Dani never expects to meet her hot new neighbor, Eros, for the first time wearing only her underwear. And she definitely never expects to dream of him as a demon with large, curved horns and an insatiable hunger for her.For her boyfriend and for her own sanity, Dani’s determined to avoid Eros at all costs.But there’s one problem: she can’t seem to stay away from him. He’s haunting her nights with … haunting her nights with his devilish black eyes and he’s hiding a dangerous secret that may cost Dani her life.
Next-Door Incubus is a paranormal romance novel written by Destiny Diess. It is the first book in the Becoming Lust Trilogy.
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It is so good. I promise you will love it
Next Door Incubus was NOT what I was expecting.
I thought I had an idea of the book. I caught onto some things, but Nope. Not even close. I was totally off except on 1 thing. I just didn’t know how big it actually was. And I absolutely LOVE that. While I thoroughly enjoy connecting little facts, I love even more being surprised. And for that, I bow down to Destiny. Thank you for the plot twists!
What I love about the PNR community, is that we can have a common idea- for instance, Incubus/succubus – but each author can put their own fantastic spin on it. That’s what happened in this book. There were a lot of concepts that I was familiar with, but it was put together in a new exciting way for me.
I started this book and really struggled to put it down. I was 100% lazy this weekend with the books I read, and I don’t have any regrets.
And if Incubus doesn’t give you any ideas, just be prepared for some (
I had high hopes for thIs storyline. Sadly it did the meet my expectations. The characters are not well developed in regards to how the excerpt was written.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is the first book of Ms. Deiss that I have read, and it definitely won’t be the last. I always love to find and read books on Heaven and Hell, demons and angels in all of their forms. I was surprised and happy with the way that Ms. Deiss introduced her characters and how they developed through out the tale. I found Dani to be a bit too whiny, but she grew on me. I absolutely love Eros. He’s an injured alpha who is coming in to his own again. The explosive chemistry between Dani and Eros left me gasping and begging for more. I enjoyed this book, and I recommend it to those 18+ due to the very graphic sexual scenes. Thank you BookSprout for gifting me a copy of this book and introducing me to a new author. I look forward to finding out what happens next.
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Dani has a new neighbour. Eros is a handsome flirt, who also happens to be a demon. Even though Dani has a boyfriend, she is helpless against Eros flirting. Then she comes to know his secret. And her own secret. Loved this book. Cant wait to read the next book in the series. Thanx.
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This book could have been told in half the length and still not missed anything. It was full of confused plot twists that didn’t enhance the story, like how the FMC original boyfriend gets taken out of the way. No real reason for that plot line. And there was this whole focus on monogamy as the goal for the two lovers but then we’re thrown a sloppy threesome and the plans for “much more sexual partners” in the future. Why even bring the monogamy up? Made no sense to me. So I will not be continuing on with this series, it’s not interesting or well written enough in my opinion.
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This book was so steamy and hot! It had. A great cliffhanger at the end so I’m waiting for the next book! All of the characters were amazing too!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Next-door Incubus is the first book in Becoming Lust Trilogy. It’s a really hot,steamy paranormal romance read.
It took me some time to get into this story. It was fast paced and I think some parts were really rushed and repetitive but still I enjoyed reading it.
Next-door Incubus starts when Dani meets her new next-door neighbors. From that moment her whole life has been turned upside down and everything is starting to change.Even though she has a boyfriend she can’t seem to ignore chemistry and attraction she feels towards Eros and dreams she keeps having about him are making her feel like she is loosing her mind. There are so many things happening but I’m not going to talk about them because I don’t want to spoil it for anyone. I liked this world that the author has created and I really,really love this cover! 2,5
I was excited to read ‘Next-Door Incubus (Becoming Lust Book 1)’ by Destiny Diess. What’s not to love about a story about the demon next door with the smoldering good looks, pretty green eyes, and love handles on his head?
