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[0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Dark Around the Edges: Black Magic Woman (Cambion, #2) [author] author Z., Cari * [isbn] isbn [isbn13] isbn13 9781937058999 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 43 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.97 [num ratings] num ratings 32 [date pub] date pub Mar 08, 2013 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Mar 08, 2013 [rating] Cole's rating 4 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 4 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started Mar 09, 2013 [date read] date read Mar 09, 2013 [date added] date added Mar 13, 2013 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format ebook [29] actions view (with text) [review] 
review Second Read - 5/8/13 Needed to reread this in order to read the third installation of the series for review. The more I read these the more I like thes Second Read - 5/8/13 Needed to reread this in order to read the third installation of the series for review. The more I read these the more I like these characters. I love Cari Z's writing so much :) --------------------------------------- First Read - 3/9/13 Review posted at The Armchair Reader. What a pleasant surprise it was when this second installment of Cari Z's new serial Cambion showed up in my email. The first "episode", published one month ago, was reviewed here and was something that I really enjoyed. We met Devon and Rio in "Heaven's On Fire". Devon is a cambion, half human and half demon/incubus. He has the power of lust and uses it with deadly precision. On the other hand, Rio is an enigma. Secret even among the clandestine group in which they work, Rio is smart, capable and ruthless, yet with a solid and gentle core, something that only Devon really sees. The two have forged a working relationship over time that skirts the edge of friendship. Rio has no reason to lie about the fact that Devon is charming (though his powers don't work on him), that he likes him and finds their easy sexual relationship comforting. Devon feels the same. He has rather progressive and loose boundaries towards sex anyway, but if there were one man who he'd want something more from, it is Rio. In "Heaven's On Fire", Rio came to Devon's rescue, extracting him from a deadly situation involving a pleasure house catered to the grotesque and sadistic taste. He was there to make contact and try to apprehend Porter Grey, a dangerous man known for summoning demons. Porter Grey, however, has proved rather difficult to apprehend, making it out of the club alive and setting off on his own. Now, in "Black Magic Woman", Rio and Devon must make the rounds among the paranormally powerful of Las Vegas to find a way to track the man. Cari Z is continuing to draw me in with this serial. The first episode hooked me but this one did what it needed to keep my interest up. And more than doing that by leading us to more clues as to the overall and main plot, and about Porter Grey, it takes the time to lay down the bones of the characters (especially Rio in this one) and further develop the relationship between the two. There's a lull in the action with this story, to really lay the groundwork for what is to come later. I found that this story was just as much to my taste as the first one, even though it was without big explosions and the action that I enjoyed so much. That is because Devon and Rio can hold the story on their own. Devon is just as funny here as I first saw him, with an outrageous personality and Rio's secrets and air of mystery kept me intrigued, especially as we got to know him better with more of his point of view in this episode. I'm really looking forward to getting more of the story! I definitely recommend this one, but only you know if you'd rather hold out for the whole story to be completed before you read it. I'm usually that way myself, but so far I'm really getting into reading this serial, which must mean that they're doing something right ;) ...more
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