Primal Pleasure by Sydney Somers (Pendragon Gargoyles #3)
Paranormal Romance
August 24, 2010
E-Book
Samhain
Reviewed by Mandi
Favorite Quote: “And if you’re stupid enough to let that sorceress curse you again, just know that I’ll be using your stone ass to hang my lingerie on.”
Emma finds herself handcuffed to a gargoyle – but this isn’t any normal gargoyle and Emma isn’t any normal human. The half fae is happy that this gargoyle is in his stone form, and not the viscous cat form he could take on if he had not been cursed by her twin sister Elena. People get them confused all the time, and here is another case of mistaken identity. Elena cursed Cian 100 years ago to stay in his stone form, and now Emma is paying the price. As she sits their contemplating her immortality, she notices the gargoyle starts to warm up – and all of a sudden she is faced with a very alive cat. Bracing herself for an attack, she gets a purr and rub to the face instead. Soon he turns into his human form, and she gets a look at the very sexy, naked Cian.
Cian returns to a world where 100 years of technology has passed him by. Confused, angry and very turned on by the female so close to him. He wants to own her, possess her and make dirty love to her immediately. Thinking she has put an enchantment spell on him to produce these feelings, he actually doesn’t care – he just wants her.
Emma is not going to be persuaded so easily – but when news comes that her sister could be in grave danger, she will do anything to help her – including making out with Cian if that is the incentive he needs to help him track her.
Primal Pleasure is the third book in Sydney Somers’ Pendragon Gargoyle series and again she gives us a book with very sexy scenes. I love her humor – her characters always have such smart-ass mouths that make me giggle. As long as they are not in danger of getting their head lopped off, they revel in their immortality and their nonchalant attitude is amusing.
Cian is all male, all powerful beast and to watch him struggle being in a new century and struggle with his feelings towards Emma makes you root for him. It is unique to have him not only a shapeshifter, but also turn to stone, or gargoyle form in daylight. Sydney Somers also weaves the tale of King Arthur into her series which is always a plus for me.
While I enjoyed this installment, it was a little weaker than her previous book. I was a little let down by the villain. I wanted him to play a bigger part or just come across as more evil. I also thought Emma dragged out her part in not telling Cian that it was actually her twin sister who cursed him for too long in this book.
Sydney Somers has a great voice. She can combine humor and very sexy romance into great stories. I always enjoy reading her and I definitely recommend this series.
Rating: 3.5/5
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This series includes (can be read as stand alones):
Primal Hunger
Primal Attraction
Primal Pleasure
Sydney Somers is offering an E-Book of Primal Pleasure to one lucky commenter. To enter, just leave a comment by Tuesday, September 28th.
This sounds soooo right up my alley! I have yet to read anything by Sydney so I would love to start with this one. Never read a gargoyle story before :)
Awesome review BTW
This sounds soooo right up my alley! I have yet to read anything by Sydney so I would love to start with this one. Never read a gargoyle story before :)
Awesome review BTW
Sounds interesting…I do love shifters
Love Sydney Somers! She hooked me first on her Shadow Destroyers series (I've got Rae's story sitting on my Kindle if I ever find the time). I'm glad to see the next installment of the Pendragons. :)
I've never read a gargoyle story, I'd certainly love to read this one.
seriousreader at live dot com
I love Sydney's books and this one sounds like a wonderful read.
sstrode@scrtc.com
Nice review Mandi. I've never read this series-but a 3N1 shifter sounds right up my alley. :)
Great review! And that quote is really funny! What an interesting concept for a series, I've added the first one to my TBR.
This sounds very good. I have a crazy question – how do you pronounce Cian? Is it like the robot things in Battlestar Galactica? Thank you.
This sounds a really great book. My interest is peaked.
Have not read any gargoyle stories. This one sounds interesting!
This book looks great. I have not read anything by this author, but I would love to give her a try. I love the fact that Emma is sacrificing herself for her sister, but that it is not really a hardship to be with Cian. Thanks for the giveaway.
smccar1 at hotmail dot com
I'm not sure why, but I'm always interested in books with gargoyles in them (not that there are very many). Please enter me in the giveaway.
I've never read a bad book by Sydney and I'm sure this one will be no exception. Please enter me in this contest.
scrtsbpal at yahoo dot com
Oh, good review. I was familiar with the Shadow Destroyers but had not heard about this one…thanks!
wow sounds cool love these far out there Paranormal books not just vampires and weres
sasluvbooks(at)yahoo.com
I like the sound of this one. Not that I need another book for my TBR list but I can't help myself. :)
Sounds like a great series! Will have to buy the first one so I can read it :-)
Sarah M
I'd love to win a copy!
cwilliams127 at gmail dot com
Mandi – Thrilled to bits that you enjoyed the book and like my writing voice. Thanks so much for taking the time to read it.
Thanks Barbara. I hope you enjoy Rae's story as much as the others in the series. I've really missed working on the series these past couple of months, Parker especially. :)
Thanks, Sherry!
Victoria, Cian is actually pronounced Kee-an.
This series sounds interesting.
andrea.infinger@gmail.com
This is a series I can really get into.
Thanks,
Tracey D
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