Jess's Reviews > Demon's Fire

Finally! FINALLY, MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED! I've found my holy grail: A well-written erotica with great storytelling and literary leanings, NO damsel-in-distress trope, no "dark secrets" or tortured heroes, no fetishization of virginity or counting on the heroine's love to save her lover(s) from themselves. Instead we get a plucky, forthright and tough-as-nails heroine who is NOT afraid to crack a few skulls, a mixture of alternative sexualities, two heroes with very different interests and manners but their own uniqueness and finding resolution from their conflicts within, a quick-paced plot that is neither bare minimum nor over the top, a well developed paranormal world setting crossed with historical detail, PLENTY of steamy sex and sensuality, and an HONEST, HEALTHY look at relationships, enthusiastic consent, and love. My only quibble is the author's perpetuation of the "hymen myth", but I won't hold it against her too much because women are constantly lied to about our own bodies. Otherwise, BLOODY WELL DONE! I will be eagerly searching for the rest of this series as well as other books by this author.