Review: Immortal Temptress by Aileen Fish

Title: Immortal Temptress

Author: Aileen Fish

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Category: Adult

Book Blurb (from Goodreads)

May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead. Enya’s job is to escort the dying on their final journey, to make sure their souls get to heaven before a demon can steal their bodies. For centuries she has done this without emotion, until the body in question belongs to Kane Sullivan. Not only does she desire his rock-hard body, she can't bear the thought of him dying. But she’s not supposed to become emotionally involved in a death. Kane's sudden run of near-fatal accidents always happen when Enya is present. She might be hot, but he's not willing to die to get to know her. Then he discovers she’s fighting for his soul. That damned immortal temptress might be the death of him. 

My Thoughts

This book didn’t quite disappoint despite its length. I wasn’t expecting a book with only five chapters, yet it was fast-paced and very quick to the point. At the beginning, the book seemed vague as I was figuring out which character is which; which is the antagonist and protagonist respectively.

Enya is an angel I supposed, since it is never mentioned in the story about what she really is. All I know about her is that her job is to escort a dead person’s soul to heaven before the body is stolen by a demon. The fact that I didn’t know what she really is made it very difficult for me to connect to her. On top of that, her physical description is somewhat unclear, other than she is described as having long, black hair and pale complexion. The author seemed to forget to describe her in proper detail, so Enya’s character is intangible though I could see her as a sullen 400+ year-old Goth girl in tight mini skirt and heavy make-up. Even the male character, Kane Sullivan, is vague as well. I had wished that the author had paid more attention to her characters, even if she meant her story finished short and compact.

This story possessed everything; steamy romance, thrill and mystery, even though I’d love for it to be longer. The paranormal world Aileen Fish had created is certainly new, intriguing and darker. The writing was mature and obviously meant for adult readers, which I’d tried to comprehend after reading tons of young adult books with simple narration and language. Reading Immortal Temptress made me feel like a total newbie to adult literature, despite the fact that I’m already an adult. Now I know I should be balancing my book preferences rather than just stick to one genre and age category.

Bornean Bookworm rates: 4 stars out of 5!

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