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Book Reviews of Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1)

Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1)
Mortal Temptations - Mortal, Bk 1
Author: Allyson James
ISBN-13: 9780425223697
ISBN-10: 0425223698
Publication Date: 1/6/2009
Pages: 296
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 101 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Book Type: Paperback
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14 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

barbsis avatar reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 1076 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
OMG. HOT. HOT. HOT. This is the best erotica book I've ever read. Nico, a demi-god/angel, is cursed as a pleasure slave doomed to fall in love and get rejected over and over again. His best friend, Andreas, a demi-go/were-leopard is cursed as well. Patricia is a mere human. She is in love with Nico and has amazing sex with both Nico and Andreas.

A good amount of M/F/M sex scenes very sexy and pretty blatant. I sincerely hope Allyson James writes more books in this vein. Truly wonderful.
magicwaits avatar reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This was an enjoyable "fluff" book but it could have been fantastic! This book felt like a first draft of the story. Incomplete. I have read Allyson James dragon series and it was the exact same issue I had with those books. I keep feeling let down at the end of each book BUT at the end of each book I see the improvement from each previous story. It may take a few more books but I truly believe this author will be a great author. I hope publishers (and readers) continue to see her potential and allow her to perfect her craft.
txag80 avatar reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 257 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
2.5 stars
This book was merely okay for me. Did not buy into the relationships and the intrigue was too silly. There are sex scenes. Meh
kendra-hubbard avatar reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 49 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Loved this book! Who wouldn't love sex with this hottie?! His buddy is pretty great too. Love story is embedded in the story along with some pretty hot romance (male/female and m/m/f). Not for the faint of heart!
frazerc avatar reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 672 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Good read [with requisite hot guys:] but lacked the depth of setting [San Francisco's Chinatown:] you find in her dragon books. Dragon Heat, Black Dragon, and The Dragon Master were all quite wonderful [FYI AJ is a pen name for Jennifer Ashley.:]

Mortal Temptations
Mortal Seductions

Her Dragon series
Dragon Heat (2007)
The Black Dragon (2007)
The Dragon Master (2008)
reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 76 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I wanted to love this book. But I didn't. Could have been a great story but it was kind of boring. Really disappointed! Since I have the next I will read it, but I hope it is better than this one.
reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 929 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Okay. Treat this like porn. And like all good porn the plot is blah, the dialogue amusing but cheesy, but the sex scenes are hot! Steaming hot!!!!

The writing isn't as good as James about stuff but I'm ashamed to admit that the bedroom scenes kept me reading.

Oddly enough I wished James spent more time with Andreas and Rebecca. I actually liked their relationship more. Rebecca was more interesting and they were just more fun as a couple. I felt James rushed their "love" declaration too fast towards to end.

Good erotica but don't expect to be woo off your feet with romance.
chellsabookaddict avatar reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A. James has pulled off an erotic paranormal story of two couples in one book. Unlike other books with m/f/m and some m/m play this was very tastefully done and beautiful. I look forward to the next and am sorry to my fellow PBS members but I'll keep this one to revisit. Loved her Dragon series too!
zhollywood avatar reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 104 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I didn't realize this book was a prequel to Mortal Seductions, so the appearance of Dimitri near the end was a nice surprise, though his character was not woven in enough to be a true prequel. The result is two very stand-alone books that can be read in any order. There is but a mention of him in this book, and the same of Niko and Andreas in his book.

I did enjoy this one, though it's not a keeper for me like Seductions. I enjoy James' writing, as she is able to inject enough plot between the steamy sex to keep it interesting - not always the case with erotica. She could add a few more pages devoted to character development, and the implication of sex amongst the demi-gods without any detail was a bit of a let down, but again, she's better at this genre than many, many others.
reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 239 more book reviews
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I found it enjoyable and steamy. Definitely would recommend. Looks like their may be a sequel
reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 129 more book reviews
Enjoyed the book and look forwatd to reading the second book. .:-)
reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 29 more book reviews
This book is about 2 sons of powerful deities who are cursed by Hera to be slaves and their search to be free of the curse. There is alot of well written sexual scenes but I found the book hard to finish and would have liked a little more plot details.
reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 276 more book reviews
Loved the two males, Nico, a winged man and his best friend Andreas, a tiger shifter. Patricia is a normal woman who owns the antique store where she finds and treats an injured Nico. She is drawn to his gentle nature and soon becomes involved with both Nico and the more abrasive Andreas.
bratz54 avatar reviewed Mortal Temptations (Mortal, Bk 1) on + 1024 more book reviews
Was a great read, couldn't put it down read the how thing in one day. Its about 2 demigods under a curse from Hera. Nico a wing god and Andreas, son of Zeus, a snow leopard sifter.

Warning- there are a lot of m/m and m/f action with a few threesomes.