Jackie Brighton woke up in a dumpster this morning, and her day has only gotten weirder. Her breasts grew overnight, her sex drive is insatiable, and apparently she had her first one-night stand ever . . . with a fallen angel.
Of course, she only remembers gorgeous Noah’s enormous, er, package. And their steamy shower sex. Hmm . . . and the dark stranger whose bite transformed her into an immortal siren with a seductive Itch.
With help from Noah and fellow succubus Remy Summore, Jackie adapts to her new lifestyle—until she accidentally strikes a deal that sends her lover into the deadly clutches of the vampire queen and lands Jackie, Remy, and the queen’s wickedly hot right-hand man into the middle of a fierce battle for an ancient halo.
But how’s a girl supposed to save the world when the enemy’s so hard to resist
Gentlemen Prefer Succubi – Jill Myles
Available December 29th (tomorrow!)
Paranormal Romance
Paperback, 332 pages
Pocket Books
Book received from publisher
I have been following debut author Jill Myles for some time on Twitter and was very excited to read her book that starts The Succubus Diaries series. She has created a really fun world with vampires and angels, lots of smut and funny lines.
After a night of drunken, slutty, lovemaking with a stranger, Jackie Brighton wakes up in dumpster. She was so drunk, she doesn’t remember how she got in the dumpster, but the homeless man in the alley informs her a tall, dark haired man dropped her in there – two days ago. The homeless man swears she was dead. Jackie thinks the homeless man is a little cuckoo – she may have been drunk, but she remembers the mind blowing sex with a blond haired man and she doesn’t believe the man when he says she has been in there for two days. As she leaves the alley, she just happens to run into Mr. smexy blond hair man himself, Noah Gideon. Noah takes one look at her with spaghetti noodles stuck in her hair, and convinces her to eat lunch with him.
Noah is all flirty games, until Jackie mentions that she remembers getting bit – by Mr. dark haired man. Noah pales at this and fills Jackie in on what probably happened. Jackie was first bit by a vampire – Mr. dark hair, aka Zane, who left her in a very desirable mood. She then was put into Noah’s path, and it was time for him to feed. Serim, or fallen angels feed by having sex. Voila – Jackie the succubus was “born.” She now has two masters – a vampire, Zane and an angel, Noah. Oh, and she needs lots of sex….lots. Noah takes care of her “itch,” but when she gets in trouble with her newbie lack of knowledge and makes a deal with Uriel, an angel – a deal to retrieve a long-ago forgotten halo, things start to go downhill. The vampire queen, Nitocris, wants the halo too and sends Zane out with Jackie to retrieve it. With her new pal and co-succubi, Remy, Jackie must search for a hidden halo and figure out which of her masters she can trust.
Gentlemen Prefer Succubi is a book I liked, although I didn’t always like Jackie and this is really the only thing that bothered me throughout the book. It is hard to pinpoint exactly why, but maybe it is because we don’t really get to know a lot about her. What has her past been like? There is no mention of friends and family, which is convenient when a mortal becomes immortal and undergoes a change of appearance. Isn’t anyone out there wondering where she is? Now, her change is quite amusing. Her breasts become huge, and her dealing with that at the beginning had me chuckling. Her size fourteen becomes a six, and all of a sudden, guys are drooling all over the city. What we see of Jackie in the book is a formally nerdy girl who is now a sex kitten. She definitely has the potential to be a heroine I like – she has that silly vibe going and she makes me laugh. I just want to get to know her a little better before I call her my BFF.
Two men come into her life – Noah and Zane. Noah, the fallen angel, is her steady rock. He is there for all her needs, and I could take him or leave him. He plays the more gentlemen role and a little more boring in my opinion. I should like him, he is the knight in shining armor, and there is definitely more of him to come in future books so maybe my opinion will change. Then there is Zane, the bad boy vampire – he is under the queen’s command, yet Jackie knows deep down there is an undercurrent of emotions he is too scared to share. He is the character you root for and he is the one that made the book for me at the end. He has dark hair and eyes and that sarcastic, nonchalant attitude that makes you want to slap him and then make dirty love to him for hours (or is that just me?).
