🎧 Berls Reviews Succubus Blues #COYER

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers
Series: Georgina Kincaid #1
Published by Tantor Audio on October 26, 2021
Genres: Urban Fantasy
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Publisher
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When it comes to jobs in hell, being a succubus seems pretty glamorous. A girl can be anything she wants, the wardrobe is killer, and mortal men will do anything just for a touch. Granted, they often pay with their souls, but why get technical?
But Seattle succubus Georgina Kincaid's life is far less exotic. At least there's her day job at a local bookstore--free books; all the white chocolate mochas she can drink; and easy access to bestselling, sexy writer, Seth Mortensen, aka He Whom She Would Give Anything to Touch but Can't.
But dreaming about Seth will have to wait. Something wicked is at work in Seattle's demon underground. And for once, all of her hot charms and drop-dead one-liners won't help because Georgina's about to discover there are some creatures out there that both heaven and hell want to deny. . .

My top thoughts:

I’ve had this series on my TBR List for years, so when I saw that I had the opportunity to pick up the books from Tantor Audio for review, I couldn’t resist. I’m really glad I decided to grab them too, I think this is going to be a series I love. I was able to buddy read this book with Anne and she’s also giving it 4 stars.

What I liked/didn’t like:

I want to understand this world a bit better, but I feel like this is a common complaint for me with first books in a UF series – they tend to either not give me enough of the world and they suffer from an info dump. The world was gradually revealed and by the end I did have a better idea of how things worked. But I still have lots of questions, like about the full extent of paranormal “creatures”… we have angels, we have demons, Georgina is a succubus, I know of some vampires, but what else is there? And what exactly are the rules governing them?

A lot of my questions revolve around the main character Georgina. Throughout the book, we do learn a lot about how she came to be a succubus (which in this series is a daughter of Lillith, so more questions like I mentioned above!!!), but I still am unsure of WHEN that happened. And I think there’s a potential mystery surrounding the deal she made. And she has a woeful amount of ignorance about her own world IMO… as do her demon friends. (Perhaps that’s why there’s so much unanswered?)

BUT all those questions are there because I am VERY interested. I think the world has a lot of potential and I really like Georgina. I think she’s a good person, well demon (ironically). And her relationships – both human and demon (and angel) are really interesting. And the book kept me guessing pretty much too the end, which led to me reading it a bit faster than I had expected. And the way it ended was satisfying, but also left me with lots of ideas and speculation for what will happen in future books. I’m very ready to keep reading, which Anne and I plan to do later this month.

Narrator thoughts:

The narration was very satisfying and I think a really good fit for Georgina’s character. I don’t think I’ve read anything narrated by Elizabeth Rogers before, but I do hope she continues to narrate this series. I think she did a good job bringing the characters and situations off the page. I listened at 2x with no problem.

Qualifies for COYER Fall Scavenger Hunt Item #1 – 1st book in a series.

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