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Sep 17, 2008

Auntee rated it:

I have to rate this another 5 star read by Kresley Cole. Even though the plot was a lot different than the other books in the series, I still found this one hard to put down. It just felt so unusual to me, but in a good way. Mad vampire assassin meets lonely, beautiful ballerina ghost and falls in love against all odds--I just wasn't expecting that! I loved how Conrad and Neomi 'connected' over their long talks while each was a prisoner inside Neomi's estate. Loved their little game of blac More...

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Feb 07, 2011

Annie the Destroyer *Leather Lust* rated it:

Well, it looks like my high school French class finally paid off in the end! Again, I breezed through this book! Dark Needs at Night’s Edge was such a thrill to read!

To be honest, I was caught off-guard. I don’t usually enjoy ghost stories so I didn’t expect to be so transfixed by Neomi the French prima ballerina. But I was. The prologue is fantastic and once I started, I couldn’t stop!

Murdered by her ex-husband in a bitter rage, Neomi Laress was stabbed to death in her More...

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Jan 20, 2011

Mel rated it:

"This mountain of a man was learning that his considerable might- which he'd clearly relied on for everything- was futile with her. "

This fifth story in the Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole was a sweet read. In all senses of the word.
This time we get to see Conrad Wrath (gotta love those Estonian brothers), a blood crazed vampire, and Néomie Laress, a ghost who’s been trapped in her old house for eight decades, fall in love.

Conrad and Néomie's perso More...

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Jun 01, 2008

Eastofoz rated it:

Book 5 in the series was disappointing for me. Book 4 was so good I was expecting something along the same lines or better. I didn't feel much attraction between Néomi and Connor and when they did finally come together it was anticlimactic. It took so long for something to happen that when it did it fell flat. Something didn't click to make me believe that they really wanted each other the way the other couples in the previous books did. It was a strange kind of tension. I didn't like how she More...

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Jul 18, 2011

Lady Jayne *~*The Beach Bandida*~* rated it:

This is my second Kresley Cole book; Bowen's story (IAD #4) was my first. I really enjoyed this one!

Conrad is a vampire "haunted", and driven almost insane, by the memories of those whose blood he has drunk to death, which makes him one of "The Fallen" vampires. Neomi is a ghost trapped in the house she loves, and where she tragically and painfully died 80 years ago. When Conrad is entrapped in Neomi's house, the two meet.

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Aug 03, 2010

DarienMoya rated it:

BAD BOY, BAD BOY, WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU!!!

This is the fourth book in the Immortals After Dark series and this series seems to be getting better. So each book tells you the story of a powerful supernatural male and his fight to win his mate and let me tell you there are fights. Easily this book was the most emotional for me so far and very unconventional with the ending and the love story between the two main characters.

Conrad Wroth is feared and he is h More...

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Sep 06, 2008

Brenda (b) rated it:

It's not often you get a book with a virgin hero. I think I've only read one other. I loved Conrad, he sure learned fast didn't he? And Neomi was an eager teacher. All these amazing alpha heroes are getting good reasons to fight together in the Accession and Nix is lining them all up on her side. Minor detail note: The reference to Nix stalking Mike Rowe was too funny - I wonder if she'll ever get a soul mate?

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Jan 04, 2011

Zeek rated it:

On a fateful night a hundred years ago, famous ballerina Neomi Laress became a ghost at the hands of a spurned lover. Existing all these years since, invisible to all around her, imagine her surprise when a brutal immortal madman abandoned in the beloved mansion she calls home becomes the only living being to see her.

Tormented and alone Conrad Wroth has become the very thing he fought against all those years ago when he was human- a renegade vampire. But now that they've found him, h More...

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Mar 28, 2009

Christel rated it:

Okay this one is not my favorite so far but I did like it.

Conrad was turned into a vampire by his brothers, Nickolai and Murdoch. Not wanting to be one, since he was a warrior at heart, fighting against the invading Russians in his native Estonia. He has turned into an assassin and is now suffering from bloodlust. His brothers capture him and imprison him in an Old New Orleans plantation mansion which has a history of it's own.

Neomi Laress, was a famous ballerina from the More...

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Jun 03, 2010

Greta is Erikasbuddy rated it:

I have to admit that I love Kresley Cole's werewolves a whole heap better than her vampy poos. In No Rest for the Wicked we hooked up with a sensitive broody and for reals... that just bored me. In Dark Needs at Night's Edge we hooked up with Sebastian's bro -Conrad. Now, I didn't dig Sebastian at all. He was too dang sesitive and "Here, Let me pull this chair out for you." This is why I dig the wolves better. Ok, that and their Scottish. SUe me hahahs! That totally revs my engi More...

