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March 28th 2006
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Acclaimed author Kresley Cole introduces a sizzling new series with this tale of a fierce werewolf and a bewitching vampire -- unlikely soul mates who...more
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Read in February, 2008
Maybe it was because I wasn't expecting much, but it's more likely because the previous couple of books in this genre that I read - Be Still My Vampire Heart and Guilty Pleasures - were unremarkable and boring, in that order, that I enjoyed this so much. See, low expectations :)
Lachlain is king of the Lykae and after spending 150 years of imprisonment and torture beneath the streets of Paris breaks free when he smells the scent of the woman he's been waiting all his life for. Almost ...more
Lachlain is king of the Lykae and after spending 150 years of imprisonment and torture beneath the streets of Paris breaks free when he smells the scent of the woman he's been waiting all his life for. Almost ...more
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Read in August, 2008
recommended to Auntee by:
Everyone it seems, especially Eastofoz and Kathrynnrecommends it for: paranormal fans
After I gave up trying to understand all the confusing terminology, i.e.--Horde, Lore, Valkyries, Lykae, Furiae, Forbearers,etc.-- and concentrated on the love story between the hero Lachlain and heroine Emmaline, I was able to enjoy this rather hot and often humorous story. It was not a particularly fast paced read for me, and I suspect that may in part be because of the distracting Scottish accent the hero's dialogue is written in. Half the time I said to myself 'what did he just say?'. I a...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommends it for:
Paranormal readers
Loved it!!! Just gotta get the first one now. Lachlan is an Alpha-male all the way. Protective, domineering, that sort of type. Emma is sweet and kind, easily embarrassed. And I love the Aunts what a bunch of neat Valkryies. Cannot wait till I can read the rest of the series. On my keeper shelves
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Read in February, 2009
I’m sold. I can’t wait to get my hands on the next in this series and I’m almost (almost) tempted to give it four stars, but I can’t get over the cheesy cover. Seriously, what was the publisher thinking?!?
He is a Scottish werewolf and she is an innocent college co-ed who also happens to be the cowardly daughter of an unknown vampire and Helen of Troy (who was a Valkyrie, by the way).
Emma Troy is a recent graduate of Tulane University and is in Paris trying to ...more
He is a Scottish werewolf and she is an innocent college co-ed who also happens to be the cowardly daughter of an unknown vampire and Helen of Troy (who was a Valkyrie, by the way).
Emma Troy is a recent graduate of Tulane University and is in Paris trying to ...more
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Read in August, 2007
Basically I despised Lachlain MacRieve. He is an alpha character with no redeeming qualities. He treats Emma like crap for the first half of the novel. He takes her hostage, blackmails her into staying with him by threatening her family’s safety with his clan, lies to her about why he’s kidnapping her, comes within inches of raping her and that’s all within the first 100 pages or so. The author implies at some point that his treatment of her is justified because Lachlain hates vampires, bu...more
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Read in November, 2008
I saw this on Mahlet's reviews and it sounded familiar but I couldn't remember if I read it before. It turns out I did, but it took me awhile into the book to remember - I've actually read at least the first four if not more of this series. So, that leads me to the three star rating. If I read them before and they didn't stick with me enough to know whether I have read it, AND didn't spark instant recognition, it's not a book I loved.
Don't get me wrong, I liked it. But there was...more
Don't get me wrong, I liked it. But there was...more
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Read in September, 2008
Ignore the clinch cover (unless you like those) and trust me when I say that this RITA-award winner has funny, snappy dialoge (and a HAWT SCOTTISH WEREWOLF), an intriguing premise (and a HAWT SCOTTISH WEREWOLF), a well-built paranormal world (and a HAWT SCOTTISH WEREWOLF), and did I mention the hawt Scottish werewolf?
Emmeline is a half-vampire, half-Valkyrie. She doesn't seem to have much in common with either of her supernatural bloodlines, however. She's more of a Hello Kitty vampi...more
Emmeline is a half-vampire, half-Valkyrie. She doesn't seem to have much in common with either of her supernatural bloodlines, however. She's more of a Hello Kitty vampi...more
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Read in June, 2008
Okay, I admit it. I took my own sweet time about reading this book, and I'm sorry I did. I bought it a long time ago, but kept putting off reading it, because the cover makes it look like a vampire book. Which it is. But not exactly. Okay, so the hero is a Lycae. Which is sort of a werewolf, but not. They don't actually turn physically into wolves. Or wolfmen. They just have a wolf-spirit sort of thing that gives them extra strength and long life and a bad temper and like that. And this hero's b...more
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Read in July, 2008
Oh how I love this series. Sure I didn't start at the beginning like I should have, but still... just so good. I loved Lachlain and Emmaline together. I loved the journey she experienced in this book, not just across the globe - but within herself. She realized her own strengths and in a way how her own family had sheltered her from so much. I like the fact that Lachlain didn't provide these strengths to her - hell he viewed her as a small wee thing that needed protecting for a long time - but a...more
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Read in January, 2009
recommends it for:
Paranormal Romance *Steamy* Fans
#2 Immortals After Dark (IAD)
#1 is within Playing Easy To Get anthol.