My expectations for storytelling weren’t high and I was fine with that. I figured there’d be a little interspersed between a lot of fun smut scenes, with a ton of playful flirting along the way. Well, none of that was exactly what I got. So, even though my expectations were low and a bit shallow, I was still disappointed.
This book really reads like a piece of weak fanfic. I mean, the author has no trouble putting coherent thoughts together or even setting down a path to where she wants to end up.
In fact, I think Destiny was rather ambitious. She seemed to mean to tell a story, rather that just focusing on juicy bits. But instead, every chance she had to explore the plot points she laid out, she skipped them. They would happen somewhere ‘off scene.’ She would often sort of forward past them by a few hours, days, or even weeks.. only to pick up by having some character tell us that they occurred.
It’s the strangest thing. Relationship bomb? Vindication? Dramatic life-changes? World altering deaths? All discussed after the fact. All pivotal plot points, if the story had actually been written instead of alluded to. Nothing seen at all. Just– ‘hey, so.. this happened.. and now here’s the result of that.’
At that point, she may as well have left out the story altogether, because I feel like I slid into a chat room somewhere in the early 2000’s and just happened to see someone ‘writing’ in a scrolling window for a few friends who had even less of an idea of how a book might read. Which is really a shame. I feel like with some training, Destiny could develop into a relatively worthy author, but she needs to learn to focus and expand on details and concepts. She needs to slow down and let the reader experience what’s happening.
Of the ‘steam scenes,’ of which there were many, there’s a threesome which is pretty well done. It is by far the most detailed scene, but really just because so much happens.
For the most part, what’s hottest about this book and our big, strong incubus.. is the themes. He’s a naughty boy. He likes playing with the idea of getting caught, he gets a bit pushy when he’s in a lusty mood, and the things he does are just plain hot. Unfortunately though, like everything else.. many of the scenes end up feeling really rushed because they’re just not visualized well.
The sex scenes felt a bit awkward. They felt as if they were written as if the idea of them was based on adult videos for traditionally masculine target audience, rather than from the perspective of a woman with any experience. Some aspects of them.. some of the verbal exchanges and settings are pretty solid, it just isn’t cohesive.
There’s a decent amount of character building actually, I was surprised by how much backstory she had for them, even if it was told in sputtering amounts through a catch-up mechanism. And their backstories were interesting. If told well, they would have rocked.. just like the main story itself.
Sadly, I didn’t really care for the female lead. Mostly she did a lot of whining and telling us how alternatingly ‘good’ or ‘sinful’ she was. A word to the wise, let the stories tell us these things. When they come from the character’s mouths.. they’re not believable.
Eros is rather lovely though and absolutely her shining moments in the novel due to the lack of detail everywhere else. The information dump isn’t ideal, but you have to take the positives where you can find them sometimes.
Also, I did really like the take on Lucifer’s kingdom. She actually gave us a bit of imagery here and I was starving for it by then, but I just liked the direction she decided to go with him. It was a good choice and she has so much potential maybe in a couple of years.
Repetition of the mention of their scents got really old. Don’t get me wrong, I like coming away with a tangible idea of what being around a character might be like.. and scent is a really good way to convey that, but I don’t need to be told about it every few pages.
Anyway, I know there’s an audience out there for this book. I won’t say it’s awful, but it’s not good either.
(I received this title as an ARC. All opinions are mine and freely given.)
Book one in the Becoming Lust series a well written story, that held my interest throughout. I want to read the next book. This is a new Author to me. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Holy hot demon escapades! I’ve always had a thing for incubus’ and succubus’ and this story is right up there with Anita Blake novels! Dani doesnt know why she keeps having dreams of her gorgeous neighbor Eros especially when she finds Mark’s on herself when she wakes up. I was fanning myself during a particularly hot scene that involved Lucier because hello who doesnt dream on getting hot and heavy with the king of pride himself!!! Okay I dont want to spoil anything for you, especially if my review makes you want to read this book bit seriously read this book! You will not regret it. Its paranormal romance at its scorchingly hottest! With some pretty intense drama!
I recieved an ARC in exchange for a honest review.