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Jun 14, 2010

Summer rated it:

So I picked up this book with no expectations, it had mixed reviews but I figured I'd give it a shot. The first few pages describe Antoinette, and to a lesser degree her brother Nici, on a mission. Antoinette is a Venator, meaning she is part of a group of humans hunting a type of creature called dreniacs. Supposedly from the opening and the blurb on the back I understood there's good vampires and bad vampires with the dreniacs being the 'bad' ones and a group called the Aeternus are the 'good' More...

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Dec 03, 2009

Shannon rated it:

There are two kinds of vampire in the world: the Aeturnus, who after centuries of bloodshed forged a treaty with humans to live peaceably together; and the Necrodreniacs, those vampires who have become addicted to the high they get from killing humans, draining them dry. It is a distinction that Antoinette Petrescu, the legendary Venator whose job it is to hunt down and execute Necrodreniacs, has never been able to see, not since her mother was murdered and her father died.

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Aug 24, 2010

Shera (Book Whispers) rated it:

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This is another title were the vampires are aliens, as a twist it also includes the shifter races. In the case of this read, the reader is given more information and it ends up being one of the better concepts for vampires are aliens. The world and history that has shaped earth by living with these creatures really clicks and O'hara gives good details on past events. Giving the reader the foot holds in the history so that you can understand the politics that are occurring. T More...

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Feb 26, 2011

Emoore0916 rated it:

I wish Ms O'Hara had given us a teaser on what the next book in this series, if it is even going to be a series. So many of the characters were killed off I don't know who the next group of characters will be about. About the only one that I would love to hear from is Oberion (*sp). All in all this was a very good book kept me interested, even though I knew who the bad guy was I still had to and wanted to finish the story. Heart it, bring the next one on.......

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Aug 12, 2011

Jenn rated it:

This was an impulse pick up at the library and what a fun ride this was.

I'm not sure if I'd classify this as urban fantasy though. It's more paranormal romance. And when you hit the sex scenes, it's more like an erotic paranormal romance.

Antoinette is tough and hell-bent on avenging her mother's death. Her brother is oh-so-conveniently off to London to work for some big-wig vampire hunting thing because now Antoinette has to hook up with big bad vampire Christian somehow. Together they're after More...

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Sep 11, 2011

Starry rated it:

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Aug 21, 2011

N.L. rated it:

Night's Cold Kiss is a great debut novel for Australian author <a href="http://www.traceyohara.com/>Tracey O'Hara</a>. With a perfect blend between urban fantasy and paranormal romance, she gives the reader chaotic urban fantasy action along with the hot, sexy romance.

Antoinette Petrescu is the top vampire hunter—also called a Venator—specializing in hunting the evil Necrodreniacs. But with a hatred for all vampires, which includes the noble Aeternus, it'll be diffic More...

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Apr 12, 2011

Alison rated it:

if ever there was an explosion that started the universe I think it would look something like the start of this debut story from Tracey O’Hara.

HUGE start, that just doesn’t stop. Night’s Cold Kiss is an adrenaline filled rollercoaster that had me in tears by page 50, hot under the collar by page 30 and my heart racing by page 10.

My only problem was the new terms for vampires. Particularly as these were introduced in the first few pages without any real explanation as to wha More...

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Jan 13, 2011

Kaza rated it:

Summary

When Antoinette Petrescu was a child she witnessed the death of her mother by a Necrodreniac vampire. This experience made Antoinette feel resentment to all vampires. This resentment fuels her motivation to hunt down criminal vampires, as part of an elite Venator corps. However, Antoinette may have finally met her match when she realises her mother’s murderer may still be alive and hunting her. Helping her is Christian, a sexy Aeternus vampire.

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Jan 07, 2011

Lady rated it:

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Dec 29, 2010

Karissa rated it:

This is the first book in The Dark Brethern series by Tracey O'Hara. The second book in this series, Death's Sweet Embrace, is due out January 2011. I actually read this book because I got an e-copy of Death's Sweet Embrace to review and wanted to start at the beginning of the series. I liked this book, it was a good read. The world isn't anything super creative, but it was entertaining.

