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Demons Not Included (2009)

by Cheyenne McCray(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

031294960X (ISBN13: 9780312949600)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

St. Martin's Paperbacks

series

Night Tracker

review 1: I don't think it was that bad. Was it predictable? Well, yeah. I saw that one coming, but it was entertaining. Nyx as a character is flawed... she has a temper and tends to leap before she looks because she's young, a warrior and thinks she's invincible. I could've done without all the clothing description. Nyx is kind of a label whore - personally I don't care about fashion, so I related more to her sidekick Olivia. The whole XPhone thing didn't bother me. (IPhone, XPhone, who give a shit.) What did bother me were the sex scenes. I HATE the way that Cheyenne McCray writes about sex. She writes sex like a dude! (Pussies, cocks, slick core, etc.) YUCK!! Could've done without all that. In fact, I skipped those sections because it was just making me cringe. I don't ... morelike her relationship with the human detective Adam either. I don't know why, but something about him bothers me. Plus, if she's a half Drow princess and the only one of her kind then she should probably be with someone supernatural. I don't want her to be with Rodan, but I kind of thought there was a little tension between her and T.Overall: it's entertaining but predictable. Sex scenes are crude and cringe worthy but it has potential as a series. Bad ass heroine wearing leather corsets while kicking ass - check. Multiple love interests - check. Under appreciated human side kick - check. It's not the best written and the character are a little underdeveloped, but it's entertaining and a quick read.
review 2: The only thing that impressed me about this book is how talented the author was at giving us bits and pieces of storyline-breadcrumbs to read every now and again, while she went on to write about everything else except the plot . This series has the potential for greatness but I doubt anything will really change. It reminds me of the Otherworld series. There is so much potential to take the Otherworld series to a serious level but at the same time there's something really flaky and fluffy about it; and this book is no different. It's a shame, I'm really into drows at the moment and there aren't many good fae books out there that are urban fantasy and cater to adults, besides Karen Moning's fever series and Richelle Mead's Dark Swan series (sigh). Half drow half human Nyx is a private investigator working to help solve vicious attacks on the human and paranormal communities by fugitive demons who escaped their realm. Not only are these escapees wreaking havoc but they are really hungry too and aren't too particular in which species they snack on. This book really tried my patience. Needless to say, I will not be reading No Werewolves Allowed, the next book in the series. I gave this book three-stars instead of one-star because it wasn't all bad. Personally, the boom in urban fantasy books seems replay the same type of story over and over again. Heroine doesn't know magic exist and then suddenly she's shocked to discover it does and she has all this power and it's up to her to save mankind; plus she's usually too-stupid-to-live and over abundantly sassy. Thankfully this book didn't go that route and it was pretty creative with several instances of intellect and intrigue. Contrary to the positives in my review, I just don't have any patience for flaky novels these days. I won't be reading this series but I will give her Magic series a try. less

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