Lachlain (Werewolf) and Emmaline (vampire/Valkyrie)
Wow, this sure lives up to the raves for the IAD series! Exciting, complex, fast paced, a real page turner. A steamy romance set in a turbulent world of vampires, werewolves, Valkyries and their wars and squabbles.
After 150 years chained and tortured by vampires, Lachlain, leader of a werewolf clan, breaks free when he catch...more
#1 is within Playing Easy To Get anthol.
Lachlain (Werewolf) and Emmaline (vampire/Valkyrie)
Wow, this sure lives up to the raves for the IAD series! Exciting, complex, fast paced, a real page turner. A steamy romance set in a turbulent world of vampires, werewolves, Valkyries and their wars and squabbles.
After 150 years chained and tortured by vampires, Lachlain, leader of a werewolf clan, breaks free when he catch...more
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Read in March, 2009
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Book clubrecommends it for: Hardcore Romance Junkies, Paranormal Romace
Wow I thought this was pretty bad. I know I am in the minority but I found the plot was really thin. The I felt all the characters were incredibly "thick"(except Bove)esp. Emma & her family. IMO, There are far better paranormal "romance" books. I just didn't connect w/the characters at all nor the author's justifications for their actions.
Basically the book followed the Romance formula authors are forced to follow by their publishers to a T:
Sexually ex...more
Basically the book followed the Romance formula authors are forced to follow by their publishers to a T:
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Read in April, 2009
Continuing the story of the New Orleans coven of Valkyrie sisters, this one finds our new heroine Emmaline Troy in Paris, researching her parentage. Emma is a rare half-breed, the daughter of a vampire (one of the most despised race in the Lore, the mystical population of demons, elves, werewolves, etc.) and a Valkyrie mommy who died when she was three. Despite such awesome parentage, Emma is a wilting flower, scared of her shadow and cowardly. She flinches, she weeps, she cries pink tears. Des...more
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Read in December, 2008
I've been waiting and waiting for the chance to start this series. Alas, I was not as taken with it as I had hoped to be. I am not immune to erotic fiction, and I certainly love paranormal tales, but not like this. The first half of the book with it's hatred, denigration and imagined rape scenarios really just left me cold. I did, however, hang with it and eventually enjoyed the story once the main female character became less little girl in peril and more butt-kicking, self-confident woman....more
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Read in March, 2009
my first romance novel ever, it was lent to me by a girl at work
A Hunger Like No Other pulls out all the stops for what I assume is a better romance novel than most. Sci-Fi romance of the forbidden love (or fate of mate-hood) between Vampire heiress, daughter of Helen of Troy, raised by Valkyrie, destined to become queen of the Lykae and the Scottish King of the Lykae. (Lykae = werewolf). It was awesome in the way B movies are awesome.
unfortunately it gives complete credit to ...more
A Hunger Like No Other pulls out all the stops for what I assume is a better romance novel than most. Sci-Fi romance of the forbidden love (or fate of mate-hood) between Vampire heiress, daughter of Helen of Troy, raised by Valkyrie, destined to become queen of the Lykae and the Scottish King of the Lykae. (Lykae = werewolf). It was awesome in the way B movies are awesome.
unfortunately it gives complete credit to ...more
Read in November, 2008
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Read in January, 2009
I really didn't like the first 60 or so pages of this book... bordered on hating it, in fact. The "hero" of the book was a total jerk; there was a lot of force involved which is something I really hate in romance. A lot of girls like a take-charge kind of guy, but kidnap and rape are taking that a little far, in my opinion. (Actually, I think that's more than just my opinion.) I don't find them attractive or endearing, and hate books where the girl falls in love with a guy who does tha...more
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I almost put this book down so many times in the beginning. Lachlain was so alpha he came across as a total lunatic. He kidnaps Emma and threatens to murder her for no good reason. Uncool. I’m glad I stuck with it because it turned out to be a pretty decent read. The writing has a little bit of that train wreck (in a good way) quality that keeps me reading J.R. Ward. I can’t say I ended up liking Lachlain by the end of the book but he toned down is insane behavior. I did like Emma though. Sh...more
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Read in March, 2009
~ugh~ I just could not get into this book in spite of the rave reviews I saw almost everywhere for it.
I found the terminology confusing. I spent too much time thinking about the words that I was reading and wasn't able to get swept up and let my mind run away with what was happening. I never felt any connection with any of the characters and as a result found it hard to care about what was happening to them. I felt Emmaline's family was a distraction to the love story I kept wa...more
I found the terminology confusing. I spent too much time thinking about the words that I was reading and wasn't able to get swept up and let my mind run away with what was happening. I never felt any connection with any of the characters and as a result found it hard to care about what was happening to them. I felt Emmaline's family was a distraction to the love story I kept wa...more
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Kresley Cole hooked me with this whole series. I could not put them down. Bravo!
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Read in April, 2009
This was the first book I read by Cole. It took me a while to understand all the terminology (Horde, Lore, Lycans, etc). The first 2 chapters were pretty good but then it dragged for a bit. It didn't pick up until Chapter 16 and to my surprise I really enjoyed it. I liked the world that Cole created. She writes with lots of humor and the love scenes were hot!
Lachlain, King of the Lycans, has been in captivity for years but escapes after he smells the scent of his destined mate, Emma....more
Lachlain, King of the Lycans, has been in captivity for years but escapes after he smells the scent of his destined mate, Emma....more
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