Cold As Ice (Ice, #2) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Jun 21, 2010 Jess the Romanceaholic rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, tortured-hero, assassin-mercenary-or-bounty-hunter, 2010-read, favorite-heroes, angsty-read, spy, alpha-male, promiscuous-hero, realistically-sized-heroine

*guh*

How. In the heck. Did I miss this book back when I was reading the Ice series for the first time?! They must've been out of it when I bought them or something, because I know I would've picked it up if they'd had it.

I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK.

Yes, our hero was the epitome of an Anne Stuart Hero -- jaded, cold, harsh, doing whatever needs to be done, and of course, using his sexuality as a weapon.

But how much did I love Peter anyway? *dreamy sigh* Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I wanted to throttle *guh*

How. In the heck. Did I miss this book back when I was reading the Ice series for the first time?! They must've been out of it when I bought them or something, because I know I would've picked it up if they'd had it.

I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK.

Yes, our hero was the epitome of an Anne Stuart Hero -- jaded, cold, harsh, doing whatever needs to be done, and of course, using his sexuality as a weapon.

But how much did I love Peter anyway? *dreamy sigh* Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I wanted to throttle the man for a good 75% of the book, but that's half the fun of reading an AS book is the redemption of the arsehole hero ;) There's just something yummy about a man who actually honest-to-goodness considers killing the heroine but just can't quite bring himself to do so despite all the good arguments for doing so...

I was rather fond of Genevieve as well -- she was feisty (and a size 8/10 lol that bit made me happy as well), mouthy, and a romantic at heart.

Being part of a series, it does help if you read the first book in the series before you pick this one up, but I don't really think you'll be lost if you don't -- it's been a long while since I read the first one and I didn't feel as though I was at a disadvantage because of it.

Some readers may find a slight objection to Peter due to some of his past sexual behavior.. As I mentioned, he does whatever is necessary, using sexuality as a weapon, and therefore has done some very unsavory things in his past -- including seducing men and women alike for the sake of a mission -- even doing so before killing said man or woman, if necessary..

So, while there's nothing explicit outside of the smexin between the hero and heroine, some folks might be a bit squicked. Even so, I would still recommend this book because having someone who has, for their whole life, treated sex as just a physical response and something that can be used to better manipulate his targets, and then watching as they begin to discover a sexual relationship that means so much more than any of the relationships in the past... *dreamy sigh* Hot 'n' Tasty.

Solid 5 Stars, but heck, it's Anne Stuart so we kinda knew that going into it :D ...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Duchess Nicole rated it really liked it

Shelves: e-pcs, genre-romantic-suspense, dead-tree-books, read-in-2012

I was very unsure about the hero of this one, Peter Jensen. I never disliked him, but I think Ms. Stuart almost did too good of a job making him into a bland, gray character. I read over some other reviews after I finished, and I see that I am not alone. I think I may have still been just a bit overwhelmed with Sebastian and my complete and utter adoration of Black Ice. Though I did learn a new word, which is always fabulous. Though I probably won't ever use the word sangfroid in conversation, I ...more

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Jan 10, 2015 Beanbag Love rated it liked it

The heroine was much better than the one in Black Ice ... until the end. What the heck was that nonsense? It was crazy, I'm telling you. Sheeeeeeeiiiiiiitttttt. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. For. Fuck. Sake.

So, anyway, I would have given it four stars, but I had to take a star away from it for Stuart making the heroine lose every ounce of common sense and intellect she'd supposedly had.

The endings of these books are a little abrupt. We do get to check in with the earlier coupl ...more

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Feb 27, 2010 Holly rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2010

3 1/2 - 4 stars

I have mixed emotions about this one. I'm a huge fan of the first book in the series, Black Ice, and I guess it would have been next to impossible for the following book to live up to the hype I had created in my mind. And while this didn't, it was still a really good book.

But, even though I enjoyed reading the next installment in the adventures of the dangerous heroes from the shady organization called The Committee, I did have a few issues.

In Black Ice, Bastien was an unapologe ...more

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Jan 03, 2014 Keri rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance-contemporary, 2010s-read, romance-suspense

AS is the Queen of abrupt endings!!! Loved this book though. Do we get little tidbits of how things are going in the next book? I have Takashi O'Brian's book coming...his sounds very intriguing I have resigned myself that there is no epilogues in Anne's world. *sigh* ...more

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Jan 06, 2010 Julie rated it really liked it

This was another great story. I was hooked from the beginning to the end. However I gave it 4 stars because I was extremely frustrated with the heroine. I wanted to choke her myself. I didn't think anyone could be colder than Bastian and boy was I wrong. Peter totally took the cake. I loved him!! ...more

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Jun 24, 2010 Mrs. Badass rated it it was ok

This series isn't for me. I am all for Anti-heroes. But these aren't anti-heroes. These are heartless, mean, kidnapping, viscious men that I don't really see how ANY women could remotely fantasize or come to love. It's just simply silly to think that Genevieve would fall in love with him in any other way than a kidnapped/emptionally tortured woman could fall in love with her capture. I think the writer should have had Her NOT go back to him. That would have been interesting, and more realistic.

I ...more

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