Antoinette Petrescu is a Venator; she is dedicated to killing the evil type of vampires, the Nec More...

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Dec 09, 2010

Kt from A Book Obsession.. rated it:

Danger very similar to a dark time know as the "troubles" is brewing. Much to her dismay, rouge vampire hunter Antoinette teams up with the Aeternus Christian to try and solve a string of murders. Despite her utter hatred of everything vampiric and his determination to never let another human sway him, the two of them quickly find a strong attraction to the other. The odds are stacked against them and with the fragile truce between the races in the balance, the two must come to terms w More...

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Dec 03, 2010

Tynga rated it:

Antoinette Petrescu, is a vampire hunter in a world set in an amazing lore. Vampire is indeed the common public name for Aeternus, a race of vampire living peacefully. As opposed to Dreniacs, a race of vampire addicted to death-induced high, they are serial killers of the worst kind. Antoinette is hunting the latter, but also has a strong repulsion to Aeternus since her mother’s murder. A dreniac is currently on the loose, killing prostitute matching Antoinette’s physical description. She is det More...

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Jan 08, 2010

Loves FAB Romance rated it:

Night's Cold Kiss is the first book in the Dark Brethren Series.

Antoinette Petrescu is a Venator, a highly trained vampire hunter. Vampires come in two types: Aeternus - regular vampires, and Dreniacs - vampires who drink until they kill the human. While Antoinette has been trained to fight Dreniacs, she doesn't like Aeternus vampires either. Her mother was killed by a Dreniac in front of her when Antoinette was a child and therefore she has an obsessive hatred of all vampires.
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Nov 25, 2009

Ailsa rated it:

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As you all should've guessed by now, I'm a big fan of vampire romance stories, so you won't be surprised that I liked this book.

This story has a great opening chapter - readers are pulled straight into Antoinette's daily life, as she stalks then fights with one of the evil Necrodrenics, or just dreniacs for short. It's clear she's good at her job of hunting them. We also meet Christian, who is watching the lair Antoinette is about to More...

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Apr 21, 2011

WildAboutBones rated it:

Way to go Tracey! Good debut book. While the publisher has categorized this new series as Urban Fantasy, I have to disagree - it is more like Nina Bangs' Gods of the Night Series in the Paranormal Romance category. Tracey has created a new paranormal mythos. While vampires and shifters themselves aren't new, her handling of them is original. Sometimes the new terminology was used without any explanation but it really didn't detract from the story and then I found the glossary at the end of the More...

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Nov 05, 2010

Shelley rated it:

**Storyline** After the death of her parents, Antoinette Petrescu devoted her life to becoming one of the top Venators, the elite hunters who destroy the rogue Necrodreniacs (Vampires). Her kill count is legendary and her skills are superb. But now the serial killer, Dante, who killed her mother has returned and is looking to add Antoinette to his collection. To stop him, Antoinette must join forces not only with the Aeternus's legendary killer, Christian.

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Jan 08, 2011

Cyna rated it:

About 50 pages into this one, I realized that there had been some ridiculously amazing leap in quality between the first and second entries into this series, because this wasn't the same interesting, crime-drama-type story I'd been drawn into in Death's Sweet Embrace. This was Cliched Fantasy Kitchen Sink World B, with Cliched Vampire Hunter Love Story A, filled with stock characters and strung together with a plot whose primary agenda seemed to be furthering the leads' love-to-hate-you romance. More...

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Apr 30, 2011

Kristen rated it:

I really enjoyed Night's Cold Kiss. Antoinette was a great heroine. Living her life being repulsed by the Aeternus and killing the Dreniacs, Antoinette never believed that she would be friendly with them on any terms. But when she finds herself in a situation that is beyond her control she is forced to work with Christian a brooding vampire who makes her furious and Christian's best friend Viktor. Viktor is charismatic and friendly but she still doesn't like the idea of working alongside a race More...

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Jan 16, 2011

Ithlilian rated it:

Let's face it, it's hard for authors to bring something new to the field in this genre. There is only so much you can do with werewolves, vampires, and the like. What sets some authors apart is their ability to make even the most mundane plot come to life with strong likable characters. That is not the case here. What we have in Night's Cold Kiss is the typical girl whose mother was killed by a vampire, so now she must kill them all to get revenge. Of course she comes to realize that they aren't More...

