I love Charlotte Featherstone's erotic, historical romances. Sinful was one of my favorite reads in 2010. When I saw that she was starting a new series that's a mixture of historical and erotic romance mixed in with the paranormal, I was so excited!Lust starts off with the history of the Fae. The Unseelie King falls in love with the Seelie Queen and kidnaps her and holds her against her will. She becomes pregnant with twin boys (Crom and Niall). The Unseelie King is obsessed with his sons. The Seelie Queen uses his newfound distraction as a means of escaping. She takes one of the twins (the one that looks most like her) with her as she returns home. She hates the Unseelie King so much for what he has done to her that she issues a curse on the Unseelie Court. The princes of the Unseelie Court are cursed with the 7 Deady Sins. The only way to break the curse is to have one of the 7 Virtues fall in love with them and come to the Unseelie Court - willingly.I enjoyed the premise of this book. A lot of background information was provided to set up the plot. The story gets off to a good start. We are introduced to Chastity, one of the virtues and the counterpart to Thane's sin. Thane's sin is Lust and he needs Chastity to break the curse so begins his quest to seduce her. The seduction of Chastity is long and drawn out. His element is fog and mist and uses it to surround her and bring out her darkest desire. Chastity resists at first but slowly gives in. In the process of trying to seduce Chastity, Thane also must worry about Crom, the Unseelie Prince and Niall's twin brother. Crom wants Chastity for himself. Both Thane and Crom are racing to see who can seduce Chastity first.I found the seduction of Chastity to be long and arduous at times. There were some parts that I skimmed because I felt that it slowed down the pace of the story. Charlotte Featherstone knows how to write some hot and steamy sex scenes. And they were plentiful in Lust, maybe too much. So much so that I started skimming the sexual parts (gasp!). Even though this is an erotic story, I was hoping that there would be some semblance of a romance between Thane and Chastity. I didn't feel any romance or connection between them at all. Maybe their story is not about romance but basic lust between two people. I know that Thane's sin is Lust but I wanted more of an emotional bond between the two and I didn't feel it.Although I didn't thoroughly enjoy Lust, I plan on reading the next book of the series. I think the series has potential to be great and look forward to reading more.
