Temptation by Fire by Tiffany Allee
Published by Entangled
Published on: December 30, 2013
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 201
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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When Ava has a vision of a man's violent death, experience tells her she can't stop it from happening. For once, she's wrong. She saves him, but in doing so enters a world of manipulative demons and the men who hunt them.
Driven by the memory of his murdered family, Karson toils in the violent, thankless fight against demonkind. Masquerading as humans, demons are always a step ahead. But just when he thinks vengeance will be his, Ava shatters his plans and twists his focus.
Her powers have pushed her away from human contact, but this tattooed hunter with a battered heart draws Ava in. Working with the pretty little psychic is a challenge Karson can handle. But keeping his hands off of her is nearly impossible. With demons on their trail and Ava determined to make things right, keeping his heart safe will be just as tough as keeping Ava alive.
I wanted to love this book, I really did. We don’t always get what we want. It really checked all the boxes for me-paranormal romance, likable characters, really bad villains. One of those in the end, wasn’t so true for me.
Ava is a twenty five year old psychic who has spent her life trying to keep from touching people. Touching for her equals visions-not always, but enough that her own family wants nothing to do with her. She has the great best friend, Miriam, which is good since she shuts out most people due to her curse, as she refers to it. She meets Karson, a demon hunter that is in the middle of a huge operation to exorcise the demon inside of a man named Thomas. He’s a couple of days away from his plan coming to fruition, when Ave touches Thomas by mistake. The vision she sees is pretty horrific, not good news for Karson, as it may cause Thomas to figure out what’s happening. It is the catalyst for the two to meet though.
Let’s talk about the likable characters. In the very beginning, I did like Ava, and her best friend Miriam. It pretty much went downhill for me from there. When the main character ignores all the warnings that she is in horrible danger, goes to the one place where the actual danger is(when she really doesn’t have to), AND pretty much acts like an idiot while there, she isn’t going to be my favorite character any more. The phrase “too stupid to live” kept playing over and over in my head throughout the rest of the book, and although she does straighten up her act(character growth and all that), I couldn’t get past it, and believe me, I wanted to! I did like Karson a lot. He is a tortured individual, feels like he is more demon then man due to the demon killing life he leads, and is a total hot alpha male. And apparently, he is extremely forgiving.
The author uses Ava’s actions to move the story along, of course I know this. I just think it could have been done a different way. I didn’t want her to act the way she did-I know everyone makes mistakes and all that, but it just sort of ruined the remainder of the story for me, and it made it a little hard for me to even finish reading it.
The rest of the story was full of romance, demon hunting, and Ava coming into her own as a woman with special abilities-oh yes, having visions isn’t the only thing she can do. If you read this, you may really enjoy it. I know I would have rated it higher if the whole rest of the story hadn’t depended on Ava’s actions early on in the story, because I did enjoy some later parts of the story. The romance and chemistry between Ava and Karson was hot, but also sweet at times, and I did like that. Ava’s and Miriam’s friendship was also a good part of the story.
By the way, I did read some reviews on Amazon(after I wrote this) and the book did get some good ones.
I’m Lorna and I live in Maryland. Since retiring, I spend my time mostly reading and reviewing books. My favorite reads are Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Young Adult. I read a lot of indie books in addition to traditionally published books. Favorite paranormal creature? Vampires, but I am really liking werewolves more everyday.
Yep, that would have done it for me too, Lorna. It’s a shame the author made Ava ‘too stupid to live’ when the book seems to have had so many other good elements – Karson, Miriam, action, nice romance. Guess it’s a good thing it had those so you got some pleasure out of the read. Nice review!
I know,reviews on Amazon mention what she does, but I guess it was okay with them..I think I just wanted the author to get there without making the MC be stupid 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Temptation by Fire by Tiffany Allee
Unlikable characters is something I just can’t get past either. And it makes me crazy when a character is just plain dumb. I think I’ll pass on this one, but thanks for your honest review!
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The rest of the characters were pretty likable-except for the demons of course!
Lorna recently posted…Review: Temptation by Fire by Tiffany Allee
TSTL characters — gah!! If you’re going to have one of those characters, can we at least get some Darwinism in action and have them actually die? I’d so read that.
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I know,right?..I like to care about the main characters 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Temptation by Fire by Tiffany Allee
I read this a while ago and while I loved the story I did have a hard time with Ava’s actions, I kept thinking she had a death wish throughout most of the book…LOL I’ve read some of Tiffany’s other books that are part of a series and don’t remember having the same issues there so maybe this was a one-time thing for her! Great review Lorna 🙂
Lori recently posted…Early Review: Vampire Trouble by Sara Humphreys
This was the first by her that I read, and like I said, from the blurb I really wanted to like it 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Temptation by Fire by Tiffany Allee
This probably sounds mean but I have a really hard time reading books where the characters are like this. I just don’t understand how someone can ignore all those red flags. I hate it in TV shows and movies as well, it just drives me crazy!
I think this is one I would need to pass on. I can see lots of eye rolling if I did.
kindlemom1 recently posted…Release Day Review, Spotlight and Giveaway: Dark Paradise by Angie Sandro
I kept thinking about characters that do this stuff in movies and television, and I always ended up yelling at them, and I kinda wanted to yell while reading this too..LOL
Lorna recently posted…Review: Temptation by Fire by Tiffany Allee
We rated this the same, Lorna. I felt there’s something missing. Unsure if it was too short or if it was too fast. I didn’t quite connect with the characters and the entire plot.
Braine Talk Supe recently posted…Suped Up: Revealed: The Missing Years by Aleatha Romig
We totally agree then 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Temptation by Fire by Tiffany Allee
It’s sad when we do not get what we wished for :/
blodeuedd recently posted…Cold Hard Secret – Sierra Dean
Very true 🙂
Always a touch disappointing when it has all the makings for something you’d adore and then just doesn’t make it happen. Hopefully the next will work out better for ya 🙂
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Sorry I just now saw your comment. It was disappointing but there’s always another book 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Raphael by D.B. Reynolds
I don’t think this book would be for me, the TSTL character would grate on my nerves.
A great review Lorna.
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Thanks! Sorry for the delay-just saw this. And you are so right, TSTL characters are the worse-especially in a main character 🙂