What A Demon Wants [Paperback]

What a Demon Wants is book four in Love's saga of New Orleans' supernaturals finding love. And here we get the first supe/supe pairing. The leading lady this time is authoress Ellina (Maksim's sister from book 3 Demon Can't Help It), a reclusive half demon half human crossbreed who maintains calm and control at all times because any type of excitement, including arousal, makes her literally 'horny'. You can imagine the crimp that's put in Ellina's love life, especially since she's attracted to humans and not other supes.

Of course Ellina just hasn't met the right supe yet. That all changes, when after several break-ins at Ellina's home, brother Maksim decides Ellina needs protection. Against Ellina's wishes, Maksim hires paranormal body guard Jude to keep Ellina safe. Even though Jude has a 'thing' against demons, the attraction between the pair is electric. But with Jude's reservations about getting involved with a demon - not to mention a client - in addition to Ellina's 'scaly little problem' - then to top it off, throw in Ellina's mysterious stalker - and it's not clear how things can work out between the pair. Not to worry though, HEA's always find a way, because as every bodyguard knows ... the best way to guard a body is up close - real close.

I liked What A Demon Wants. Both Jude and Ellina are quite appealing as leads and that goes a long way in making this a cute and sexy read. The background stalker story is not much of a mystery for us readers, but even though it was tossed off quickly at the end, I wasn't upset with the resolution of the stalker story line (I thought it was kind of funny). And while I liked the haunted Jude a great deal, his supernatural secrets aren't fully explored (What is he trying to win free of?) and, when adding this to the thin plot, What A Demon Wants ends up being a lightweight romance. But that didn't stop me from enjoying the book, because I was in the mood for something light, and now and then it's nice to read a book where your brain doesn't have to work to hard:)

So I thought What a Demon Wants was a nice, if frothy, addition to Love's series which includes: Any Way You Want It, I Want You To Want Me and Maksim's story (which is still my favorite though). Also I really enjoyed meeting Ellina's twin demon brothers, Pasha and Andry - one light and one dark and both mischievous. The brothers look to be promising candidates for future books, because yes, from the epilog, it's clear that Love's not done with her demons yet.

I usually love Kathy Love but found this book very disappointing. There was a series of let downs and unanswered questions for me. First of all the back cover said he was hired to kill her. That never happened. Why doesnt he sleep? Vampires and Werewolfs sleep. The part where she tells her brothers to stop and they do. Am I the only one that thought she was going to turn out to be more powerful than she knew? And the Big reason he has to take these jobs he hates... buy back his soul?...bring his kid back to life?... No.To open a restaurt???!!! Really??!! And the bad guy who wants to kill her so bad so boring since you kinda know who it is and the reason and resolution behind it was so dull. I hope her next book is better like the other books before this.

While the two lead characters are likable, in general, the story fails to fulfill the reader's need for believable conflicts and crisis, exciting twists and turns, satisfying resolutions. The set-up, while not original, is okay. Unfortunately, the plot develops with plodding and uninspired measures. The bad guy is easily defeated (the reader never really fears for the safety of the lead). The female's emotional insecurities are quickly assuaged by the lead male (you grow horns when you have sex--cool he says!). The lead alpha has lots of weapons, which never need to be used (what is the old clichéd adage about a loaded gun--it better go off by the end of the story? Don't count on it here). Even the love/sex scenes are blah. Why would the characters--who are supernatural, immortal, dynamic--apparently live in the rather tediously normal human world in which highest aspirations run to living quietly and writing books (which hardly leads to exciting fiction itself) and opening a little restaurant? Even the secondary characters' stories are resolved with boring regularity. This is a paranormal story on Metamucil.

› Go to Amazon.com to see all 22 reviews  3.4 out of 5 stars