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Lost Souls and a Demoness 1 by N. C. Lux

In my reviews of LitRPG works, I’ve made it very clear that the constant appearance of stats for the main character, and others for that matter, take me out of the story. It’s just so jarring and gets in the way of what otherwise reads like an interesting story.

Sometimes the stats sort of work, mostly to add a bit of lore or direction. But overall it feels like when a story is more than one-quarter stats, then what really is left for the story to tell. It’s a fine line really, more often ignored, but occasionally managed reasonably well.

• Title: Lost Souls and a Demoness 1
• Author: N. C. Lux
• Published By: Mango Media LLC
• Length: 524 Pages
• Format: eBook
• ASIN: B0DXWFDW7K
• Publishing Date: April 21, 2025
• This work in Kindle Format at Amazon.com

The work tells of:

Can a demon save the world? It may fall on one to do just that.

After thousands of people suddenly vanish from Earth, former gymnast Jade Callian finds herself thrust into an endless dungeon filled with magic, monsters, and far too few instructions. When Jade receives a mortal wound soon after her arrival in this new world, she is forced to pick a new race that has the power to save her. There’s just one problem: Her only choice is to turn into a succubus.

If she wants to protect her home Jade will have to defy her demonic instincts, find trusted companions, battle monsters, and unravel the dangerous mysteries surrounding this ancient labyrinth. She just wishes that she had more than demon seduction magic to help her.

Oh well… At least she got to pick her class.

In one moment Jade is having an ordinary day and the next she’s fighting for her life and losing. Given little choice by the world she finds herself in, Jade becomes a succubus on a mission even if she has no idea really what is going on in the first place.

The work is a LitRPG fantasy adventure with a bit of a transformation edge for the main character and a quest to be seen through. It’s rather complicated from the beginning, the story moves quickly and there feels like a lot of details were skimmed over to get to the point of the main character Jade becoming a succubus and then carrying on.

It’s not quite erotic for the most part, there are some erotic passages with a bit of heat here and there. It’s mainly telling a story of Jade on her quest, those she encounters, and the dangers in this new world. As this is the first book in a new series, much of the story is taken up with explaining how things work and putting some of the future events and characters to be encountered into place.

Jade, the main character, is transformed into being partly succubus in nature, wings and all by the world she is transported into. She’s very much lost as a result, something of a newbie succubus trying to figure out her powers and how to exist in this world. She’s not the only succubus of course, there is another, who is very much evil, very much focused on being so almost to the point of being stereotypically so. As such, eventually they will come into conflict of course and I wonder what that will really mean to both of them or if the second succubus is just a character in passing.

Three out of five pitchforks.

The work closes in a rather dark place with a darker character and the promise that the next work in the series will be more conflict it seems. With that said, the succubus aspects are interesting, the story and plot offers a lot really. I just would have enjoyed things a lot more if the stats were written into the story rather than being stuck on top of it.

Tera

Continue reading]]> A very short Youtube… short… this time on the Tale. It appears to be AI generated, it’s rather dark as well, but, in its own way there is something interesting about this…

If you can’t see this short video here on the Tale, please try this link.

As always, in case the video disappears, here’s a screenshot of the video as well…

Succubus in Hell by Thule-x

It is a shame the video is so dark, but I think this being an AI generated work has something to do with that. It’s interesting, not really much more that, but perhaps there is something of a thought to be thought about…

Tera

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The Futa Demoness: Making Him Submit by Lucian Lockridge

A review of the second work in the Futa on Male series which has a specific focus on futa themed erotica. Much like the first work in the series, there is a Succubus like character, but the focus is on them being a futa and a very dominant one at that.

• Title: The Futa Demoness: Making Him Submit
• Author: Lucian Lockridge
• Published By: Amazon Digital Services
• Length: 38 Pages
• Format: eBook
• ASIN: B0FLWZDNJ9
• Publishing Date: August 9, 2025
• This work in Kindle Format at Amazon.com

The work tells of:

I didn’t mean to summon a succubus, it was a total accident! But when she appeared in my apartment, I figured I’d seize the moment. Big mistake… This rude, cruel demoness with a huge surprise didn’t care that I was her summoner. Instead of doing what I wanted, she took control and made me submit to her filthy desires. I let her do that because I wanted her to show me the pleasures of demonic domination, and I didn’t regret it.

