Review: Sin Undone by Larissa Ione

Title: Sin Undone
Author: Larissa Ione
Series: Demonica, #5
Publisher: Forever
Release Date: August 24, 2010
Pages: 400
Rating:

HER TOUCH IS DEADLY As the only female Seminus demon ever born, master assassin Sinead Donnelly is used to being treated like an outcast. She spent decades enslaved, and now vows she'll die before she'll relinquish her freedom again. Then Sin's innate ability to kill her enemies goes awry: She creates a lethal new werewolf virus that sparks a firestorm of panic and violence.

HIS HUNGER CAN'T BE DENIED Half-werewolf, half-vampire Conall Dearghul is charged with bringing in Sin to face punishment for the plague. And she's no stranger: He's bound to her by blood, and the one sexual encounter they shared has left him hungering for her raw sensuality. Worse, Sin is the underworld's most wanted and Con soon learns he's the only one who can help her . . . and that saving her life might mean sacrificing his own.

SIN UNDONE is the best book in the series and it blew me away. I mean this book deserves way more than five stars. You need to put Ione on your must-read list. Sin is a half Seminus Demon/half human hybrid, which is very unique for her to even exist. And in the last book Sin took over as head of the assassin den. But she accidentally started a plague that is killing wargs.

Her brothers are trying to find a cure to this plague. But the warg leaders want to punish Sin, but her brothers will never allow her to be taken from them, ever. Con helps her escape and protects her, but also there's more trouble! The assassins are trying to kill her so they can become head of the assassin den. A lot of people really have it in for her.

I adored Con and Sin. I think both of them having issues is what made them so perfect for each other. And I loved knowing about Sin's past. She has been alone for so long, even though she has Lore, in her mind she doesn't really have him and Con is able to show her that she isn't alone anymore. I loved the interaction with the sem brothers. And OMFG. I loved Wraith and Sin together. There conversations with each other are hilarious. I quite enjoyed it. I liked how overprotective all her brothers were, so cute.

"She crossed her arms over her chest, and his gaze went automatically to her breasts, which were no nicely plumped by her biceps. Yeah, he was a sex demon. Shoot him. "what are you going to do? And eyes up, mister. "Busted."

One thing I love about the Demonica series is that there is a side story other than focusing on the main couple. We get some Luc. I always wanted to know more about Luc, and its nice that we get that, and also his back story. One thing that I wish we got is maybe a sneak peek into the past of Luc and Kar's conversation when they first met til the time when Luc left out the door wit her still in bed.

I got so into the second half of the book, I just couldn't put the book down. This book was very emotional for me that I even cried and couldn't stop. I seriously cried. The second half of SIN UNDONE was engaging and intense and feel like your really are apart of the Demonica world. I know that I felt like I was apart of the world.

Ione couldn't have wrote a better ending, because everything was perfect and still I want more. This is such as wonderful series and if you haven't read the Demonica Series yet, you really need to get on it. This is a beautifully written paranormal romance series that just captures your heart.

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Review: Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione

Title: Ecstasy Unveiled
Author: Larissa Ione
Series: Demonica, #4
Publisher: Forever
Release Date: January 26, 2010
Pages: 400
Rating:

DEMON ENSLAVED 
Lore is a Seminus half-breed demon who has been forced to act as his dark master's assassin. Now to earn his freedom and save his sister's life, he must complete one last kill. Powerful and ruthless, he'll stop at nothing to carry out this deadly mission.

AN ANGEL TEMPTED 
Idess is an earthbound angel with a wild side, sworn to protect the human Lore is targeting. She's determined to thwart her wickedly handsome adversary by any means necessary-even if that means risking her vow of eternal chastity. But what begins as a simple seduction soon turns into a passion that leaves both angel and demon craving complete surrender. Torn between duty and desire, Lore and Idess must join forces as they battle their attraction for each other. Because an enemy from the past is rising again-one hellbent on vengeance and unthinkable destruction.

Unlike the last three Demonica books, I didn't like this one as much as I liked the others, but it was still good. Lore is the brother that we didn't know about. Lore is enslaved as a demon assassin and to gain his freedom he needs to get 100 kills. He is at 99 kills now and only needs one more. His ruthless master assigns Lore to kill Kyan, and if Lore doesn't like him his sister, Sin will die.

