex scenes. (Remember, these two can’t have sex more than once in a conventional manner, and her succubus requirements have her clawing at the walls.)

Heath isn’t the only one interested in Vivienne. As one vampire after another comes at her to steal power, another darker player works to provoke Heath into unleashing the curse.

In addition to toe-curling sex scenes, Blood Wicked has strong character development and a good life-or-death mystery subplot.

Plus, you know, sexy vampires. ...more

2 likes · Like · see review

Nov 11, 2011 Mistress SuckMyBlackDagger rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, vampire, bdsm-bdsm-undertone, demons, erotica, own-ebook, menage-mm, read-2011

As with the previous three books of this series it was fluffy endings and inappropriate times for sex but like the others I enjoyed it! Each book seems to try and throw in a scene that will be a little different and shocking and once again I enjoyed the attempt. It is a loving cliche involving read but it is sweet and also sexual satisfying as well. I look forward to more. I believe Raine will be the next lead and if so that sounds just fine with me.

Like · see review