The encounter isn’t over, and Kaeli has many lessons to teach. That assumes of course that one does not get on her really bad side however.

The work continues from the prior work and once more is a short erotic hot flash with a futa theme wrapped around a succubus who is so domineering. She is dominant, but it’s more in a pressing on the main character to accept his truths and then the story turns towards her domineering them once again and the sex that follows.

It’s very much over the top in the erotica, given that this is futa themed story, that really wasn’t a surprise. Still, there’s a far bit of character development along the way, which did interest me.

Kaelim the succubus of the work, has not changed from the first work, being a succubus in her nature, on the edge of being evil, but not quite so far as to make her stereotypically so. Her appearance, horns, tail, red skin and all, and the futa aspect adds to that dominant presence that she dangles over the main character throughout the story. Her domination is very harsh, too much so really.

Three out of five pitchforks.

The erotica is, like the first work in the series, very much over the top, the characters are more caricature. With that said, the story has its moments, even if Kaeli at times is very much unlikeable. It’s really the domination aspects that bother me the most, if they were a little less oner the top I think I would have liked this more.

Tera

Continue reading]]> It is the day after my birthday and as this is the closest day for the Succubi Image of the Week… a bit of self-indulgence from the past. Many years ago my Dearest Brother commissioned some art for my birthday and… well I didn’t smack him that time at least…

Tera Succubi By Ellioth

You can find the original page where my Dearest Brother posted this wonderful birthday art here on DeviantArt.

I dearly love this art, and I did ask Elliot to create some other art for me, sometimes you’ll see one of those artworks in the header art here on the Tale of me in my SuccuDress…

It’s been some time since Elliot has created art, I have spoken with him from time to time and my dearest hopes are with him for always…

Tera

Continue reading]]> Having thought about this for a bit, and this being my birthday, and, of course, needing a reason to pillow smack my Dearest Brother.. again… I’m going to share his words and a gift that few will really understand what it means…

From The Heart
By Tera’s Dearest Brother

While me and my sister have gone back and forth on birthday gifts for each other, with one exception, I have always tried to do things from the heart. Something that would be extremely meaningful to my beloved sister and that it would bring back nothing but warm memories. Last year, I showed off that I can be silly and had a small comic strip done in Tera’s honor. This year, I return to what I like to do. To have a gift…

In the Realm, it is known that a certain red tailed succubus with hair as black as midnight has her special day coming up. Most would generally look to send birthday wishes as she would always say that no one needs to go out of the way to get her anything. While she says this, she knows there are some, especially a certain dearest brother, where those words fall upon deaf ears.

While we had this conversation a while back, I knew that she had been missing a friend from long ago. A friend who had tragically passed away, and who still holds a very special place in her heart. That friend is known as Chi. While I didn’t know anything about them, I did find out that they were a golden dragon. How did I find this out?

Well it was thanks to a Christmas gift where I had the lovely Queen of the Succubi drawn in a way to be in the X-Men. However it wasn’t within the X-Men themselves. It was the Hellfire Club’s Inner Circle. It was there where I had done Tera to be in the style of the Red Queen of the Hellfire Club.

From there, Tera had mentioned Kitty Pryde and her dragon buddy Lockheed. How she would love to have them with her. She then brought up Chi, her friend from long ago. A friend whom she missed and had meant so much to her. From there, I knew what I had to do.

While I know that I will certainly get pillow smacked, even if it is commonplace that it happens, it will be more for sure as I await the efforts made to get this printed and framed for the woman who is my beloved sister. Pillow smacks be damned, I will bring her a smile and bring out warm memories to help her in these stressful times.

I make my way to the home of my beloved sister and that of my brother. I spot my brother. He has his bowl of popcorn ready to watch us be our typical selves when it comes to this time of year. He always seems to get a kick out of Tera smacking me with pillows. I just smile and give him a nod as I make my way to my beloved sister.

Tera narrows her eyes at me as I come into view, already spotting the gift wrapped up nicely in my hand.