And then we have Idess, the angel. She is assigned to protect Kynan for he is very important. They both have problems of their own. Lore is falling for Idess, but anyone he touches dies unless your blood-related to Lore. And Idess has taken a vow to remain a virgin. An angel and a demon falling in love, quite a sight. Like all the rest of the Demonica books thus far we always have some villains cause trouble for our heroes and that happens yet again in this exciting installment in the Demonica Series.

I didn't quite know what to think of Lore. I thought he has a bit of all of the brothers in him. He is quite the bad boy with an attitude like Wraith and Shade and is very smart and intelligent like Eidolon. But he tormented by his demon ability which seems more like a curse. He wants freedom for him and his sister more than anything. Idess wants her wings and doesn't want to fail her mission to protect Kynan.

"What does she look like?" Sin asked. "Like she'd look good on a mattress." Sin jammed her fists on her hips. "That tells me nothing, and aren't you mated?" "I'm also a sex demon. I didn't go blind when I took a mate."

They are both drawn to each other and isn't kind of bad to fall for a demon? It is wicked bad and hot. We get a look into a new characters, Sin. And I want more of this girl. Sin is the sister of Lore and she is just as bad as Lore is. She is tough, bad ass, doesn't take shit from anyone, oh, wait. aren't I describing a Wraith a little too much here? We'll when you read this book, you will love Sin just as much as I do.

This book wasn't a favorite of mine because of all the drama that went down with Lore and his brothers. And I didn't like Lore/Idess as much as the other couples, but Lore/Idess was still enjoyable. I felt like it was more interesting in the side story with finding out about this mysterious sister, Sin. Do you want to know why?

Sin makes quite an entrance in the Demonica World and some unforgettable moments that we get us loving her just as much as her brothers. What do you get to look forward to in ECSTASY UNVEILED? hot and sexy forbidden romance, non-stop action, demon humor, and another sexy couple you will love to read about.

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Review: Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

Title: Passion Unleashed
Author: Larissa Ione
Series: Demonica, #3
Publisher: Forever
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Pages: 410
Rating:

FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONS 
Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter-and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent. And when a dangerously handsome stranger brings her to the brink of ecstasy, she wonders if she's finally met the one man she cannot resist.

FATAL DESIRES 
Wraith is a Seminus demon with a death wish. But when an old enemy poisons him, he must find Serena and persuade her to give him the only known antidote in the universe-her charm. Yet, as she begins to surrender to his seductions and Wraith senses the cure is within his grasp, he realizes a horrible truth: He's falling for the woman whose life he must take in order to save his own.

I can honestly say that the Demonica Series has become my favorite paranormal romance series as of now. Reading about these Seminus Demon brothers just gets you addicted to them and you can't stop reading. The plot is engaging and we have these appealing characters. I love that each brother has a completely different personality from the others.

After Reading PASSION UNLEASHED, I can say that It is my favorite book in the series. Serena has this charm that gets her from dying. Dying? Well, Serena has this illness if she doesn't have this charm that will end her life. We go to Wraith now. Wraith has been poisoned by an assassin and the only cure is to obtain the charm that Serena has.

“I'm not going to pass out—”
He cut her off with a kiss. “If you did, I'd catch you.”

The charm basically is Serena's virginity and Serena is determined to hold onto it. Well, she hasn't met anyone that has given her thoughts to give up her virginity until Wraith comes along. Wraith is tied to Underworld General Hospital, so if he dies his brothers are in danger as well. But it also turns out that Wraith is not the only one who wants that charm.

Serena has to be my favorite heroine in a paranormal romance. She is a treasure hunter and is just a joy. She is fun, outgoing, and funny. I have liked her from the beginning. And I have always liked Wraith. He is just wonderful and I want him all to myself. He is funny, cocky, seductive, sweet, caring and arrogant.

