Good Intentions

By: Elliott Kay

Narrated by: Tess Irondale

He knew it was a dumb stunt from the start. A midnight run through a cemetery to impress a couple of girls isn't the stuff of legend, but Alex Carlisle longs to escape the crushing mediocrity of life after high school.

Then, he stumbles upon the ritual, the cultists, and two bound and bloodied women. Alex intervenes, and the ritual blows up in his face, leaving him bound to them both: Rachel and Lorelei, an angel and a succubus. It’s hardly the sort of challenge a guy can face with dignity when he still lives at home with his mom.

Alex never imagined falling for an immortal demon seductress or that he’d spend his nights dodging her co-workers, her old boss, and every other supernatural freak in Seattle. He never thought a woman like Lorelei could have a rival like Rachel, either. But then, nobody ever said adulthood would be easy.

Warning: Good Intentions contains violence, explicit sex, nudity, inappropriate use of church property, portrayals of beings divine and demonic bearing little or no resemblance to established religion or mythology, trespassing, bad language, sacrilege, blasphemy, attempted murder, arguable murder, divinely mandated murder, justifiable murder, filthy murder, sexual promiscuity, kidnapping, attempted rape (which is never comedy), immolation of said attempted rapists, consistent abuse of vampires (which is always comedy), arson, dead animals, desecrated graves, gang activity, theft, assault and battery, panties, misuse of the 911 system, fantasy depictions of sorcery and witchcraft, multiple references to various matters of fandom, questionable interrogation tactics, cell phone abuse, reckless driving, even more explicit sexuality, illegal use of firearms within city limits, polyamory, abuse of authority, hit-and-run driving, destruction of private property, underage drinking, disturbances of the peace, disorderly conduct, internet harassment, bearers of false witness, mayhem, dismemberment, falsification of records, tax evasion, bad study habits, and an uncomfortably sexy mother.

©2011 Elliot Kay (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

adolecent male wish-fulfillment

my first thought when listening to this was that if i was a teenage male i would think this book was awesome. it has all the things in it that make light novels and harem manga so popular online, but its taken to the next level (i.e. they have sex rather than just accidental groping or vague hints).
if your a fan of that genre you'll probably love this book as it has a classic harem story line; loser guy accidentally gets bound to a woman (or two) and is surrounded by tons of hot females who suddenly find him absolutely irresistible.

i don't find anything offensive with the materials in the book but after a while i was wishing they'd finish with all the sex already and get on with the plot.

i love novels with a supernatural bent to them but its hard to find the right combination of good plot, great characters and decent dialogue; sadly this novel is not one of those. its a romance novel aimed at a male audience and i am not a big fan of the romance genre.
i doubt i'll be finishing this series.

love the book

Would you consider the audio edition of Good Intentions to be better than the print version?

yes i think you get more out of it as an Audiobook

What did you like best about this story?

Rachel the Angel with the bad mouth

What about Tess Irondale’s performance did you like?

one of the best

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

LOL

good story lost in a sea of sex

good book. a little over sexualized. I think the abundance of sex distracted from the otherwise good writing and characters. at times it felt the story didn't progress as much as moved from sex scene to sex scene. it was a good book. I enjoyed reading it but I doubt I will Continue with the series as I'm afraid of a good story lost in sea of sex.

Do not listen to this at work

What made the experience of listening to Good Intentions the most enjoyable?

This is a great "supernatural" novel. However, it is not something you should listen to in public. The erotic theme isn't imposing, it flows with the story.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Angels and Demon's... in bed.

Any additional comments?

Run a bath, pour yourself a wine and turn this audiobook on. You will enjoy it.

amazing book

this is truly an amazing book with amazing narration and I highly recommend it to you no matter what other people will say it has got an amazing story real characters action sex love hurt everything

not for youth

you will most likely have a half chubb for the whole book but it was good I would recommend it

Wow!

