{"id":41,"date":"2012-09-04T23:03:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T03:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2016-08-19T05:46:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T09:46:35","slug":"review-pleasure-unbound-larissa-ione","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"Review: Pleasure Unbound (Demonica, #1) by Larissa Ione"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This book is seriously Hard Core PNR.\u00a0 And I absolutely, freaking LOVED IT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world is so all-encompassing – humans, demons, vampires and werewolves, all inter-breeding, creating an underworld full of purebred and hybrids, all with their own powers, behaviours and politics.\u00a0 It\u2019s incredible.\u00a0 And I love how it\u2019s all slowly unveiled throughout the story.\u00a0 The world is not all explained in the beginning, where you read about it and have a chance to wrap your head around it and settle in before the story really starts.\u00a0 Instead, you\u2019re thrown straight into the action, learning about the underworld, and the creatures that inhabit it and how they interact, as it forms a part of the story, and it\u2019s amazing!<\/p>\n

Told in multiple POVs, the plot is complex, and very involved, so I\u2019m not even going to attempt to go into it here, but I love that the paranormal element is a very strong focus of the book and it doesn\u2019t fade into the background of the romance.\u00a0 It\u2019s very much action-focussed, with the romance fitting into it nicely.\u00a0 There are a lot of characters, and their stories all link and play out alongside the action and it\u2019s all interwoven brilliantly.<\/p>\n

We start off by meeting Eidolon – a passionate, honourable and dedicated doctor who runs Underworld General Hospital.\u00a0 Eidolon is also a demon (an incubus no less).\u00a0 His world is rocked when Tayla, an injured demon slayer is brought into his ER.\u00a0 Against the advice of his colleagues, he saves her life, and the two of them are swept up in an instant cloud of lust.\u00a0 It\u2019s incredibly hot, but they are enemies, and although they don\u2019t resist the attraction, neither of them are particularly happy about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wonder what disgusts you more, the fact that I\u2019m a demon, or the fact that when I touch you, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So for a while it\u2019s all violence and anger, lusty banter and hate sex, and it\u2019s sensational!\u00a0 Eidolon is a fantastic character, but with a deadline hanging over his head before he matures into an out of control monster, he\u2019s on the edge.\u00a0 This all adds to his mysterious sexiness, as the usually composed and restrained professional start to lose control.\u00a0 And Tayla is a great match for him.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She\u2019s a sassy, badass demon slayer with a nasty upbringing, and her own huge secrets, and I absolutely adore her!\u00a0 She goes through a lot in this book, and although she is very demon-prejudiced and has moments of freak out, I found her reactions all completely understandable, and I was there with her the whole way through.<\/p>\n

Eidolon and Tayla slowly start to tolerate each other and even *gasp* work together to investigate slayings and dodgy goings on that directly impacts on both of their worlds.\u00a0 And their subsequent coming together seemed like a natural progression.\u00a0 With all of the obstacles between them, it\u2019s not an easy ride, but it played out brilliantly.<\/p>\n

Grateful for an island in the middle of the nightmarish sea she\u2019d been swimming in, she folded herself into his embrace and wondered how much longer she could tread water before she drowned.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Be aware that despite the bad title, and the cheesy, porn-like cover, this is not a swoony romance.\u00a0 But it is freaking hot!\u00a0 Eidolon and Tayla have some serious chemistry and heaps of sexy time.\u00a0 Drugged sex, angry sex, passionate up-against-the-wall sex, it\u2019s all there, and it\u2019s all seriously hot!<\/p>\n

\u201cHellboy?\u201d<\/em>
\n \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/em>
\n \u201cTouch me.\u00a0 Make me forget all this.\u201d<\/em>
\n He was on her in an instant, took her down to the floor before she could blink.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eidolon\u2019s two younger brothers \u2013 sexy playboy Shade and sexy, sarcastic bad boy Wraith \u2013 play a huge part of the story, and I love how the brothers are all so different, yet they have a deep connection to each other.\u00a0 Referred to as the \u2018Axis of Evil\u2019 by Gem (another brilliant character), I love their relationship, and can\u2019t wait to get to the next two books to read more about them.<\/p>\n

With a brilliant plotline, and tons of sex, action and gore, this is dark and dirty PNR at its finest.\u00a0 I loved the world, and the story, and was hooked from page 1 all the way through to the end.\u00a0 With threads of the storyline left undone, I am already making predictions to where it’s all going to go from here, and I can’t wait to continue on.<\/p>\n

I absolutely loved it!\u00a0 5 stars all the way.<\/p>\n

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For more information about the Demonica series – including series reading order – please check out our Demonica \/ Lords of Deliverance Series<\/a> page.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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