“Dearest Brother, how many times have I told you…”

“Huh, are you talking about something? All I hear is that Charlie Brown ‘wa-oo-wa-wa-ah’.”

And here comes that pillow right on cue. It is on target and hits me dead center in the face. Then again, I make no effort to dodge it. The pillow bounces off my head and falls to the floor.

My beloved sister gives me a sigh knowing full well that her words are not going to stop me from being me, but then she shoots me that loving smile of hers. She holds out her hand, and I drop the gift into her palm. She takes her time as she looks it over, playing and teasing with it like I had rigged it to explode on her. There was an idea. An exploding box like all the old cartoons, a pie to the face, or anvil on the head if I felt especially sadistic. But she knows it isn’t my style. She does it to tease and we both know it.

I turn to look at my brother. He’s crossed his legs and started to eat some of his popcorn by the handful. He already got a show with that one pillow, still chewing what he had taken into his mouth and trying not to smirk. When the paper finally tore away, though, he joined me in glancing back at Tera. His Eternal, my beloved sister, the Queen of all Succubi.
Her reaction would soon follow and I could feel it in the air in the room. The two red tails and the bronze tail stood there, together, all in anticipation of some sort of another. The anticipation of her reaction to this…

Chi and Tera by Art of Cham

Happy Birthday, Beloved Sister!

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Vows of Blood and Magic by Bianca Archibald-Minor

A review of the third work in the Cravings of a Tired Succubus series by Bianca Archibald-Minor this time on the Tale and having read it I find myself at something of a crossroads with the series. It’s fun, the characters are a delight honestly. But the problem is that the main character is a succubus and that just doesn’t go anywhere.

It’s a fun series really, but then I have a specific interest and that just doesn’t appear, save for the barest of moments. That’s really the thing that bothers me the most, and it really shouldn’t.

• Title: Vows of Blood and Magic
• Author: Bianca Archibald-Minor
• Published By: Amazon Digital Services
• Length: 152 Pages
• Format: eBook
• ASIN: B0F72ZKLZL
• Publishing Date: May 27, 2025
• This work in Kindle Format at Amazon.com

The work tells of:

Years after the war that nearly claimed her soul, Lily Voss has carved out a quiet life as a wife, mother, and protector of Everdale — or so she thinks. But when her teenage twins begin to display a rare and volatile magic, new enemies emerge from the shadows, determined to claim them.

As old alliances fracture and a darker force rises, Lily must return to battle — not as a monster, but as a mother with everything to lose.

Blood may have built this legacy. But love will decide who survives it.

There is a truth that cannot be escaped, your family means everything. For Lily it’s more than a truth, it is her reason for living.

The work continues a few years in the future and for the most part revolves around the mystery of the children Lily calls hers and the family that has survived all they have faced. There’s a lot of tangled threads that are explored to tell of the past and what the future holds for the family as well. The plot and tone is much as the same as it has been so far in the series, nd at times a little frustrating in how things develop between Lily and those around her.

The oddest thing about this work is the rush to get to the close and along the way there are so many dangling threads left loose and frayed by far. The same problem of having a lot to tell, but feeling too rushed to get to the last page and it really didn’t need to.

Lily, while she is still a succubus, that part of her nature has no place in the story. There’s still quite a lot of snark and deflection from her past. Her succubus nature remains tamped down in the story, and has little to do with her using magic in various ways and so her succubus nature gets pushed back and once more really has little meaning in tis part of the series.

Three out of five pitchforks.

After reading the third work in the series, it’s a bit difficult for me to want to continue to read what follows. There’s really nothing succubus themed in the series now, save that Lily is one, but never is actually one. That’s part of her character arc and all and I understand that of course. If it wasn’t for the delight in the snark and silly moments, I feel that I wouldn’t have continued with the series. We’ll see what I think of the next book and if it appeals to me enough to review or not.

Tera

Continue reading]]> This coming week holds my birthday, and there will be something appearing then, one way or the other. Still, as many who know me are well aware, I can be, honestly, such a . . .