This starts like any other "harem" story. (boy saves girl/ girls and falls in love.) The difference is the flow. The characters come alive. Very well writen. Superbly performed. And funny.

Softcore Porn with a Story

Sooo, apparently I wasn't paying attention when I bought this book because I didn't realize it was porn until I started listening and the screwing ensued about every third page. It's difficult for me to review this book because I am seriously conflicted about it, not because of the sex but because of the story.

The good. There's a whole lot of sex and it's honestly really well written. Delicious and fun and I appreciated that, in the sex scenes, both partners - or all three sometimes! - are all about pleasing each other which is nice to see when so often porn leaves women's desires out in the cold.

The author is great at writing dialogue. I think he has a terrific grasp on how to create conversations that flow well and feel very real.

The non-sex story part of the story was entertaining and unique. I was genuinely curious to see how things worked out for this old soul, his succubus girlfriend, guardian angel side chick and bevy of loyal friends. But...if I'm reading fantasy, I don't really need the volume of sex this book contained and if I'm reading smut, I don't need this much extraneous story.

So here's where my complaints come in. When it comes to Alex's relationships, both with his supernatural sex companions and his guy friends, they are so idealized and juvenile it's embarrassing. Between the bevy of horny females and his doggedly loyal dudes he hangs with, Alex's life becomes every 16 year old boys wet dream come true. It was so over the top sometimes that it often made me snort at the immaturity of it all.

I'm oversimplifying here but you have a succubus (the bad girl) who is tamed by our nice guy's genuine goodness and sexual prowess and pledges herself to him for eternity. And the angel (the good girl) who is driven to sexual distraction for him by his compassion and general virtue and of course how he bangs the succubus so good. Within a few days time they are all engaging in threesomes together and saying "I love you," and meaning it which skeeved me out more than the rampant stereotypical sexuality.

Once our "nice guy" gets the succubus treatment he also becomes irresistable to mortal women so he gets banged by a Victoria's Secret salesgirl - because you know all those lingerie store chicks are just begging for it (sarcasm) a lesbian - because you know they all really just need some good D (sarcasm) - his high school crush who spends a hot threesome weekend with him AND the succubus, a random girl at a party...I was just irritated by the predictable sexist storyline and "nice guy" propaganda.

Speaking of propaganda, when they weren't screwing or battling demons and other dark creatures, the rest of the book was just an extended treatise on how great open relationships are for everyone involved. There were multiple, long, conversations throughout the book where various female characters extolled the virtues of why they felt it was a good idea for Alex to partake of a variety of fleshy pursuits with multiple partners while he, good guy that he is, good-naturedly made comments about respect and loyalty and duty and then screwed everything in site, you know, because his multiple partners TOLD him to do it.

My final complaint is, to me, the cringiest. This author isn't Southern but he succumbed to the desire to make one of characters Southern - and with no real need to do so to further the story other than because he wanted to use the word "y'all," which he did often and COMPLETELY INCORRECTLY. Source: I was born and raised in Georgia. Dude, y'all is a contraction of "you all" and in the South no one says y'all to an individual, only to a group of people. But the character addresses individual people as y'all throughout the book. It literally gave me a headache after a while.

It's a long book and I listened to the whole thing. The narrator was really great. The sex was great although it made me feel a little squirmy listening to it on my commute. I dunno. It just needed to decide if it wanted to be porn or fantasy and stop trying to convince me what a nice guy Alex was.

Surprisingly good!

I really didn't expect this book to be anywhere near as fantastic as it was.

the talented narrator elevates the material

Tess Irondale is a great voice actress. All the female characters she voices with such distinctive characteristics that you can almost forget the same actress is voicing all the characters. The male characters however all kind of sound like they are 13 year olds suffering from headcolds.

The writing is kind of just semi-repetitive sex scenes in the first 2/3 of the story, but the narrator makes them interesting. The last 3rd is where the story actually takes the forefront. I like the characters although the main protagonist is less interesting then everyone else. Overall worth a few bucks.