Customer Reviews
Absolutly fantastic - By: Ms. R. Lanckmans, 18 Aug 2008 
This is one of the best books i have ever read. Its plot will have you stuck to the sofa making you unable to put it down until you've gotten to the end. I wasn't sure about it at first but after starting to read i couldn't stop. I now look very forward to reading the other booksin the immortal series.
Good but not fantastic - By: Sian, 28 Jul 2008 
I have read all of the Immortals After Dark series & each one was really well written with excellent character development, well handled action scenes & super charged eroticism. However, it is not surprising that after five (or six if you include the anthologised story) smashing stories the standard would drop eventually.
This book is not bad, it just isn't up to Kresley Cole's usual standard. The romance seems rushed, even forced & although there are plenty of fun moments - the action scenes are as good as ever - & there are the usual array of fascinating denizens of of the Lore, it is not enough to cover a somewhat floppy plotline.
That said, I am still glad I bought the book (I just don't re read it like I do the Wroth brother stories)
Great story, bit short in the ending but still great... - By: Jessica Simpson, 28 Jul 2008 I loved this book. I was not convinced that I would enjoy this book considering the lack of Vampires or Lycans but Cade the rage demon really made me change my mind.
Cade is a rage demon who has spent 9 centuries being punished for losing his borthers crown, & Holly doesn't know it yet but she is a halfling (half human, half Valkerie). We know from the previous IAD books that Cade believes her to be his mate, but thinking she was fully human she was forbidden to him. Cade has seemed very superficialin previous IAD books but this latest story has done well to portray him as justin his reserved & stand-offish nature. I also love that Holly is not perfect. She utterly flawed & wonderfully quirky.
One of the main advantages to the world Cole has created, is that it's diverse, full of different species, laws, mythologies, characters & locations. But the added bonus is that she show's no partiality to any of them. The Immortals After Dark Series is building up to the "Ascension", a war that occurs every 500 years. It pits species against species, forces new alliances & does what it's supposed to - thins out the Lore population. Each bookin Cole's IAD series is a prequel to the war yet to come & demonstrates how the different species are aligning, that the line between good & evil is very blurred & that anything can & will happen. I cannot wait for the nextin the series to come out, & I cannot wait to get to the Ascension....
I would thoroughly recommend this book from Kresley Cole. It's fast paced, well written & doesn't seem forced or cliched. Enjoy...
A very nice addition to the serie - By: Silvia Coradeschi, 07 Jun 2008 I enjoyed this book very much even if it is not as much action as the first onesin the serie. The characters are special: a demon, the firstin the serie & a girl that is very far from the typical heroine. The ending was a bit abrupt, but the rest of the book was well developed & very much worth reading.
Something Missing - By: C. McC, 02 Jun 2008 
Having read & loved all the booksin this series up until now, I was left a little disappointed by this one. It is written to the same high standard as the previous instalments, but I felt there were some serious flawsin the plot which stopped me enjoying the story.
(Spoilers!) The main problem with the story is that the relationship between the two main characters - the focal point of all these books - seemed hollow & forced here. This is principally because for the first 9/10ths of the book the plot relies on the fact that Cadeon fully intends to hand over Holly to an evil sorcerer who wants to impregnate her & use the child for evil,in exchange for a magical sword which can kill his brother's enemy. Despite the fact that he changes his mind at the very last minute, the fact that he was willing to hand over Holly for most of the book, despite supposedly loving her, makes him seem extremely callous & selfish. The reasoning behind his plan always seemed somewhat flimsy, vague & insubstantial, relying on the justification that he simply had 'no choice' - a fact which was plainly untrue.
In light of this, both Cadeon & his brother Rydstrom come across as being rather unworthy heroes, & I found myself actively disliking them. Finally, the book comes to an unsatisfying conclusion, with Holly hastily - & unbelievably - forgiving Cadeon for handing her over to an evil sorcerer to be his slave. Though he feels guilty for doing it, I thought his intentions soured the relationship from the beginning. Unlike Cole's other books which I have wholeheartedly enjoyed, this one left a bad tastein my mouth, & feeling a bit let down. I would recommend every bookin the series but this one, & I hope the next onein the series is back to Cole's high standard.