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Oct 21, 2010

Lady Allison St. Vincent rated it:

In the fifth book of the Immortals after Dark series, the Wroth family's youngest brother, Conrad, has gone mad with bloodlust. When he was changed 300 years ago, it was done against his will by his eldest brothers Nikolai and Murdoch. Sebastian was changed against his will too, but he has forgiven his brothers since he has found his Bride. Through and delirium and hatred, Conrad simply wants to end their existence. He has drunk so many immortals as a paid assassin and cannot control the memorie More...

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Feb 09, 2009

Nichole (Dirty H) rated it:

3.5 stars

Apparently getting deathly ill and bedridden (I may exaggerate slightly) does have its up sides, because I read this book all in one day. In between blowing my nose and hacking up a lung and whining for my mommy, of course...

So, this is a Kresley Cole book and as such has a lot of great moments. But overall, I was disappointed. I just never connected to the characters. There was nothing wrong with them per se, they just didn't do anything for me. And therefore th More...

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Jun 15, 2011

Melanie rated it:

I started this book yesterday during lunch and then stayed up most the night finishing it. Yes, it was that frakkin good. I simply could not put it down. I personally feel that it is the best book in the series so far but there are several books left for me to read so I just might change my mind. That being said, I seriously doubt it.

This is the first glimpse of both the incredible ballerina-turned-ghost, Néomi Laress, and vampire assassin Conrad Wroth though we have heard of Conra More...

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Jun 14, 2011

Kiki Silk rated it:

In book four we come across Conrad Wroth one of the crazed fallen, and brother to the Forbearers - Nikolai, Murdoch and Sebastian. And his fated Bride Néomi Laress a prima ballerina, former femme fatale and burlesque dancer. Oh, and did I mention that she was a phantom!!! Néomi was murdered in 1927 by her ex-fiance, Louis Robicheaux. Stabbed through the heart in her home during a celebration to mark her accomplishments as a dancer, she now haunts the old manor protecting it from trespassers - un More...

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Nov 05, 2011

Anzu rated it:

Before I start I have to comment about the cover. I really like this style of manipulation, combining a photo with art touches. You can see some brush strokes on his chest and belly, they go on his shirt and then blend him with the environment. I’m not a big fan of the moon behind him but it matches the title so I’ll let it go.

Now on to the good stuff. Dark Needs at Night's Edge is the fifth book in the Immortals After Dark series. It’s about the third Wroth brother (the ultimate bad More...

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Aug 26, 2009

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" rated it:

I had to place my faith in Ms. Cole that this premise of a ghost falling in love with a vampire would work. I just couldn't see how this would go well at all. My faith was rewarded. I loved this book. It starts out so beautiful and even gothic. Neomi Laress is brutally murdered by a spurned lover in her house that she has just bought at a grand party she is throwing to celebrate her retirement from the ballet. She is a beautiful dancer in the early 20th century who has decided to leave her cu More...

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Apr 26, 2008

Julie (jjmachshev) rated it:

I so LOVE the "Immortals After Dark" series by Kresley Cole!

"Dark Needs at Night's Edge" is about Conrad, the third Wroth brother turned vampire. For three hundred years, since being turned unwillingly by his brother, Conrad has lived for revenge. Becoming the very thing he fought in life, he's a killer without conscious. In an effort to save him from the bloodlust, his brothers kidnap him and imprison him in an abandoned home outside New Orleans.

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Apr 29, 2008

Kathrynn rated it:

Another superb book in the Immortals After Dark series! This one has the return of characters in earlier books: Mariketa & Bowen, Nix, Regin, the demons Cade and Rydstrom, and the other Wroth brothers: Sebastian, Nikolai and Murdock.

I didn't think I was going to like this as much as I did. Seemed the beginning took awhile to get the main characters where they needed to be for a romance to ensue, but it was well worth the wait because when things got going the steam was shooting More...

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Feb 19, 2011

Lori {Romancing the Darkside} rated it:

Another hit for the Immortals After Dark!

I wasn't too sure about this couple when I first started reading..seeing as he's a bloodthirsty vampire and she's an 80 year old ghost, but I loved Conrad and Néomi together! What I really enjoyed is that the couple is the main focus in this book and you really get to know each of them as they get to know each other. Their romance develops slowly, making their sex scenes all the more delightful when they finally happen, those two know how to tea More...

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Feb 06, 2012

Kathy rated it:

Fourth in the Immortals After Dark paranormal romance series revolving around a group of Immortal friends. This story is based in New Orleans with the couple focus on Conrad and Néomi.

My Take
It's an interesting look at addiction. No, not your normal addiction. This one is over blood, memories, and grief. Forced to betray his oath when his two oldest brothers Turn him the night he and the rest of their family lay dying, Conrad has grieved over the change into which he has been forc More...

