Reviewed by Stephen K.
TITLE: Incubus Broken
AUTHOR: S. Rodman
PUBLISHER: Siren Publishing
LENGTH: 97 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 23rd 2021
BLURB:
Gentle giant Daniel believes the world is normal and safe, until one night driving home with his children, his world collides with the shy and beautiful Ezekiel. Who turns out to be a demon.
Daniel assumes at first that Ezekiel is a homeless rent boy with a dark past. Ezekiel doesn’t know what kindness is. Or kisses or hugs. Despite only ever knowing cruelty he is kind and sweet. Adoring and adored by the children. Daniel longs to help him, to drag him from his dark world, to his sunny one.
But the journey is far harder and darker than Daniel could ever have imagined. Daniel wonders if he is strong enough, if fairy tales are true and if love does conquer all.
There is real evil in Ezekiel’s life and it threatens them all, as Daniel discovers the real monster is not the demon.
REVIEW:
I’ve a weakness for broken winged birds. Ezekiel, an incubus who’s been abused since childhood, who’s unfamiliar with the concept of a kiss, and who thinks of a hug as “that squishing thing,” clearly qualifies.
This short novella is an inventive tale of a hulking, single, gay dad who rescues an incubus mid way through an exorcism mistaking a priest for a mugger. Being about an incubus, this tale contains plenty of sexual situations. But it’s really not all that graphic and is actually more sweet than sexual.
Though over-sized, overthinking, Daniel (see Cover Image) doesn’t really understand very quickly what’s going on, the tale is pretty low-angst. It’s basically a romantic read – with the bumfuzzled gay dad trying to resist temptation that no one, himself included, really wants to resist. It’s also entertaining to imagine a sex demon being so fond of the pink & glittery. Daniel’s learning about exactly how Ezekiel needs to feed is really rather sweet as well.
Of course, without a bad guy this wouldn’t be much of a tale. But the wizard here that controls Ezekiel does the majority of his lurking off-page, until it’s time for him to be vanquished by our heroes.
At only 97 pages, it’s a quick, and quirky, fun-filled read. I enjoyed it, and can recommend it for those looking for some romantic flirty fun.
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