Incubus Master Part 1 (Yaoi) [Kindle Edition]

I was surprised how much I liked this! The artwork is beautiful, the story is intriguing, and it is quite impossible to not be pulled in. Best yet, it's full of yaoi-tastic uncensored smut! Well written porn with romance, mystery, and suspense, I am definitely NOT disapointed.

I had the opportunity to read this first part of Incubus Master which includes chapters one to three, totaling about 6000 words. It's enough to feel like a pretty substantial one-sitting read without any hefty time investment. And if you're in it for the sex scenes then you should be satisfied regardless.

Content-wise, the text opens a little slow with a choppy flashback to the moment the story's lead character is captured. Jinady is a young man thus held captive for over a year by a score of incubi - demons who feed off the sexual energy of others to survive. Kept in a cave with no company past the incubi who use him, Jinady has become resigned to his fate, becoming accustomed to the different mannerisms and habits of each of the four demons who `own' him in order to make his life easier.

The bulk of the story's second chapter is Jinady being taken by Omni, one of the rougher demons the text summarizes via the story's third-person narrative. Despite Jinady's situation, the emphasis in this scene is the steamy nature of the sex over nonconsensual acts. With Jinady having already accepted his `lifestyle', he willingly goes into the demon's embrace, though the disparity of his situation does still denote a grim overtone to the scene. This is the scene where it's worth extra emphasizing `for adult readers only'. The sex is detailed, thorough and, yes, successfully sexy. The writing in this part of the story also starts reading much more smoothly after a rocky start.

Yaoi Prose holds little back starting with a story about demons, slavery, sex and vengeance. The titillating read this first portion provides should be enough fuel for the fire of readers' anticipation while the evolving plot leaves a promise of intrigue past simply what happens when the clothes come off. As an added bonus, readers of Yaoi Press's Winter Demon series will no doubt be entertained by the character-centric crossover as well.

I thought Winter Demon Volume 1 (Yaoi) (v. 1) was the best yaoi series offered by Yaoi Press, so when I stumbled across this short story, which features Figaru from Winter Demon, I bought it. I'll admit - the 99 cents price tag significantly impacted my decision to take a chance. The story was very good. Readers are introduced to a new main character, Jinady. He's been held prisoner by a clan of incubi until he's rescued by Figaru. There are some interesting developments concerning Figaru, which are revealed indirectly. In addition to the hot sex scenes (warning: there is some non-con) you'd expect from Yaoi Press, there was actually a story too! Readers need not have read Winter Demon to enjoy this, but it does add to the overall picture. There are also one or two illustrations in each novella that spice it up even more.

However, a serious drawback to Incubus Master is the price. This first installment is only 99 cents, but hereafter each short story is $2.99 - and there are already 7 parts. That's almost $20 and I'm not sure it even ends with 7. And, this isn't like a series of independent long novellas. These are short stories, and each builds on the other as though it was one novel split into chapters. The second literally picks up immediately after part 1 ends, etc. Like when Stephen King released "The Green Mile." This makes it far more expensive than regular M/M fiction - or even yaoi novels that have multiple volumes. I'm torn - I really enjoyed the first three parts I have read (and ended up buying 4 & 5), but readers should consider the full cost before getting sucked in. I understand that these novellas are something of an experiment by Yaoi Press to help with the costs of a small press. And I'd like to support that effort. I love getting more stories with characters I enjoyed in yaoi manga (I ordered the Saihoshi sequel, Saihoshi: Redemption 1 (Saihoshi Redemption), as well) But they should really considering lowering the price to $1.50 per story to make it more reasonable. One final note - I do wish that each ebook included the full image of the cover art. Most parts, the cover image is cut off and readers don't get to see it.