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Nov 12, 2009

Natasha rated it:

Synopsis

For centuries war raged between the humans and Aeternus vampires—until courageous efforts on both sides forged a fragile peace.
But the rogue Necrodreniacs will never be controlled—addicted as they are to the death-high… and bloody
chaos.
Since witnessing the murder of her mother, Antoinette Petrescu has burned with fiery hatred for the vampire race—even for Christian Laroque, the noble, dangerously handsome Aeternus who rescued her. Now an elite Venator, Anto More...

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May 22, 2009

Tez rated it:

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Jan 17, 2010

Sarah rated it:

Wow! This book was incredible - full of steamy sex, tons of action and truly captivating characters.

We are introduced to Antoinette Petrescu, a Venerator - killer of rogue vampires - Necrodeniacs. She is orphaned as a child and raised by her loving aunt and uncle. When we meet up with her as a jaded adult, she is one of the best Venerators in the business and being forced to team up with an Aeternus (or vampire) in order to determine the source of much unrest between the human Gui More...

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Oct 14, 2010

Sharon rated it:

This book is a great read for a first series. She's an Australian writer & puts me in the mind of Lynn Viehl, J.R Ward and Nalini Singh, I know these writers are heavy hitters but Tracey O'Hara holds her own.
This is a great debut & I have already put my order in for the next book Death's Sweet Embrace which comes out in Jan 2011.
Her world is dark with intractable enemies & commitees vieing to break or keep the peace at any cost between the humans paranormals & vampire. Antoinette ( More...

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Dec 02, 2010

Susi rated it:

When I held Night's Cold Kiss in my hands for the first time I was immediately impressed. The book looks impressive and when I started to skim through it I discovered the Glossary at the end. I thought wow that really looks like some serious world-building and the book didn't disappoint in that department. But let's start at the beginning.

We are thrown in the middle of a world full of paranormal creatures living in a more or less peaceful coexistence with the human population. The More...

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Nov 29, 2010

Larissa rated it:

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At first look I thought this was an Urban Fantasy novel and it said so in the spine of the book as well, however it turned out to be more of a Paranormal Romance. After I got over the initial gear shift, I ended up enjoying Night’s Cold Kiss, a lot!

Antoinette is a Vanetor, a hunter of the creatures of the night who can’t control their inner beast. She has been training her whole life for this and her hatred More...

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Mar 03, 2011

Daffodil rated it:

The mythology of O'Hara's world confused me. It confused me a lot. I don't know if she was attempting a slow discovery process, but it didn't work. We have CHaPR, The Department, The Guild, The Council. What are they? How are they related? Who is a member of each? I still wasn't sure when I reached the end of the book. Then I found the glossary at the back and boy, I wished I'd known it was there. It did a better job of explaining things than the narrative did.

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Jan 15, 2010

Darcy rated it:

I really liked this book. It is different from what is out there and on the darker side. I enjoyed all the different species and all the family connects that played out. What I think the author did really great was the world building. This book was pretty extensive in what it laid out for the rules and what was going on in it. So often times with a book like this all you get is info dump, little story, info dump, little story, more info dump, but for the most part the info that was needed t More...

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Jul 22, 2010

Bethany rated it:

I would have had to get a notebook, and take frequent notes to be able to list everything that was wrong with this book. I'm actually mad at myself for buying it. I was going to put it down, but decided it could get better. By the time I decided I was definitely wrong, I figured I had wasted so much time on it that I might as well see what happened. The writing is just really cheesy and predictable. And most of the book is just one long sex scene with a little story mixed in. I didn't get More...

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Mar 01, 2011

Rie rated it:

There are issues with this book and I’ll go over them first, but don’t let that taint your opinion before you read the rest of the review.

The world is not explained fully. This left me utterly confused for the first fifty odd pages until I had read enough to figure it out. But some of the questions I had for the first fifty pages are still questions after reading the entire book.

But there is a dictionary of sorts at the back of the book. If you are reading this and confused a More...

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