Lala's Book Corner / Demonica Week - Day #1 Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione

"In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life . . .

She's a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure-but fears it will always be denied her. Until Tayla Mancuso lands in a hospital run by demons in disguise, and the head doctor, Eidolon, makes her body burn with unslakable desire. But to prove her ultimate loyalty to her peers, she must betray the surgeon who saved her life.

Two lovers will dare to risk all.

Eidolon cannot resist this fiery, dangerous woman who fills him with both rage and passion. Not only is she his avowed enemy, but she could very well be the hunter who has been preying upon his people. Torn between his need for the truth and his quest to find his perfect mate before a horrific transformation claims him forever, Eidolon will dare the unthinkable-and let Tayla possess him, body and soul..."

How to better start Demonica Week than with the Review of Book 1 in the series? Here we go:

I bought this series in one bundle at one of my favorite eBook stores. The blurbs of each book caught my attention, but I had yet to find out if I was going to like it or not. I have to say that I loved it!

I loved Ione's writing, the world and characters she created and the plot. The world is extremely interesting and I really enjoy when the lines between evil and good are not quite so clear. For me, that just makes the characters more interesting and have more depth.

Tayla is a Demon Slayer and has dedicated her life to rid the world of the "evil" creatures of the night. What she never knew and didn't expect to discover, was that Demons, like humans, have a choice and that some have chosen to be good people despite their nature. The same way a can be born inherently good and turn to evil. Demons can be born evil and choose to do good and fight their inner maleficence.

It is a tough lesson for Tayla to learn, since for that to happen she needs to shuck out all she thought was true. The hardest truth she has had to deal in this novel though, was about her own nature. She is more a part of that so-called evil world than she could have ever had imagined.

"Everything she thought she’d known about demons was wrong. Vegetarian demons? Demons who cured instead of killed? Her simple black-and-white world had gone about a million shades of gray."

Eidolon is a Demon, but more importantly, he is an ER Doctor and owner of the Underworld General Hospital. An hospital where Demons, Vamps, Weres and the likes can get treatment by specialized doctors. Eidolon saves Tayla's life and is through and with him that she learn that the world is more gray than Black&White.

"his desire to take her again went beyond patching his pride or even slaking the ever-present lust that plagued his breed. He’d never encountered anyone who radiated such a fierce will to live. Her life force drew him, her fire fascinated him, and her sensuality held him in an iron grip he couldn’t break."

Eidolon is hot as hell (no pun intended hehe) and I really liked him as a character. Strong personality, strong beliefs and a strong sense of loyalty that I find admirable. I found Tayla to be an incredible leading lady and one of the strongest and most lovable heroines I have ever seen. I love them as a couple and can't wait to get glimpses of them in the next books =)

It can be argued that the evil/good duality can get tiring. However, in my opinion, that is something that I believe made the book and the world Larissa Ione created, much better. The line between evil and good, hero and villain is one that is never a 100% defined and that for me, is one of the things that got me on the edge of my seat while reading Pleasure Unbound.

The other thing that definitely heated up my blood, were the sex scenes. Hot Damn! Tayla and Eidolon's passion was so awesome and Ione's writing of their passion, sex and love was incredible.

This series has joined my favorites in my heart and Larissa Ione is a must read for me now.

I'll give 5/5 loveys!

Smut Level is 5/5 too =)))

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