Current Tags
urban fantasy, succubus, demons, incubus, parallel worlds, action adventure, new adult
Categories
Fantasy / Paranormal
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Author's Description
Alma Drake is up to her eyeballs in soul debt to her Incubus, Ian, and she's flat broke in terms of real-world cash. She can't talk about it to any of her friends, and she had to leave college to keep from killing her classmates. To make things worse, her mother thinks she's a junkie. It's been a rough month, so when shadowy figures start chasing her through the night, something's got to give.
Why I Chose it
This is a little grittier than the average urban fantasy novel, but the premise is interesting and the stakes are clear right from the start.
[31 episodes, with 3 in the last 30 days.]
Who Might Like This
If gritty urban fantasy sounds like your jam, check this one out!
Unrelated Griping
Ah, yes, the bots have hit Vella. Most of the stories in the new release section today are word salad.
The last time I saw this was on Kobo, and the books were easy to pick out because they all used the same horrible typography on the cover, and most of them had "characters" with the same name. After a lot of head scratching, we came up with the theory that they had been created to help launder cryptocurrency — cryptocurrency can be used to purchase books, and the author's royalty looks like legitimate income.
Unfortunately for the Kobo crew, they bought so many copies of the same books that they ended up on the top sellers lists and infiltrated everyone's recommendations. That got their accounts cancelled.
I don't know if that's what is going on with all the new submissions on Vella. Whatever it is, it's annoying if you're trying to find stories worth reading...
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