Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Damon Snow and the Nocturnal Lessons 
SERIES: Damon Snow #1
AUTHOR: Olivia Helling
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 100 pages
BLURB:
Damon Snow thinks he has the world figured out. As an incubus and male prostitute, the world is a cruel, dark and lonely place where men only want one thing.
When his long-time patron Byrne discovers he’s dying, Byrne offers to leave his entire fortune to Damon.
There’s only one catch: Damon has to investigate and write about the reason another patron Price visits him. Easy — the same thing as all men.
But what starts as an easy assignment turns into an impossible secret, the last thing Damon would ever suspect. If men only want the one thing, how can one possibly fall in love?
REVIEW:
I’m not sure what to say about this book, honestly. It was very strange. I was interested to read it when I saw the blurb, I love a good Regency historical romance novel, plus I love rent boy stories, so it seemed like I should read it! But it was just odd. Damon is an incubus, but other than needed to get some sexual energy from having sex, he doesn’t do anything remotely paranormal. The fact that he is an incubus didn’t add anything to the story. He works in a molly house, but spends a fair amount of time with one of his customers (flat as he calls them) who is dying. Byrne, the sick man, has Damon read to him, but can’t do anything physical with him anymore. He tells Damon that he’ll leave his fortune to him if he writes a story/journal about one of his other clients. Damon agrees, and decides to write about his next client, who happens to be a man named Price, who goes with him because the boy that Price wanted to see wouldn’t see him. So Damon writes up a couple of sentences about his experience with Price, but Byrne is not impressed, and tells him he has to track down Price and ask him some questions. So he does. I’ll stop there, since there isn’t much more to the plot.
It’s a very strange story, the only glimpse of romance we get is not between Damon, but between two other characters. There is some sex, Damon with Price, then Damon hiding behind a curtain and jacking off while another couple have sex, then Damon and the old sick guy. Not really what I like to read about personally! I didn’t have an opinion of Damon one way or the other, there isn’t anything to like about him, but there wasn’t really a reason for me to dislike him. There is very little plot, not much action, no drama, and it gets off to a very slow start. I appreciate what Damon does for the other couple, and I guess I liked what he was doing for Byrne. I didn’t dislike this book, but I didn’t like it either, there wasn’t enough to it for me. It was just blah, and I’m not sure I’ll remember much about it tomorrow.
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