// Entangled // Tiffany Allee

Someone is kidnapping and incinerating otherworlders beyond recognition, and detective Marisol Whitman, a succubus, races to find the murderer before he claims another victim. But her pursuit is derailed when her responsible younger sister vanishes. Marisol suspects foul play and enlists support from an unlikely source: an agent from the Otherworlder Enforcement Agency, Valerio Costa.

When the trail pointing to everyone from vampires to witches dries up, Agent Costa admits to knowing more than he’s shared. Marisol’s sister’s kidnapper harnesses more magic than she can imagine—and they’re running out of time. To find her sister before her powers are drained and twisted beyond recognition, Marisol must connect the dots between cases and put her trust in Costa, a salamander who may burn her before she can solve either case.

Marisol was a secondary character in Allee's first OWEA novel Banshee Charmer and at the time I wasn't terribly fond of her.  She had a chip on her shoulder about how folks viewed her and really only softened when Mac found out about her sister.  Going into Succubus Lost I was fervently hoping it wasn't an entire book about her griping how folks only saw her as 'sex in heels'.

Thankfully it wasn't.  Oh she still had her complaints, but by in large Marisol was determined to prove everybody wrong not just about herself, but Succubi in general.  

Unlike with Banshee Charmer, SUCCUBUS didn't try to make Marisol's love interest out to be super shady. Briefly, very very briefly, Valerio is almost kind of considered a suspect, but Marisol dismisses him in the same paragraph.  He ran a bit hot and cold for me, even after his past comes to light.  I was expecting something much more...involved then what Allee explained as his distrust for Succubi.  Really his distrust could have easily been the result of a fully human person, it just happened to be a Succubus.

Marisol vacillates between being anxious for her sister's safety and hard-edged about finding out what happened.  Much like Mac, Marisol didn't really care about the rules or regulations--she just wanted results.  More then that she was able to connect pieces together that everyone else dismissed (though it did feel contrived at times).

I did have a problem with plot threads being abruptly dropped off.  The whole thing with her sister Elaine's friend Wendy, a siren trying to break out of her race's traditions, just...ended.  I'm still not 100% certain what happened, I think I know based on contextual clues, but it isn't dealt with.  And I would have liked to read about Wendy.  I'm hoping Allee brought up her story because she's going to feature a Siren.  

There's also a lack of consequences.  The Witches Covens are supposed to monitor their members, especially their high level Master Class I Can Kill You With My Mind witches/warlocks.  Marisol is given a lecture, at length, on the subject in fact and its mentioned at least three or four times.  So...maybe my definition of monitoring is different?

Overall I'm happy I read this.  Marisol turned out to be much more then she first started as and now I'm hoping to also read about her younger sister Elaine--she seems to be made of strong stuff herself!