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Heaven and Hell
[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Fantasy Romance, M/M, gods, HEA]
The gods are tired of their selfish, bratty children who are a reflection of their parents' worst faults. Each deity has been charged with improving their child.
Jason DeWitt, son of Zeus, is spoiled and arrogant. Marco Pace has known that Jason is his soul mate for the last fifty years, but Marco has seen Jason’s rotten behavior only get worse with time. At Jason’s birthday party, Marco claims him as his mate. Jason refuses and recoils from the mating when Marco proceeds to dictate how Jason will behave, where he will live, and where he will work.
Just as they begin to move in the right direction, Marco’s succubus mother kidnaps Jason in an attempt to lure Marco back to his demonic ways. Will Marco save his soul mate before his mother can drain Jason of his life and become immortal?
The gods are tired of their selfish, bratty children who are a reflection of their parents' worst faults. Each deity has been charged with improving their child.
Jason DeWitt, son of Zeus, is spoiled and arrogant. Marco Pace has known that Jason is his soul mate for the last fifty years, but Marco has seen Jason’s rotten behavior only get worse with time. At Jason’s birthday party, Marco claims him as his mate. Jason refuses and recoils from the mating when Marco proceeds to dictate how Jason will behave, where he will live, and where he will work.
Just as they begin to move in the right direction, Marco’s succubus mother kidnaps Jason in an attempt to lure Marco back to his demonic ways. Will Marco save his soul mate before his mother can drain Jason of his life and become immortal?
- GenresParanormalM M Romance
92 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2012
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November 3, 2012
Congrats to the author for This book. It's an excellent story and very different from what I originally thought when I read the title. I was caught up in the story so much I forgot to eat my lunch! (cold lunch ended up going to the dogs ;). )
I loved the characters and though I would have liked to see more of Marcos perspective during the story I still enjoyed it.
Can't wait for The next book and even thoughts far as I can tell this is only Tedi Sinclairs second book to be published she is now one of my favorites.
I loved the characters and though I would have liked to see more of Marcos perspective during the story I still enjoyed it.
Can't wait for The next book and even thoughts far as I can tell this is only Tedi Sinclairs second book to be published she is now one of my favorites.
February 11, 2013
A different take than the latest norm on matings. Cool that demigods are not immune.. and that they are about to be taken down a notch from their (or at least Jason) arrogance.
Marco was a confusing character. He acted like an ass himself being all dominant and arrogant with some tenderness mixed in. Thou they are mated (and no explanations besides having sex are given on consumating a mating here) it's not insta-love.. at least for Jason we are completely sure about. Marco, again in an enigma. We learn he's known about Jason for some time and has been waiting for him but that doesn't translate into love overnight either.
After a few days of whining and pouting (as it seems) Jason resolves to try to make it work with Marco due to the strong attraction to Marco, who in turn becomes suspicious of an almost overnight turn around.
I think a more slow approach to the both of them accepting AND learning to trust each other would have put this over the top (hence 4 stars instead of 5) but am looking forward to more of God's children getting mates in the future.
Marco was a confusing character. He acted like an ass himself being all dominant and arrogant with some tenderness mixed in. Thou they are mated (and no explanations besides having sex are given on consumating a mating here) it's not insta-love.. at least for Jason we are completely sure about. Marco, again in an enigma. We learn he's known about Jason for some time and has been waiting for him but that doesn't translate into love overnight either.
After a few days of whining and pouting (as it seems) Jason resolves to try to make it work with Marco due to the strong attraction to Marco, who in turn becomes suspicious of an almost overnight turn around.
I think a more slow approach to the both of them accepting AND learning to trust each other would have put this over the top (hence 4 stars instead of 5) but am looking forward to more of God's children getting mates in the future.
March 9, 2013
I was afraid the gods and goddess was going to be a big part of the book. I was happy to see it was used more as a back drop to the main story. Liked that the characters were fleshed out more, then in some other books. It wasn't just a slam, bam thank you type of book. I've read Tedi's other books and can see her growth in just 3 books. Looking forward to her next one in this series.
November 7, 2012
Loved this book! I also love the theme of each deity helping their children become better and finding mates! It really gives you a look into culture and attributes of the gods. Cant wait to read more in this series!
January 23, 2013
2.5/5 rounded up because there were parts I actually genuinely liked before it devolved into the clusterfuck of an ending it had.
(this was one of those reviews I started writing while I was reading. Be warned)
There was that awk Stockholm-fucked-into-submission thing that just didn't work for me. At all. I mean, he goes from vindictive to suddenly accomodating. Well, not suddenly, I guess. I think the fucking was supposed to be the excuse of that =_=.
I dunno...I kind of would have wanted a more...conscious decision or something? Something that doesn't render the whole thing Stockholm...
