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Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark, #4)

Kresley Cole

Start date: May 1, 2014

Finish date: May 31, 2014

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Nov 10, 2012 Lisa Kay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: authors-c, authors-k, character-multi-ethnic-heritage, character-witch-warlock-wizard, reviewed-by-me, amazing-secondary-characters, lupdilup-com, xyzcover-moon-stars-zodiac, all-time-favorites, character-ghosts

★★★★★ (This is a review of the audio book.) What can I say about hearing one of my favorite installments of Kresley Cole’s wonderful Immortals After Dark series brought to life on audio book? Terrific? Wonderful? Awesome?

They all seem woefully inadequate.

I’ve read this book several times, and I loved listening to it. Robert Petkoff continues his breathtaking narration, kicking it up a notch this time to tell us of Néomi Laress and Conrad Wroth’s love story. His voice is dreamy and he does the in ★★★★★ (This is a review of the audio book.) What can I say about hearing one of my favorite installments of Kresley Cole’s wonderful Immortals After Dark series brought to life on audio book? Terrific? Wonderful? Awesome?

They all seem woefully inadequate.

I’ve read this book several times, and I loved listening to it. Robert Petkoff continues his breathtaking narration, kicking it up a notch this time to tell us of Néomi Laress and Conrad Wroth’s love story. His voice is dreamy and he does the international cast of characters wonderfully, maintaining differentiation. His French Quarter accent for Néomi and Estonian accent for Conrad are great...nevertheless, I loved his Nïx the best! She, the “Ever-Knowing” soothsayer, is perplexed in this one and Mr. Petkoff has her inflection – with just the right touch of arrogant attitude thrown in – down perfect.

At the beginning one is inclined to wonder how Ms. Cole will ever get these two together. Néomi is not just a former femme fatale and burlesque dancer who rose above her roots to become a prima ballerina of the jazz era, she is a ghost! Worse yet, Conrad is not just a vampire, but one of the “Fallen vampires” and a master assassin. …Oh…and his is just on the edge of insane.

Talk about obstacles!

Not to mention, Conrad’s brothers have imprisoned him in Elancourt, Néomi’s abandoned New Orleans manor, in order to rid him of his insanity and bloodlust. They can’t see Néomi, so they believe he is not improving, but really losing it.

Still, despite the rage and madness, Conrad, the youngest of the Wroth brothers, manages to come across on the pages as… ** whew…fans self**…H.O.T.! I had forgotten how overpowering, demanding, possessive, and relentless he is in his desire for Néomi. I'm not as much of an alpha-hero lover as some of my GoodReads friends, but this one definitely works for me. The love scenes are sizzling. Yet so much of it is – at least in the beginning – cerebral.

I don’t want to give the whole story away; however, there are parts of this account that are just plain poignant. Ms. Cole has taken traditional things that we know about and written a wonderful Paranormal-Romance that is truly original. All the while continuing to interweave other characters’ story-lines without the reader getting frustrated by too little or too much information. Fabulous! ...more

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Apr 01, 2016 Lisa Kay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: well-narrated, all-time-favorites, character-witch-warlock-wizard, character-ghosts, character-multi-ethnic-heritage, authors-c, authors-k, reviewed-by-me, challenge-2016-rlftci, challenge-2016-bc

★★★★★ (This is a review of the audio book.) What can I say about hearing one of my favorite installments of Kresley Cole’s wonderful Immortals After Dark series brought to life on audio book? Terrific? Wonderful? Awesome?

They all seem woefully inadequate.

I’ve read this book several times, and I loved listening to it. Robert Petkoff continues his breathtaking narration, kicking it up a notch this time to tell us of Néomi Laress and Conrad Wroth’s love story. His voice is dreamy and he does the international cast of characters wonderfully, maintaining differentiation. His French Quarter accent for Néomi and Estonian accent for Conrad are great...nevertheless, I loved his Nïx the best! She, the “Ever-Knowing” soothsayer, is perplexed in this one and Mr. Petkoff has her inflection – with just the right touch of arrogant attitude thrown in – down perfect.

At the beginning one is inclined to wonder how Ms. Cole will ever get these two together. Néomi is not just a former femme fatale and burlesque dancer who rose above her roots to become a prima ballerina of the jazz era, she is a ghost! Worse yet, Conrad is not just a vampire, but one of the “Fallen vampires” and a master assassin. …Oh…and his is just on the edge of insane.

Talk about obstacles!

Not to mention, Conrad’s brothers have imprisoned him in Elancourt, Néomi’s abandoned New Orleans manor, in order to rid him of his insanity and bloodlust. They can’t see Néomi, so they believe he is not improving, but really losing it.

Still, despite the rage and madness, Conrad, the youngest of the Wroth brothers, manages to come across on the pages as… ** whew…fans self**…H.O.T.! I had forgotten how overpowering, demanding, possessive, and relentless he is in his desire for Néomi. I'm not as much of an alpha-hero lover as some of my GoodReads friends, but this one definitely works for me. The love scenes are sizzling. Yet so much of it is – at least in the beginning – cerebral.

I don’t want to give the whole story away; however, there are parts of this account that are just plain poignant. Ms. Cole has taken traditional things that we know about and written a wonderful Paranormal-Romance that is truly original. All the while continuing to interweave other characters’ story-lines without the reader getting frustrated by too little or too much information. Fabulous! ...more

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Jul 22, 2010 Ashley rated it really liked it

Shelves: gorgeous-vampires, hot-immortals, alpha-males, tortured-men, great-tension, great-pnr, iad, romance

Kresley Cole is my #1 to-go-to author for paranormal romance. She's a phenomenal writer evident by her well-developed characters and plots. So, there's nothing of her works that I won't read. Well, maybe except for her young adult series.

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Conrad Wroth, from the Fallen vampires, bearing red eyes and madness, is locked by his brothers in a manor which has been occupied by a female ghost, Neomi, for eighty years. Desperate for someone's company and acknowledgement ...more

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Dec 11, 2010 Ruby Hollyberry rated it did not like it

Shelves: not-owned, fantasy-sci-fi, gave-up-in-disgust

Didn't read all of this. I couldn't bear the horrible writing. It made me so ill I had to throw the book away from myself before I puked on it. My roommate friend reads (so far) nothing but PNR, romance and manga, while I read mainly fantasy/sci fi, UF, literary fiction and kids' books. I keep trying to make her read my books, particularly I think she'd like Wen Spencer's Tinker and the Black Jewels Trilogy, both of which I adore. This thing is what she gives me. :/ We are trying to bond over Ya ...more

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Nov 20, 2015 ☘KathyD☘ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-paranormal, genre-romance-series, character-vamps, book-5-star-favorites, genre-erotica, pages-300-399, book-kindle, audio-audible, genre-romance, character-bad-to-the-bone

What a fun and tragic story! Both Conrad and Neomi have such tragic ending/beginnings...and their road to happily ever after is so full of pot holes it's amazing they navigated through them at all! I loved how well the story moved and how lovely the transformations were for both characters. Oh, and how could I leave out Nix! She is such a strange, but wonderful character! I can't wait for her story! I do love the Wroth brothers and it was great getting to see the brothers interact and work towar ...more

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