Good Intentions

One of the first things youll notice about the novel, Good Intentions by Elliott Kay, is that there is a lot of sex in these pages. By a lot, I mean something like 30% of the book (maybe more) revolves around steamy action and the contemplation of steamy action. Usually when this happens in a novel I find myself skimming pages trying to get back to the plot, yet in this case, the sex actually is instrumental to the story.

Good Intentions is about a young college student named Alex who stumbles upon a weird crime while he is taking photographs for an art class in a cemetery in the middle of the night. Three men have brutalized and are about to start raping two women. Alex steps in to help them without realizing that the situation is much worse than he understands it to be. In the world of Good Intentions, magic is real and the would-be rapists are trying to bind an angel and a succubus to them through their black arts. Alex, thanks to his interference, accidentally receives the mystic bonds to the supernatural women.

Then things get weird. Rachel is a foul-mouthed angel looking to fight much more aggressively against the hordes of evil than the heavenly host currently favors. Lorelei is a three thousand year old evil temptress who is quite relieved to no longer be bound to her dark master. Alex is a basically good guy with a past that proves to be much more complicated than it would first appear. The binding of these three beings subtly changes the balance of supernatural power in the Seattle area and leads them and Alexs friends into a salvation-or-damnation level fight with the local supernatural community.

What raises this book to five star quality is the excellent character development and the slow and credible character growth, especially of the succubus, Lorelei. It sneaks up on you, but the book is worth reading for that aspect of it alone. Add in the hard-driving action, excellent supporting cast, fantastic surprises and general high quality of the writing and you have a book that will make you very happy there are sequels waiting to be read.

I thought Good Intentions was an excellent book. However, it is a book that is akin to listening to Aqua or Spice Girls, or maybe like watching the Batman series from the 1960s; You may enjoy it, but you may not want your friends to know you are doing so.

The most important thing I can say to a potential reader is read the Warning first. It is pretty accurate, but at the same time, it is what got me to want to read the book. The second most important thing I can say is this has a lot of sex in it. I’m not going to say 30% as another reviewer said, because I am not sure if it is that high, however it is frequent, it is an important part of the story, and some people may be offended by it.

This story is pretty much a young man’s dream. The protagonist, Alex, is a good guy, that at the start of the story just has never been lucky with his dating life. He lives with his mother, alone, and is just going to college. He has had friends that were girls that never developed into a romantic relationship, and he has three very close friends that are males. Then, something happens, and Alex, ever the good guy, stumbles forth with good intentions. He stops a sacrifice by a mad sorcerer, and the consequences fall on him. And I guess it is not a spoiler to say the victims of the sacrifice were to be an angel and a succubus, as they appear on the front cover.

These consequences completely change his life, and he is propelled into a world of fantasy and desire, action and adventure, and challenges he would not have expected. With him are his best friends, Drew, Wade, and Jason. Along the way he picks up more friends and allies, but it comes back to him being a good guy.

Almost all of Alex’s friends are strong supporting characters with believable backgrounds and some unexpected skills. The story is part comedy, part romance/erotic romance, and part adventure.

While I can’t agree with a lot of positions in this book, I enjoyed it immensely enjoyed this book. I also thought the follow up books “Natural Consequences” and “Personal Demons” were entertaining as well.

Corny review title but what the heck !

This book seriously outshines the vast majority of twiglet-style fiction out there. The characters are thoroughly likeable without becoming two dimensional parodies and develop over the course of the book, the humour is very evident in a dry and often caustic way, the sex (of which there is copious quantity of) is handled remarkably well and avoids falling in any unpleasant directions.

Excellent book, have grabbed the follow-up volume, which hopefully will be as much fun.

Also I challenge anyone to not seriously laugh out loud at some of the comments Rachel comes out with in the book ! Lorelei may get most of the action but Rachel gets the best lines !

Sure your personal mileage might vary with this one, but it’s a well-written fun romp. It manages to mix just the right amount of adventure and humour into the urban fantasy mood, then bury a nice blend of romance into the background without having it become too overpowering. The main element that might turn some people off is the slight touch of erotica sprinkled throughout. Since one of the main characters is a succubus, there’s a fair blend of sex written in (along with drawn out descriptions) rather than simply glossed over. However, it all makes sense as part of the story and isn’t there just to titillate. The characters are interesting, and aren’t overblown mary sue types, while the story pulls you along and keeps the pages turning.

My new favourite book series, way more than i expected. i expected some sleazy erotic book that was “ok” and instead got one hell of a book.

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