We find out that Wraith has a tortured past and I feel for him. I don't know why, but I have a thing for tortured bad boys. I really liked the transformation that Wraith goes through. At the beginning of the series he has this really bad attitude, not caring about anything. But getting to know Serena he starts to become quite the hero and grows to care for someone and really feel love. He finally is able to love someone for the first time in his life. He really become the perfect lover.

“No. It was because it was the first time I made love to anyone. You can call me a liar or anything else, but do not doubt me on this. And I swear to you that you were the first, and you will be the last."

The plot really had me guessing all through the end what Wraith was going to do. I mean to save him and his brothers he would have to take Serena's charm, but after spending so much time with Serena he fell madly in love with her and to take her charm would kill him. At that point he had fallen deeply in love with her. I liked PASSION UNLEASHED a lot, because of the plot and the characters.

I enjoyed reading through Wraith and Serena's love story and wouldn't mind another story about them. They are a sexy and hot couple even more so than Eidolon/Tayla and Shade/Runa. I don't want to give too much away, but PASSION UNLEASHED was intense and just WOW. I really can't wait for the next book in the Demonica Series. Oh, and the cover is so beautiful, it is my favorite one. Larissa Ione has just became number 1 on my top paranormal romance authors.

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Review: Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione

Title: Desire Unchained
Author: Larissa Ione
Series: Demonica, #2
Publisher: Forever
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Pages: 380
Rating:

Pleasure is their ultimate weapon . . . 
Runa Wagner never meant to fall in love with the sexy stranger who seemed to know her every deepest desire. But she couldn't resist the unbelievable passion that burned between them, a passion that died when she discovered his betrayal and found herself forever changed. Now, determined to make Shade pay for the transformation that haunts her, Runa searches for him, only to be taken prisoner by his darkest enemy.

A Seminus Demon with a love-curse that threatens him with eternal torment, Shade hoped he'd seen the last of Runa and her irresistible charm. But when he wakes up in a dank dungeon chained next to an enraged and mysteriously powerful Runa, he realizes that her effect on him is more dangerous than ever. As their captor casts a spell that bonds them as lifemates, Shade and Runa must fight for their lives and their hearts-or succumb to a madman's evil plans.

Pleasure Unbound was a great read, but DESIRE UNCHAINED was even better. And I gotta say that Shade blew me away. Can I have him for myself? Please?? Seminus Demon, Shade has been love cursed as a punishment for bedding a warlock's wife. He is never allowed to fall in love if he wants to live. He gets together with Runa for some time and he ends things badly with her because he had begun to feel and care for her.

The night Shade ends things with Runa she is attacked by a Warg and is changed and she blames shade for everything though she simply cannot forget Shade and still deeply cares for him. She is a very unique Warg though. Runa is able to change at will. Runa and Shade meet again under tortuous circumstances.

"You can't truly hate someone you've loved. You can only hurt."

They have both been captured by Shade's lunatic brother, Roag who was thought to be dead. Roag forces Shade and Runa to mate and now they are mated to each other. They have both escaped Roag but they are bonded to each other and it is only a matter of time before Shade falls deeply in love with Runa and triggers the curse and also that Roag is out for revenge on all three Seminus brothers.

I loved Runa and Shade even more than Eidolon and Tayla. I thought that it was an interesting twist to the story with Shade having this curse and he actually does fall in love. I just wanted to know how they were going to break the curse. Shade tries so hard to not give in to Runa, to love her, but he can't help himself. His brothers want to kill her so he can live, but Shade is already so attached to Runa that he just couldn't.

"I could say I think coulds are pretty, and you'd say they're only pretty to demons."

Runa is a strong female. We get flashbacks of when Runa and Shade met and I felt from those flashback we got the idea that Runa was shy and a bit weak. But the present Runa is very strong and fights for what she believes in. She doesn't know if she can trust Shade though. Due to them having to spend time together because of their mating bond, they slowly fall back in love with each other.

DESIRE UNCHAINED was a great book and I loved it even more than the previous book. I love the strong bond that all of the seminus brothers have for each other. Each one of them has the back of the other and I just love the relationship of these brothers. I am really looking forward to Passion Unleashed, which is Wraith's story. I love Wraith and hopefully I will love his book just as much as Wraith's. The Demonica Series is a must read for all paranormal romance fans.

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