Succubus Dreams

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This series is worth reading for the background characters alone - a frumpy gay vampire, a klutzy chainsmoking angel, and a paper-pushing demon are among the highlights - but the main characters are a bit hysterical for my taste. Mead has the best setting, the wittiest quips, and the sharpest dialogue in the field of supernatural romance, for whatever that may be worth to you, and if you feel like some racy monster reading, you could do worse. Much worse. ( )

I think this third book in the series is my favourite so far and I have high hopes for number 4 (which I just started reading). This book changed my view of Georgina and Seth's relationship and, for the first time since the series started, I really wanted the two to make it work out. It's weird how I thought Seth was plain and boring as a love interest until their relationship was truly threatened (I guess it was because he stood up to her instead of being such a pushover - did you ever hear of a sexy doormat?).

Seth is the quiet, nerdy guy and not typically what I would want to find in a novel. I'm into the confident and often dangerous types (like Barrons :D ) and I also found his tendency to stand people up when writing his novels pretty annoying. He was never going to be my ideal man and I was never going to be able to fall in love with him, but I did at least fall in love with their relationship this time around. Plus, I read the goodreads description for the next book and I'm excited to find out what happens next: will they get back together? Will a more thrilling prospect come along? So far, Mead has my full attention... I just hope she doesn't go all wishy-washy on us readers at the end of this series. Apart from Storm Born, Richelle Mead's writings have all started so so well and I haven't been unfortunate enough yet to get into the disappointing territory that I've heard comes in her Vampire Academy series and may or may not come with book 5 of this one.

Please, please, don't fail me! ( )

I don’t tend to expect urban fantasy series to improve as they go on, but I do hope they’ll at least maintain the quality I got in the first few books. Color me surprised then when I tackled the third book in the Georgina Kincaid series and discovered it actually got better. It got amazing in fact.

Mead presents the battle of good versus evil as far fuzzier and gray than many urban fantasy series do. I really enjoy those gray areas, and the moments where it’s easy to see and understand various viewpoints and sides. Because Georgina is a richly developed character and a conflicted succubus, she grows and changes over the course of the books, but her growth is not oversimplified to some direct trajectory out of being a succubus. This plot complexity in addition to getting the bad guy’s perspective is a large part of what keeps me coming back to the series, and it just is even better in this book.

Of course the other part that makes this series so addictive and readable is the super-hot and frequent sex scenes. Georgina is a succubus after all, and a girl’s gotta eat. Every scene manages to be erotic without being over-the-top, and they never become repetitive or boring. In this book alone we cover a performance at an exhibitionist club, a sensual foot massage, lap dances, bent over a desk as a school girl, and a standing session in a ritzy apartment in front of large windows (and I’m probably missing a couple that stood out to me less). And every single one of those has something going for it. In addition to the scenes there’s the added factor that, since Georgina is a succubus, she can shapeshift. Let’s just say, Mead uses this to the fullest of its potential.

The part of the plot that takes part only within this book, as opposed to the overarching series plot, is good. It brings in new elements of the underworld (and Heaven), without failing to revisit old ideas and characters. It is different enough from the previous plots to be engaging without being so different as to seem out of place in Georgina’s world.

This entry in the series is a hot read with an engaging plot. I could not put it down, and I was sorely tempted to run right out and buy the next book. Fans of the first two books will not be disappointed with the third and should continue on to it as soon as possible.

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I'm still thoroughly enjoying this series. Seth kind of pissed me off in this book, but I can understand the reason behind him sleeping with Maddie. Georgina told him to go find someone, but he didn't need to do it the same night he tried to seduce her. Georgina, as always, has fallen into more supernatural drama. This time, it was in the form of an energy sucking diety. For a brief moment, I thought I was back reading the House of Night series from PC and Kristen Cast with Nyx being brought it.Now I shall move on to the next book. Here's hoping for a slightly happier Georgina! I feel kind of bad for her. ( )