Immortal Lust
Sierra DafoeParanormal erotic romance
Available from Ellora's Cave
ISBN: 9781419917769
August 2008
| Cytharea is the daughter of Aphrodite, and because of that is half goddess. You’d think there would be some good in that, but unfortunately all there is to her life seems pretty bad. She’s wanted by all men and because of that they all want to possess her, literally. She’s been a slave so many times that she’s lost count. She sometimes thinks that isn’t so bad; after all she needs sex to keep her life because she feeds off it and being a sex slave certainly keeps her fed, but having no life of your own for hundreds of years can get rough. Now a man has captured her in hopes of using her charms to steal the throne… and she’s helpless again. Then he decides to have someone besides himself escort her to her new home, and she meets Gerard, and soon finds herself wishing she could be with one man forever.
Gerard was betrayed by his first lover, and it hurt him so badly that he’s lost all trust in women. He’s become celibate and a Templar Knight, and until now the celibacy required in his life never really bothered him. Then he meets Cytharea, and his vows are not so easy to keep, especially when she starts to starve from lack of sex during their long journey. I think that this could have been a great story, but there was not a lot of relationship building so the two characters never really clicked as a couple for me. That being said, Cytharea is a sympathetic character, I really liked her personality. She had so much going on in her life, and I could see how it could be a misery being immortal, woman, and irresistible to men in medieval times. I really didn’t care for Gerard. I mean, if one incident in his life set him off so bad he’s become celibate and belongs to the church, I think he’s got some serious issues, particularly if you looked at Cytharea’s life and what a mess that’s been, yet she’s able to move on. Quite frankly I couldn’t see these two together just because Gerard is so unforgiving; doing that with Cytharea in particular didn’t fit his character. The sex scenes in the story seemed a little forced, and although there are some creative things going on it didn’t strike a spark for me, perhaps because I couldn’t believe they belonged together. The story felt a little rushed, and the dialog stilted sometimes.
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Reviewer: Julia |
