Review: No Rest for the Wicked By: Kresley Cole

No Rest for the Wicked
By: Kresley Cole

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 31 October 2006
Format: Paperback 384 pages
Categories: Contemporary Fiction Romance
Websites: Author ,
Book Depository, Goodreads

Book Blurb

A vampire soldier weary of life…

Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire—a nightmare in his mind—against his will. Burdened with hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite, fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead.

A Valkyrie assassin dispatched to destroy him…

When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her sorrow—accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she encounters Sebastian, her feelings—particularly lust—emerge multiplied. For the first time, she’s unable to complete a kill.

Become competitors in a legendary hunt…

The prize of the month-long contest is powerful enough to change history, and Kaderin will do anything to win it for her sisters. Wanting only to win her, forever, Sebastian competes as well, taking every opportunity--as they travel to ancient tombs and through catacombs, seeking relics around the world--to use her new feelings to seduce her. But when forced to choose between the vampire she's falling for and reuniting her family, how can Kaderin live without either?

My Thoughts

This second installment of the Immortals After Dark Series is action packed and takes you along on a contest of sorts that rivals the Amazing Race.

The main female character in this book is Kaderine, a Valkyrie. She is my second favorite in the entire series. She is better known as Kaderine the Cold Hearted. Called so because she seemingly has no conscience when she kills. A situation she has taken advantage of and uses to rid the world of Vampires. She is the best warrior in her coven.

The main male character in this book is Sabastian Wroth, a centuries old Estonian warrior. From Ms. Cole's description he is smokin hot! He has found his Bride in Kaderine and wants nothing more than to take care of her and protect her. Dang...why can't we find men like this today??

This book kept me on the edge of my seat for most of it and then took my breath away with the hot hot hot love scenes. I really love how well Kresley Cole can pull you into her books and she makes it near impossible to put the book down!! Again...make sure you have the next installment ready when you finish this one. Like the first book, it has a peek at the next book in the back.

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Review: A Hunger Like no Other By: Kresley Cole

A Hunger Like No Other
By: Kresley Cole

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: June 2008
Format: Paperback 368 pages
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Adult & Contemporary Romance
Websites: Goodreads , Authors Website, Book Depository

A mythic warrior who'll stop at nothing to possess her…

After enduring years of torture from the vampire Horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he's waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. This Emmaline is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him.

A vampire captured by her wildest fantasy...

Sheltered Emmaline Troy finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents--until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae--and their notorious dark desire--ebb as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own dark cravings.

My Thoughts

The two main characters, Lachlain and Emma, are total opposites and of course are meant for each other. Lachlain is Lykae and Emma is half Valkyrie and half Vampire. The Lykaes hate Vampires and the feeling is mutual, Vampires are less than fond of Lykaes.

Lachlain has waited his whole life to find his mate and now to his horror, she is half Vampire. His people have been killing Vampires for ages. But Vampire or not Emma is his mate and he will protect her forever. Whether she likes it or not!

Emma is just as horrified to learn that a Lykae thinks her to be his mate. What will her family think? Emma has been very sheltered in her life and this Lykae is a huge brute that is keeping her prisoner because he believes her to be his mate. I don’t want to give the story away so I will stop here.

I had a difficult time getting into this book initially. I thought it dragged a little bit, although in the end I really did enjoy it,And the more I read, the harder it was to put down. I know there are those who won't agree with me, lol, but there you go.

I liked how Kresley Cole handled the evolution of the two main characters' relationship. You could feel Lachlain's frustration at finally finding his mate and the issues involved (I don't want to give those issues away, hehe), and you could feel the fear and uncertainty Emma felt as she finally starting moving out of the shelter of her family and finding herself and the man she loved.

All in all I thought it was a great book and by the end I was totally hooked. I thought this was really well written. The story is engrossing and the sex is hot! What more can you ask for in a book? I suggest you have the next book in the series on hand when you finish this one because you will want to go on to the next immediately!!

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