This is the first book in the “Succubus” series and it’s stellar. It’s about four sexy demon girlfriends, who all have slightly different contracts with Satan. Not that I’ve seen Sex & the City, but this is a lot like that television show.
The main character is the succubus, Lily. Her specific contract with Satan is that she has to lure men in (not hard since she’s eternally gorgeous) and sleep with them. Once the man is “finished” in the bedroom, he is also finished for life, because at that moment he bursts into flames and is delivered to Satan herself.
Lily is not only considered a succubus, but she’s one of Satan’s Chosen. Which means that Satan shows favouritism to Lily and her 3 girlfriends, and the 5 of them are often seen painting the town red.
It might sound like the dream job, being eternally beautiful and having sex as much as you want with no commitment and no post-sex drama, but Lily wants more. After over 3,000 years as a succubus, why shouldn’t she want a relationship? Being a succubus can be quite lonely after all, she never gets to wake up next to anything but a pile of ashes.
While drowning in her own woes, she meets Nathan Coleman. Nathan is wealthy, intelligent, and gorgeous. He seems to have written the book on dating and Lily falls too hard and too fast.
Meanwhile, it seems there is a secret cult out to destroy the girls and Lily has been tasked by Satan herself to find the leader of the pack and stop them before it’s too late.
I have to say that I absolutely loved this book but for obvious reasons, it’s just not for everybody. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets put on the “book-burning” list that Phillip Pullman’s Golden Compass series is on.
A story favouring Satan can’t be thought of too highly by the religious folk, that’s for sure.
But if you like nice, light, paranormal fiction with powerful female leads, then this is the story for you!
I was disappointed in the last 30 pages or so. I won’t give any spoilers away but it seemed a little much. Perhaps this was Harper’s segue into the next book? Either way, I’ll be reading it very soon.
