Both books coud have been developed into full stories they where really great ideas. I hate when an author has a good consept and instead of working it out makes it a novela. When I picked this book up I thought it was one story not two. I did start with this book not knowing it was a series I may have to go and read the first two and then maybe I will understand why she did not write 2 full length stories. I was so very happy that this release came as a novella and a book as the next installments in the Shadowdweller series. So often we are forced to buy a separate anthology just to read one novella in a series we are following, and that irks me. In Pleasure, we are given a novella first and then the main story.In the novella: Sagan, a penance priest for the Shadowdwellers disappeared after an altercation with the evil villianess Acadian in the last book in this series, Rapture. He was presumed dead, but on the way to whatever torture Acadian had planned for him, he's rescued by Valera, a human magic user. Magic users are usually the arch enemy of all the Nightwalker races, including the Shadowdwellers. This novella is short, and I will admit the deep affection did seem a trifle rushed, but overall, I bought it. In the longer story, the queen Malaya and her bodyguard Guin are the focus. We've had hints of this relationship going beyond the professional, at least on Guin's side, in the previous books. This was a well told and action packed love story. Again, the villain Acadian is still at large and up to her old tricks. Guin and Malaya are torn between their feelings and their duties. I found it a satisfying and well told love story, with plenty twists and turn on the way to their happily ever after. Acadian if finally revealed, and at least a part of the story arc is tied up.
What do You think about Pleasure (2009)?
The cats were amusing, but that was about it.
—bat1man1forever
