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Plot Summary: Sebastian is an incubus living in a fascinating world called Ephemera. This world is like ours... but shattered. People cannot travel easily from one place to another, instead crossing bridges that take them where they are meant to be, instead of where they necessarily want to go. Loved the world! Fascinating!

Main Characters: Sebastian: Sexy, alpha male until he meets heroine. Then he becomes... mush. Lynnea: I LOATHED her! When she was naive she was sooooo painfully naive and then she becomes all-knowing and completely domesticates Sebastian. Painful.

Best About This Book: The world, Ephemera is fascinating and so creative! The cover is beautiful.
Worst About This Book: The hero, and other demons in this book, are so weak and tame... here is an example: describing Lynnea's rage at Sebastian and another demon the author writes, "she...bounced." And for emphasis, this line is repeated. Her... bouncing, reduces the demons to quivering masses of fear. Her "bouncing" tantrum earns her respect and fear among all who witnessed it. 'Nuf said.

Summary: I wouldn't read it again. I would recommend it to those interested in a fascinating alternate reality, but not to those interested in romance.

It took me a little while to get into this book and into the world that Bishop has created. But once I did, I really connected with the characters and enjoyed watching their journey throughout the book. I am quite happy with how this book ended, but I'm still very much looking forward to reading the sequel.

Huh. I wanted to love it, I really tried, but in the end I didn't even like it. The premise is beautiful and fascinating, but the characters fell flat. Sebastian is an incubus who merely thinks about sex with Lynnea for nauseatingly long periods. He's supposed to be a tortured sex demon but seriousy, when? Lynnea is a country bumpkin who says the most ridiculous things. The idea is great, the execution and characters are not. And there is no central character despite the title. The book jumps around and I didn't feel like I knew any of the characters. They were sketches instead of fully fleshed. I stopped reading more than halfway through, a thing I almost never do. Love Anne Bishop's other books but this one was boring.

Sebastian was the same kind of story you'd expect from Anne Bishop---overly powerful,kind, yet misunderstood people meeting people who (though weaker) love them anyway etc. Not bad, but if you want that kind of story, read her Black Jewels trilogy first. Then come back to this one.