Gentlemen Prefer Succubi

by Jill Myles

Jackie Brighton has a problem. First she slept with a hot guy she met in a bar after too many martinis, then she woke up in a dumpster, where a mugger had left her for dead. Except her one-night stand turned out to be an angel named Noah, and her mugger turned out to be a vampire named Zane - and the combination of angel-sex and vampire-bite has turned her into a succubus.

The upside of being a succubus? She's suddenly a bombshell with hoards of men panting after her, which is a very good thing - because the downside is The Itch: she needs sex constantly. Sure, it might sound like fun. But Jackie's picky about who she sleeps with, yet if she doesn't have sex regularly and frequently, she'll literally die!

When Jackie's pulled into Noah's and Zane's pursuit of an ancient halo that will give the Heavenly Host or the Infernal Host ultimate power in the world, she now has two hot guys to scratch her Itch - unless she gets destroyed in the battle for the halo, first.

• ISBN10: 1416572821
• ISBN13: 9781416572824
• Publish Date: 4 February 2010 (first published 29 December 2009)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 17 February 2016
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Pocket Star
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• 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.

Read more of my reviews at Pinkindle Reads & Reviews.

[Hixxup]

I haven't read many books about succubus's but this one, was a great one to read. It wasn't exactly light, but it was an easy read. It was funny, and romantic in some areas, and the fact that you have a fallen angel and a vampire pining for you, double yum. This was an exciting book, and I'm glad for this being a series, and I can't wait to dive into the next book.