Comments on: REVIEW: Demon’s Fire by Emma Holly

By: Deanna

Deanna — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:09:45 +0000

I loved Prince of Ice and was quite excited when I heard about this book, but after reading the review, I’m going to give it a miss. I am not into menages.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:38:29 +0000

Oh, Demon’s Daughter is one of my favorite Holly books, even though I think the world building could have been much stronger. I just fell in love with the steampunk setting and the whole theme of honor as it plays out through the book. I liked the second one a bit less, but now that I know that this book is about Beth and Charles (YEA they got together!), I’m a bit more anxious to read it, even though I’m a bit worried about this:

there wasn't the sense of culture that I enjoyed in the previous series.

and this:

Charles and Beth seemed so young in comparison to Phandir

But I rarely pass up a Holly book, even if I’ve felt that her books have become more “lite” in the past few years. There was so much vividness, for example, in the details of time and place in Beyond Seduction, and I’ve been missing that lately in her work.

By: Li

Li — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:57:32 +0000

Thanks for highlighting this release, else I would probably have missed it. I remember loving “Prince of Ice”, but “The Demon’s Daughter” has been languishing in my TBR pile. Time to dig it out, I think!

By: Keishon

Keishon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:50:51 +0000

I’ve read Cooking Up a Storm by Emma Holly, years ago but I haven’t had any luck in reading her crossover stuff. I’ve bought, started and stopped enough of her books to not try again anytime soon. I can’t put my finger on why her books just don’t work for me, only that they just don’t.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:21:11 +0000

One of the problems I had was that Charles and Beth seemed so young in comparison to Phandir. It felt like the two of them were a couple of college students off on a study abroad trip where they came across a house of ill repute and experimented their heads off.

Sometimes I read a book and ponder over how to relate my thoughts or wonder what it was that was really nagging me. DEMON’S FIRE was one of those. As soon as I read the above quote, I thought…”oh yeah…that. Thanks Jane. That was like an aching tooth.

I just wanted to add a note about Holly’s handling of menage relationships. I think her book MENAGE is one of the best 3-some books I’ve read. While it’s a well written erotic romance it also deals in a pretty realistic way how such a relationship would affect the participants emotionally. It’s not all about le sex. That book was one of the first that I read that even came close to touching on the realistic inherent difficulties of three people in a relationship.

By: vanessa jaye

vanessa jaye — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:03:41 +0000

I also loved the two previous entries in this series, but…. for the most part I’m not seeking out 3-somes, so I’ll probably leave this one alone and look forward to the next. :-P

By: loonigrrl

loonigrrl — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:30:37 +0000

I loved the last one in this series- Prince of Ice. As in, I think it’s my favorite Emma Holly book ever. I just got this last night. I’m hoping for good things, but I’ve got kind of mixed emotions about Phandir and, honestly, menage books usually aren’t my favorite.