Gentlemen Prefer Succubi

by Jill Myles

A fun and sizzling paranormal romance featuring a succubus, a vampire, and a fallen angel.

Jackie Brighton woke up in a dumpster this morning, and her day has only gotten weirder. Her sex drive is insatiable, and apparently she had her first one night stand ever...with a fallen angel. All she remembers is gorgeous Noah’s oddly hypnotic blue eyes...and then a dark stranger whose bite transformed her into an immortal siren with a sexy itch.

With help from Noah, Jackie begins to adapt to her new lifestyle until she accidentally sends Noah into the deadly clutches of the vampire queen and lands herself in a fierce battle for an ancient halo with the queen’s wickedly hot right-hand man. Who just happens to be the vampire who originally bit her. How’s a girl supposed to save the world when the enemy’s so hard to resist?

• ISBN10: 1416588140
• ISBN13: 9781416588146
• Publish Date: 29 December 2009
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Pocket Books
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 368
• Language: English

Reviews

[celinenyx]

Silly, sexy fun - but the heroine, Jacky, takes naivety to a wholebother level. I've never seen a heroine in urban fantasy this slow on the uptake. Jacky is a completely wishy-washy person without any capacity for critical reflection. She has no personality except self-criticism and stubbornness. She has no friends, no parents (?), or any particular interests.

While I find the idea of the story amusing, the incessant slut-shaming from Jacky dampened my enthusiasm significantly.

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Content warnings: threat of sexual assault, threat of torture, death, blood play. Contains on-page sex scenes.

[Angie]

I love succubi, but sadly, I did not love Gentlemen Prefer Succubi. Jacqueline wakes up in a Dumpster, and then things start changing. Her boobs are bigger, her waist is smaller, and her eyes have gone from brown to the brightest blue. She also seems to be attracting every man she encounters and has this insatiable lust. Then she learns that she's been changed into a succubus. Jackie is no longer the mousy museum docent, but sex on legs!

Gentlemen Prefer Succubi was okay. Instead of finding it funny or sexy, I mostly just found it awkward. Obvious there's going to be a lot of sex jokes, and that's fine, but they mostly fell flat for me. My brain also kind of checked out once the angels wanted Jackie's help figuring out what the vampires are up to, then it turns out that the vampire queen is plotting against the angels, and I just don't care! Angels bore me! I love vampires and demons, but they couldn't make me fully interested in this plot. Even when Jackie and her companions travel to Egypt, I was just waiting for it to be over. Angel problems, ugh.

I don't really know what else to say about Gentlemen Prefer Succubi. I did enjoy the romantic elements, since Jackie is with an angel and a vampire. One man for the day and one for night, and she refuses to choose since she likes them both! You go girl! But other than that, I was just underwhelmed and mostly bored.

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