Jackie is a succubus that doesn’t like to use people for sex although her body demands it every couple days. With the nature of these characters, you get a very steamy book and I don’t think a succubus would be disappointed reading the sex scenes Jill Myles wrote. They are very detailed and very naughty – can we say sex in a church, in the confessional? At some points it was kind of hard to take in the steamy sex scenes when the rest of the book is so light-hearted but by the end of the book they started to meld together better.
I honestly did not know how the ending would play out and nothing is wrapped up neat and tidy. Although decisions are made, Jackie’s new life is no where near figured out.
Gentlemen Prefer Succubi is a fun start to a new series and I am so glad we only have to wait a few weeks for Succubi Like It Hot!
Rating: 3 1/2 Stars
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Dear Author – C+
I remember when the cover of this book his blogoverse…I couldn't grab my honey jar en whipped cream fast enough. I was so hot for this cover. when I saw the trailer I knew I could apreciate this authors humor and now reading your review Mandi it sounds just what I need. Not all dark and twisty but a bit more on the hot and fun side. I'm already falling for Zane, I like 'em bad-boy :)
I just love the trailer, so funny, and I am very tempted to read this book. I would welcome the funny and the smut ;)
Leontine – I do love this cover…and I think it fits the book really well. Yes, this is more light-hearted but it also has a good mystery/action aspect to it. I'm definitely team Zane!
Blodeuedd – *whispers* come back on Friday for a contest..this book is one I am giving away.
I already preordered this via BoB and its waiting to be downloaded to my beastie tomorrow :D
I think this sounds similar to Katie Macallister's series- I do like the sound of Zane! I am partial to bad boys ;)
I love that cover. The guy on the front looks deliciously tusseled.
I haven't read Katie Macallister…
Maybe because I am in the middle of Molly Harper's series, I kept comparing Jackie to Jane. They both have a funny vibe going.
Looking forward to your thoughts :)
Monica – yes – that is Noah..and I assume the cover on the next book, Succubi Like it Hot is Zane. Not bad, not bad at all :)
Yum, this sounds like a fun and hot read. Putting it on my TBB list! Thanks for the witty review! :)
Aw, thanks for the great review, Mandi! I'm glad you liked it. :)
This has been on my WANT list for a while, I'd hoped to find it early somewhere but alas, no luck. Will be running out at lunch tomorrow to pick it up!
Great review, Mandi! I can't wait to read this one, it sounds so good!
There is something about succubi that intrigues me. Maybe I should *looks down* download it ON MY NEW KINDLE *screams* Santa Smokin got me one for Christmas so now I can sit at the cool table.
Poor Jackie with her torpedo boobs, hot men at her disposal and all the food she can eat without getting fat.
My fantasy self come to life! LOL
ERR – Very fun read!
Jill – Looking forward to more Zane, I mean, the next book – hehe :)
Patti – yay – looking forward to your thoughts!
KC – YAY!!!! This book will definitely pop the cherry on your virgin Kindle.
KB – seriously! She is so lucky! ;)
Hmmm. Great review Mandi – thank you – but somehow I don't think this book is quite my kettle of fish :) I can't pinpoint why exactly…
makes you want to slap him and then make dirty love to him for hours – LOL
I'm glad you broke down the plot for us – when I read the blurb it sounded like there were WAY too many love interests to keep track of, but since you explained there's really only Noah and Zane I am a lot more eager to give this one a go. Especially if Zane is a bad boy and there's sex in a confessional – count me in!
I'm not really feeling the cover art though – Ilona Andrews did a funny photoshopped version of the cover, changing the title to 'Gentlemen prefer mullets', cause that cover models hair is atrocious.
Great review!
Sounds like the start of a great series!
Those characters sound like people I want to meet…
I love me a bad boy, but I do like the gentleman every now and then…
cool review
E.H>
Orannia – I know what you mean…I am interested to see where the second book goes.
Danielle – The plot is not overly complex..but it works really well.
I have heard some who LOVE the cover, others who dislike it – either way, it is grabbing people's attention. And yes, there are quite some funny things that go on over at oddshots!
Estella – It is a definite fun start to the series!
EH – we shall see if Noah grows on me in the next book :)
Based on your review, this sounds like a book I'd really like. The cover speaks to me, I'm coming back on Friday for that giveaway!
This looks like a nice, fun read!
The set up for this book sounds crazy. She gets bigger breasts and has sex with a fallen angel? Whoa!