It definitely would have strengthened the relationship because it really did settle in nicely. I'm choosing to believe that there was
just something missing in the stated development as opposed to random Stockholming since Marco isn't completely a manipulative jackass like Dane was, not really, and Jason isn't dysfunctional like Vanlyn was. (Illusion of Night, which features a pretty spectacular example of a match made in Stockholm)
(Okay, yeah, Marco's a jackass, but he's a misguided jackass.
I guess you could chalk it down to the whole mating bond thing? But then, again, it should have been at least stated.
Oooooh wait. Found it. Well...better late than never?
I am sad, though, at the disregard for the subjunctive mood. Alas.
Actually, I like how self-aware the characters are. There's no stupid posturing and idiotic bewilderment/ignoring-of-the-obvious. It helps temper the angst and cut down on idiotic posturing that seems to happen so often with these non-con/dub-con-turned-romance situations.
It's actually the reason I liked Concubine so much, as it was a breath of fresh air. Needless to say, I'm rather happy other authors have not completely eschewed common sense. (even though, as Voltaire said, common sense is not so common...)
Okay, I'm empathizing more with Jason right now...Maybe this Marco's POV thing will ingratiate himself with me. Argh, but he's such a stupid tool. Don't get me wrong. I can see why he would think the way he does. Doesn't make him any less of a tool.
This is why I empathize with Jason over Marco:
Ooookay...starting to hit my squick meter...This is getting a little Stockholm/codependent for my tastes. Just a bit, mind you, but still. It's starting to register...
They have problems, but they're very...real, problems, I guess. And they way they generally handle things is very...rational, which is nice.
O_o Okay, really codependent.
(this was one of those reviews I started writing while I was reading. Be warned)
There was that awk Stockholm-fucked-into-submission thing that just didn't work for me. At all. I mean, he goes from vindictive to suddenly accomodating. Well, not suddenly, I guess. I think the fucking was supposed to be the excuse of that =_=.
I dunno...I kind of would have wanted a more...conscious decision or something? Something that doesn't render the whole thing Stockholm...
It definitely would have strengthened the relationship because it really did settle in nicely. I'm choosing to believe that there was
just something missing in the stated development as opposed to random Stockholming since Marco isn't completely a manipulative jackass like Dane was, not really, and Jason isn't dysfunctional like Vanlyn was. (Illusion of Night, which features a pretty spectacular example of a match made in Stockholm)
(Okay, yeah, Marco's a jackass, but he's a misguided jackass.
I guess you could chalk it down to the whole mating bond thing? But then, again, it should have been at least stated.
Oooooh wait. Found it. Well...better late than never?
I am sad, though, at the disregard for the subjunctive mood. Alas.
Actually, I like how self-aware the characters are. There's no stupid posturing and idiotic bewilderment/ignoring-of-the-obvious. It helps temper the angst and cut down on idiotic posturing that seems to happen so often with these non-con/dub-con-turned-romance situations.
It's actually the reason I liked Concubine so much, as it was a breath of fresh air. Needless to say, I'm rather happy other authors have not completely eschewed common sense. (even though, as Voltaire said, common sense is not so common...)
Okay, I'm empathizing more with Jason right now...Maybe this Marco's POV thing will ingratiate himself with me. Argh, but he's such a stupid tool. Don't get me wrong. I can see why he would think the way he does. Doesn't make him any less of a tool.
This is why I empathize with Jason over Marco:
Ooookay...starting to hit my squick meter...This is getting a little Stockholm/codependent for my tastes. Just a bit, mind you, but still. It's starting to register...
They have problems, but they're very...real, problems, I guess. And they way they generally handle things is very...rational, which is nice.
O_o Okay, really codependent.
March 19, 2017
Anyone who has read any of the Midnight Matings series will probably recognize the similarity in this book, at least at first. The Gods are looking to integrate themselves back into the lives of humans but they also have a bit of a problem; their children. Years of growing up, looking to their parents for guidance and how to behave, has basically made the lot of demigods spoiled, entitled brats. Jason, the son of Zeus, is no exception to this and at his coming of age party the fates show up with a "blessing" to bestow upon not only Jason but the rest of the demigods as well. Without intending to, and without understanding anything, Jason then finds himself mated to Marco. This...is not a relationship made in heaven. Seriously, the word fractious doesn't even begin to detail this entire thing. Eventually things do straighten themselves out and we get a HEA but along the way there are a multitude of problems and secrets that have to be told. I did like this book though I had trouble believing in Jason's change of heart and how abruptly it seemed to happen. I know that's par for course in stories like this one, and I'm fine with that, but even knowing that I found it a little abrupt in this. Either way, I wouldn't mind reading more in the series but I'm not going to run to buy it right now.
November 3, 2012
Marco was like an arrogant ass for over half the bk, he got better
November 4, 2012
3.5 stars
March 30, 2014
The story was great but i did not like the fact that Marco knew Jason was his mate for 50 bloody years. That's such a turn off for me.
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