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Inferno's Kiss (2011)

by Monica Burns(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0425243141 (ISBN13: 9780425243145)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley Trade

series

Order of the Sicari

review 1: DISCLOSURE: I had the honor of reading Inferno’s Kiss and offering my opinion and insight as a beta reader. With that in mind, I do believe that Inferno’s Kiss, the third book in the Order of the Sicari is one of the best books Monica Burns has written to date. This is a hodge podge of fantasy, adventure, and a not only has one romance, but two within these pages. There’s a hot virgin hero (hurrah) and a secondary romance between a couple in their fifties that’s oh so steamy and intense. At times I was more involved in that romance than the main one. But Monica does write a nice balance for both. Think of Atia and Marcus as Jamie and Claire from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. If you’re looking for barely legal characters sexing each other up, you’re not g... moreoing to find it here.Inferno’s Kiss has a Da Vinci Code type feel to it with locating mystical scrolls, traveling over various countries and an on the edge of your seat adventure. Cleo Vorenus may seem bitter because of all she has lost and the secrets her mother, Atia has kept from her. She has been through a great deal and is hurting. She's filled with deep anger and wants revenge, and because of that she could get killed. She must re-learn a sense of balance and that’s where she meets, Dante Condellaire, a step away from becoming a Sicari Lord and a man in control of his emotions and needs. He has a taken a vow from an early age to abstain from sex, but that's basically thrown out the window when he meets Cleo. Sparks fly between these two. Dante is torn because of his vow, but he wants Cleo badly. Cleo wants him, but is confused and hurt because he rebuffs her advances. They also must work together to defeat a group of men who want to take down the entire Sicari network and possibly rule the world.As Dante and Cleo try to come to terms with one another, Cleo’s parents, Atia and Marcus must forgive one another and get over the past hurts between them that spans decades. Marcus loves Atia deeply and wants her back as his wife. These two are overcome with love and passion for each other but have so much to work through. Marcus wants to fix things between them by giving into their desire for one another and coming together as partners both in marriage and in the bond they have that has never been truly broken.There are two awesome romances in this book combined with great action scenes. I really enjoyed these characters and how they try to work things out between them. And Monica can write some smoldering love scenes, especially ones that happen on kitchen counters.You can’t get much better than a virgin hero, a stubborn, yet strong willed heroine who teaches him many things (you know what I’m talking about) and an extraordinary older couple, not usually found in romance that will satisfy the reader in so many ways. Monica Burns is another author you should be reading and Inferno’s Kiss and the other Sicari novels should be in your TBR pile ASAP.
review 2: **4 1/2 stars**Wow!..this book was REALLY good!! Cleo and Dante were great...she was a kicka** heroine and he was a very sexy Sicari Lord...the sexual tension between those two set the pages on fire from the get go and i have to say...i think this might have been the very first pnr that i've read where the HERO is the virgin!!...it was quite HOT actually!! ;)The secondary storyline (which happens to be a very big part of the book) was also soooo good! Marcus and Atia have had me intrigued from the start, when they were first introduced in the last book, Assassin's Heart...i LOVED their story!!!..it was sooo sweet and romantic...and yes!..regardless of their ages..their sexual interactions were HOT! I was so glad we got their whole story..it was really nice and satisfying to see them finally get their HEA!Typically when a book has editing or grammatical errors i'm not someone who gets too shook up about it..if the story is really good i usually get so lost in it that i have a tendency to overlook them. In the first two books of this series however, there were so many repetitive phrases that it was very hard to overlook..it got rather annoying and i think it might have kept me from liking them as much as i could have...that was NOT the case with this one!! Monica Burns has definitely improved in her writing of this series! She does still REALLY enjoy the use of her Sicari "Italian curse words" a lot...but those don't really bother me (or maybe i'm just used to them now?)...the story was fast paced, romantic and very emotional in parts that i had a really hard time putting this one down! I truly enjoyed it!! I noticed someone mentioning that this is the last book in the series which i'm kind of disappointed about...I thought for sure things were sort of set up for something between Marta and Draco. I guess if this IS the last book..then it was a great finish to the series..if not..then i will definitely be reading the next book! :) less

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