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Lothaire (Immortals After Dark, #11)

Kresley Cole

Start date: August 1, 2012

Finish date: August 31, 2012

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Jan 10, 2012 Saly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: virgin-heroines, celibate-hero, read-in-2012

Rating 4.5

OMG!This book was a roller-coaster ride and I can't wait for the next installments. We learn so much of what made Lothaire who he is, feared, evil, we learn about Nix, Kristoff and so much more. There were moments I wanted to smack Lothaire, he was so dense and a jerk but in the end you still are happy for him. The heroine was totally awesome. ...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Shera (Book Whispers) rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebook, paranormal-romance, vampire, valkyrie, 2012

In my mind, Lothaire has been the ultimate bad boy for the IAD. He’s clearly 100% evil villain and no matter what nefarious plots he's carried out I'm always metaphorical swooning on my feet for him. So to say the wait for this book has been unbearable is a terrible understatement. After finishing it I can clearly state that Cole is still my poison of choice! However, this book wasn't what I expected. For a character like Lothaire though, it would be tough to get it (him) just right. However, st In my mind, Lothaire has been the ultimate bad boy for the IAD. He’s clearly 100% evil villain and no matter what nefarious plots he's carried out I'm always metaphorical swooning on my feet for him. So to say the wait for this book has been unbearable is a terrible understatement. After finishing it I can clearly state that Cole is still my poison of choice! However, this book wasn't what I expected. For a character like Lothaire though, it would be tough to get it (him) just right. However, stating all that I will say this book surpassed my expectations, while also underwhelming them. (Yeah, I know I'm confused too.)

Elizabeth is the perfect soul mate for Lothaire. She's a standard redneck Hill-billy, but she's got all the smarts and wits to balance it out. Sure she eat squirrels, but she can still out wit La Dorada. It bothers me that—yet again—another Cole leading lady is a virgin. (Girls can have fun too!!) However, unlike some of the other IMA virgins she falls in the category of very sexual. Her reasons for saving it are, thankfully, not a mystical crisis. She was easy to relate too as she's not wealthy, but she's happy with the life she's lived. Elizabeth's strong will is perfectly shown as she battles the evil vampire goddess Saroya who inhabited her body at 18 years of age. Saroya ruined her life as her serial killer tendencies took over when ever the goddess took over Ellie's body.

Lothaire was just as devious as I had originally thought. He refuses to accept that Ellie is his Bride because of his ever present hatred for mortals. Instead he fixes on Saroya. It's interesting watching his arrogance, madness, and plots fall into place as he discovers Ellie as his mate and finally excepts her. He's completely evil to her. In fact, I actually started to become annoyed with him. When the couple finally put aside they're differences I felt like Lothaire really didn't change that much. I did not feel like he truly accepted Ellie as a human, and he conceded a bit to her family. What annoyed me more is that Ellie came off with better one liners then Lothaire. All of his truly good dialogue seemed to be reminiscing from other characters telling Ellie about what Lothaire had done in the past.

Still I felt like this book held it's own considering how many expectations I had riding on it. Thad the half vampire, half shade is pretty steady character in the book and I love him more. This book builds up the Dacian realm well enough that I'm looking forward to the spinoff series. Nix gets page time and it's really nice seeing some of the dynamics that Lothaire and her share. I'm desperately awaiting Nix's book, as much as I fear it. In the end this is another solid IAD entry to the series. While I feel like Cole is depending way too much on her formalistic plot that makes up EVERY book in the IAD series, I'm a sucker for it.

Sexual Content: This is a Cole book, you have to know by now!

4/5- Great! Really enjoyed it.

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Dec 20, 2012 Re Re rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book surprised me, in a good way!

I remember reading the summary and not being too impressed. (Especially since that kind of plotline means some kind of long separation, and it sort of did in this book.) But since I kept hearing people rave about it, especially about the craaazy and bad boy Lothaire, I gave it a try. Much to my surprised, I enjoyed the characters (even the heroine!). I loved how the two of them kept fighting/bantering(?).

Lothaire was oh-so arrogant and crazy at times. Not t ...more

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Jan 25, 2012 Sarouel rated it it was amazing

I really like bad heroes,really bad ones..Lothaire is a son of a bi**** a real one,but so difficult to hate..

This series keeps on interesting me, not like others, Kresley Cole gives us in every book a different story and another side of the big story..every book is related and different at once, which is great and very hard to do (i guess,seeing how other series loose their thing along the way,you know,the books seem the same over and over...not this one, for me at least).

Loved the heroine, such ...more

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Feb 06, 2012 ~Vixhen~ rated it it was amazing

I had been waiting for Lothaire's story since beginning this series. He was the all powerful, elusive one that all intrigued me. I loved this character, and his book didn't disappoint. Lothaire has finally found his bride in Saroya, a death goddess. However, she is currently possessing the body of Elizabeth Pierce, a mere human of less than stellar means. After Saroya's blood-thirsty rampages leave Elizabeth looking at deathrow, Lothaire intervenes in order to save his bride. Capturing Elizabeth ...more

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Oct 07, 2011 Franjessca rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romance, favorite-books, subgenre-paranormal-romance, vampires, books-read-in-2012, book-boyfriend, own-paperback-version, favorite-author, own-kindle-version, favorite-series

Full Review posted at A Book Lovin' Mama's Blog

One of my favorite quotes in the book is from Crazy-Nix (if you don’t know who Nix is, you need to read this series; she’s one character that Kresley needs to write a book for). “You gave her your heart, and she gave you the bird.” Nïx sighed. “Songs will be written about this.”

This book has become one of my favorites of the series, which is why it’s getting five stars. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has read the series before and to an ...more

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