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Jan 28, 2012

Felicia rated it:

Bought for myself

What I Loved: This is a fantastic continuation of a series that I'm really beginning to dig. I read this one out of order by accident but that did not distract from the story. Conrad is another of the Wroth brothers and the one that took being turned into a Vampire the hardest because he was part of a society that hunted/killed Vampires before being turned. Neomi is a ghost who died a horrible death at the hands of an ex-lover and has been stuck in her house for over 8 More...

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Jan 19, 2012

Erin rated it:

This book was...ADORABLE!!
I first met Conrad in Murdoch's novel "Deep Kiss Of Winter' when he frees them from Kristoff. I just feel in love with him-and how frantic he was to get to Neomi.
I truly Loved the character of Neomi. Burlesque dancer turned Ballerina? this is simply badass. Neomi just seemed to demand my respect-much like Emmaline from A Hunger Like No other and Nix from just about every novel in this series.
I felt so bad for Neomi, to feel her death at the end More...

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Aug 01, 2011

Mlle. rated it:

I admit that I was a little worried when I started Dark Needs at Night's Edge. I wasn't really thrilled about the idea of a romance where the heroine is a ghost, and a lot of reviews complained that this book was slow, or just not quite up to par with the others. I've been working through the Immortals After Dark series in order, so I wasn't going to skip it, but I was prepared for a weak link. I was pleasantly surprised - I thoroughly enjoyed Dark Needs at Night's Edge, loved the pacing and cha More...

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Jul 27, 2011

Sandy rated it:

This is another series that I’m behind on reading, and I hate being behind on this one because I have loved every single word of it so far. Ms. Cole has a knack for writing the type of heroes that I adore. Alpha. To the core. But with enough sensitivity to savor love when it comes their way. If I had nothing but Kresley Cole books to read, I’d be pretty damn happy all the time.

The only thing I’m unhappy about is I read the first three books so long ago, I don’t remember things as clear More...

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Apr 19, 2011

Tynga rated it:

Conrad Wroth has gone completely mad. Drinking from the vein for three centuries, the memories he acquired from his victims are plaguing him, driving him to complete insanity. But his three brothers are determined to bring him back using all possible means. They kidnapped and locked him up in an abandoned mansion they bought, keeping him sedated until recovery. Except that this mansion isn’t really abandoned. Néomie, ghost of a 1920’s ballerina is still roaming her former home. Only Conrad can s More...

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Apr 17, 2011

Sandy rated it:

When Conrad Wroth became a vampire against his will, he went crazy with bloodlust, and eventually a Fallen vampire. For 300 years, he has been consuming the blood of his victims and taking their memories with him as well until he eventually overdosed on them till he couldn't even separate those from his own thoughts.

When his brothers finally located him, they dragged him kicking and screaming to an abandoned manor - haunted by a single, lonely and attention-starved ballerina. Néomi More...

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Mar 08, 2011

Leontine rated it:

The Wroth brothers are set out to save the last and final brother who has succumbed to the vampire bloodlust and in no way willing to give it up. Conrad is hell bend on revenge as he was turned in to a vampire without his knowledge at the time. A remote manor is bought for the very occasion of determining if Conrad can be saved or is lost for all eternity. As the Wroth brothers find Conrad it takes all three of them to bind Conrad with magical enforced handcuffs and sedate him as he is brought t More...

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Mar 02, 2011

Bobs (Reader Unbound) rated it:

This book sparkled from the first sentence. I admit I had my doubt about a vampire in his blood lust and a ghost but Ms. Kresley Cole made it work and did it beautifully. Conrad was was a hero to die for. His passion mixed with his innocence, his intelligence and his need to protect Néomi at all costs. How can I not fall for this man? By the end of the book I was like :
" Back off, Néomi you small little useless ballerina. I am so taking your man and we will be married by tomorrow morn More...

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Jan 16, 2011

Peep (Pop! Pop!) rated it:

I am surprised that this one did so well. It's my least favorite one so far. I think the ghost story just, well, bored me.

I do like how his brothers (and Bowen) worked so hard to help him. I really liked those parts. Though at times it was fristrating because I knew what was going on and it made me want to scream at them to just listen and back off! But I got over it because they meant well.

I also liked any parts with Nix or Cade because Nix is hilarious (Mike Rowe) and Cade More...

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Dec 10, 2010

Booked rated it:

Bestselling author Kresley Cole continues her seductive Immortals After Dark series with this tale of a vampire shunned even by his own kind and a beautiful phantom, bound together by a passion they cannot resist.

A RAVEN-HAIRED TEMPTRESS OF THE DARK...
Neomi Laress, a famous ballerina from a past century, became a phantom the night she was murdered. Imbued with otherworldly powers but invisible to the living, she haunts her beloved home, scaring away trespassers -- until she encoun More...

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