Having enjoyed Richelle Mead's Succubus series, I was looking
forward to this book from this new author, Jill Myles.
I wasn't disappointed. It was a good read that kept me up until 2am
so that I could finish it.
The writing is solid, which is good. Jackie matures throughout the
book, which is also good. It's always annoying when the heroine
starts off as silly and naive, and stays that way through the whole
book/series. It was nice to see Jackie grow and learn instead of
making the same silly mistakes throughout the whole book.
Story-wise, Gentle Prefer Succubi was interesting.
Jackie wakes up as an immortal (but we find out there are ways to
kill her anyway) She finds Noah, one of the men who turned her into
a Succubus. She develops a huge crush on him and is heartbroken
when he is held hostage by the Vampire Queen. She is required to
find an artifact that will give the Queen much power. Ah, but
Heaven also wants the artifact, and that side wont do good things
with it either.
I liked the book, even though there were some annoying things (How
many times do we have to find out that she wears THICK glasses)
Once or twice is enough. I also saw the secret about Zane coming a
mile away. I wish the author had made that part more
surprising.
I'll absolutely be reading the second book to this series. I have a
major crush on Zane :)
SPOILERS. Stop now if you don't want spoilers
There are few stand out inconsistencies that bothered me; One
minute Zane has no trench coat because it was destroyed in a fight,
and then he all of a sudden has a trench coat--with no word on how
he got the replacement. He had been in his Vampire sleep between
the fight and having the new coat appear, so it's not like he went
out and purchased it himself.
Also, Zane is Jackie's master, so she can't not do what he
says--it's impossible. Her body will do anything he says. At the
end of the book he tells her not to answer the door, but she
answers it anyway. Argh! Doing as your master tells you is a big
part of the book, so it's not very good that on the last few pages,
that part of the story is totally ignored.
I'm hoping that the next book will have not as obvious
inconsistencies.