Pain in the Tall
By TeraS

There are dates noted on the calendar of the Realm of Tails which make reference to specific tails who, whether they like it or not, will find themselves the focus of an inordinate amount of attention. There will be celebrations, events, gifts, and all sorts of devotion, of which they feel no expectation nor desire.

For that matter, one specific red-tailed Queen of the Realm has made it clear, as much as she can without proclaiming it–which would be rather gauche, after all–that she did not expect a single thing to be done for her birthday. This, of course, only drove her Eternals–both of them–her daughters–both of them–and her family in general right around their tails. This was, they well understood, how Tera was and there wasn’t really a thing they could do about it. That did not mean, however, that they could not scheme and plot regardless.  These were, after all, what tails, and especially tails in this family, were best at.

Tera, the Queen of them all, was, of course, well-known for her scheming. But there was another red-tail, she of the deepest-bone mane, coloured with wisps of red among her silvering hair, who was just that bit more of a schemer. One did not underestimate the Knitter. And as for her love, Valerie, she knew full well that Lilith was not going to allow the Queen to avoid being . . . teased.

Tera awoke to a pain in her tail, and it wasn’t a metaphorical once at that. She’d sprained her long red sinuous tail before, and was very well aware that doing so was not a recommended thing. Getting told off by her doctor, Florence, was one of the things that Tera would very much care to avoid, and once this century was well enough, honestly, for that to have happened. Still, as she rolled over and curled up with her pillow, that twinge in her tail was nibbling at her. Her sigh of resignation at the bother it created was heard by someone she didn’t expect to answer.

From the mirror on the other side of the bedroom, her tail-self, Tail, laid on her own bed of black sheets, staring towards Tera on her red bedclothes. The tip of her own long, black tail barely rose into the air before flopping down onto the silk sheets about her. The sigh of frustration that came from Tera’s tail-self was telling, and the two of them didn’t need to tell each other what was wrong because they both felt what it was.

Tera considered the two of them, she with her Eternal resting beside her, Tail with Baker, her love, spooned with her. They both knew what was nagging at each of them and it came to that day marked with a red marker in the last week of April.

Tera thought about that. She considered what she wanted for her birthday and found that she really didn’t want anything more than she had. There was her red-tailed Eternal, her silver-tailed Eternal, two blue-tailed daughters, the yellow-tailed niece she adored, her Dearest Brother whom she pillow smacked every chance she got. All of the family she had in the here-and-now and those whom Goddess had called home brought her to pause. She found that memories of past birthdays came in a rush as she looked to the mirror and the reflection of herself,, her other self within.

She chided herself a little, knowing that her heart would tell her that being this way didn’t reflect her well. She was more than the pain in her tail, more than the moments of the past, more than she thought herself to be. He was right, of course; the mirror he held showed her that and more.

This was her birthday, but it was also meant for her family to share. To see the joy of family in a Realm of Tails and the joy in family who would never know of them. Both mattered, they were part of her soul, cherished and loved in ways she really never would be able to explain fully.

A shimmer in the mirror caught Tera’s attention and she saw her tail-self without horns or tail, a self of another place, another world. But she also saw her family there: her Eternal and those without horns and tails but every part of her being.

She found that, being truthful, she was her own pain in the tail. The ache was within herself and she was the one who needed to come to terms with it. Her Eternal slipping his hand into her own reminded her of what mattered. Her other self in the mirror with black horns and tail nodded in approval as their moods changed, a certain smile returned, and gleaming so-green eyes flashed with thoughts of mischief, passion, and desire.

The ache in her tail faded away as her nature as Seductress flowed into her: the joy of being loved, desired, and wanted, but more. Knowing herself, the truth of family for herself, rekindled the fires within her soul.

This was a gift from the First, Tera knew: the gift of fiery love, gifted to her loves and family, to all that sought their own passions and desires. This was a promise carried and renewed on a birthday in April every year . . .

. . . Her birthday.

Tera curled with her Eternal, the world could wait a bit longer before she appeared on this, her day. A caress of fingers over her hip brought a sigh of delight, a passing of the pain in her tail and she teased him with a suggestive purr.

Tera, the Queen of a Realm of Tails, could be, after all, such a terribly naughty pain in the tail… not that anyone really minded…