Review...Captive Souls: Stone's Embrace by Delilah Devlin |Book Junkie

Angels, Demon's, Gargoyles, Witches.... oh my. Ms. Delilah Devlin has done it again, what you ask.... written an completely intriguing and captivation story about the supernatural in CAPTIVE SOULS: STONE'S EMBRACE. This is my first gargoyle book I have read, and the man a fine specimen really, a demon from Hell and one of Hades Guards. Petra's has only felt one other man's touch and that touch (or her curse) incited such a lustful craze that she was not able to prevent a rape from happening. She almost felt like she deserved it for being cursed. She has endured years of abstinence as a cost, not even able to embrace her mother as a daughter should be able to do since before her puberty. See Petra is a witch of sorts with her power to insight lust in men and women alike lead to a rape. Upon her father's death she and her other two sisters were left a house and property in Louisiana and as she arrives to the house she tempts to explore the garden as she waits for her sister's arrival. Do you ever watch horror movies and wonder why the girl goes into the dark basement in her panties and bra with nothing but a hairbrush and want to scream at the dumb twit? Well, I already fell in love with Petra, her character was just sweet and tortured in a way, no dumb twit there, but I still had the same feeling and wanted to yell, "don't go in the garden you silly girl, a dusk, are you crazy! ". But of course she went and set her fate upon a stunning gargoyle half covered in ivy. As she uncovers him she notices that he is in a state of arousal, so in her desperation to feel a man without inciting extreme lust, she strips and mounts him knowing that this is just a gargoyle, a statue, no harm will come. Little does she know that she has released him, him being Octavius the beautiful gargoyle now man. No, wait, not a man, not human since the beautiful creature has wings. Octavius is a guard to Hades who is well, a God really. Oh yes, a God in hell, literally! As Petra lets her self go and isn't quite as alarmed as she should be but she is a tough little thing, resilient and clever, she embraces the fact that Octavius wants her and her power has nothing to do with it, in fact he is unaffected. After their little tryst they are forced to flee from the house and Octavius realized that they are already in another realm and so their journey begins. Petra has unknowingly crossed over when she entered the garden, and they are forced to head to his home, in hell. And stand in front of Hades himself to account for his failures, which was to keep Bacclum out of trouble. The mischievous half breed angel was killing other demons to gain their power and Octavius was not able to stop him. At the moment last know to Octavius, Bacclum was attempting to do just that with Malvo.
Through their journey to Hades there many strange encounters first with the fairy man Charon and forced to use her powers as payment for a quick trip. She is intrigued though as she watches Octavius get aroused from watching her with another man even when his slight demeanor and attitude shows jealousy. With Octavius, Petra is allowed her to explore her pleasure while keeping her safe and Octavius holds her heart not just her lustful desire. She pushes him though through small manipulations but his dominate nature is scarcely held back as he is forced to watch her. She is new to a man's touch and wants to explore with Octavius at her side. Hades wants Petra as soon as he sees her, and nothing will stop him, but with Octavius's help and protection is allows herself to be taken by him and Octavius together and the girl knows how to bargain. But with the devil there always is a price, Gods are tricky so she offers herself to Hades when he so desires for Octavius to return home with her. Petra has a inner strength that has come from years of loneliness and also from the new found freedom she feels with her sexuality and her "curse". She is brave to bargain and is willing to accept the price. After all she gets Octavius, a man that loves and wants her for her and not because he is mindless with lust. Octavius is well, sexy for sure, and proud, so proud that Petra fears her bargain that practically ties him to her has removed his free will. What if he didn't want to be tied to Petra? What if these feelings were one-sided that Petra felt in her heart? Oh the dilemma. And Octavius' end, how will be be embraced if at all by her new family? You will have to read for yourself if find out the end, I have told you enough to get your blood boiling I hope that you will want to read for yourself! Because this one my friends is a keeper..... now off to read the other two books. There are two more sisters to worry about and I am determined to find out their fates as well. If you are interested they are Dominique's Release by Kimberly Kaye Terry and Demon Dreamer by Vivi Anna... Happy Reading!

5 STARS- LOVED IT! COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN

SNIPPET: "A Captive Souls story. Petra Pedersen has lived as a recluse all her life thanks to a genetic double whammy—a strange deformity and a shameful power inherited from the father she will never know. The power to incite lust in men and women with just a touch.
Exploring the garden of the mansion she’s just inherited, she comes across a fascinating stone gargoyle whose raw, passionate expression draws her to caress its broad chest. Her imagination follows her fluttering fingers. As she closes her eyes and gives herself up to the arousal, something shifts beneath her touch. Long ago, failure to stop a demon battle trapped Octavius in a prison of stone. Freed by the woman’s incendiary touch, he doesn’t hesitate to unleash his pent-up rage and desire in a blistering fury. Yet once the haze of lust clears, he discovers he isn’t really free after all. They are both trapped in another realm where he must choose between his last chance for redemption or returning Petra home…"