Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Wicked Sexy


Title: Wicked Sexy
Author: R.G. Alexander
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Publisher URL: http://www.samhainpublishing.com/
ISBN: 978-1-60504-887-1
Genre: [M/F/M] Contemporary Paranormal Ménage
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Mystical Nymph

Growing up in foster homes left Callie with a deep desire for a family of her own and the closest she’s ever come is being with the family of her best friend, Harrison Abbott. The Abbott’s have the kind of warm, caring and loving relationship Callie’s always craved and never experienced. They’re also powerful witches called Magians. Someone’s killing young female witches during the Triune ritual, which is where they find their two mates. When the Abbotts need her human perspective to discover the killer, she’s more than willing to help, even if it means putting herself in danger and dealing with her friend’s two brothers, Tyghe and Tucker.

Playing the part of a distant Abbott cousin brings Callie fully into the magical life Harrison and her family inhabit. Callie expects to be dazzled by their glitz and powerful world, but she doesn’t expect the blistering hot passion that ignites with the barest of touches from Tyghe and Tucker. The inferno of desire threatens to consume them and reawakens a decades old secret that could get her killed.

Wicked Sexy is the first release in R.G. Alexander’s new series, Wicked³. It’s a fast paced look into the magical world of the Abbott family. It contains a nice blend of paranormal and fantasy, with a healthy dose of lust, passion and desire mixed in.

Callie’s friendship with Harrison is nicely detailed, giving a good feeling of how important the Abbott family is to her life. The unexpected attraction between Tyghe and Callie was handled nicely, as was their first physical intimacy. Think blistering hot…even with a fan. Then later add in Tucker to make their threesome complete and the passion rockets skyward into the stratosphere.

I enjoyed the suspense portion of the story, and was pleased it didn’t overpower what was going on between Callie, Tucker and Tyghe. I must admit the identity of the villain surprised me. The explanation of why the killing occurred was handled well but I felt the resolution came a little quickly and would have benefited by being a little longer. Actually, a longer length would have benefited character development, since I never got a good handle on what made Tucker and Tyghe tick.

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