Book Review: Kill Me Twice, Thrill Me to Death
It’s time for me to catch up on my backlog of book reviews, so I’ve grouped these romantic suspense books into this bundled review. Now, I’ve long admired the way The Book Smugglers structured their review post, and since one of the Top 10 Things I’ve resolved to do this year ...
TBR Jan Book Review: Dear John
If I were asked to name one great male romantic fiction author 2 years ago, I would have said “None comes to my mind.” However, having read A Walk to Remember and watched the movie (on YouTube, no less!), and recently followed that up with the heart-achingly sweet war romance (well, ...
Great Western Romances: Diablo, The Scotsman and Never Love a Lawman
It’s the New Year, and time for me to catch up on that backlog of book reviews, over the next couple of weeks (I hope!). One post that has been sitting in my draft folder for the longest time, is that follow-up to the Great Western Drive spearheaded by Kristie, ...
Book Review: Lords of the Underworld series (Books 1 to 4)
Well, I did promise that the next post would be about Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series, didn’t I? And since I’ve been slacking off on posts -- the understatement of the year, if ever there was an award for it – it’s more than time I make up ...
Review: Angel's Blood, Mine to Possess
It has been a while since my last Nalini Singh novel … 14 months and 25 days if one were inclined to be precise. So, when I managed to obtain a copy of her new series debut, I decided to catch up on the Psy Changeling world. Naturally, it was a ...Well, I did promise that the next post would be about Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series, didn’t I? And since I’ve been slacking off on posts — the understatement of the year, if ever there was an award for it – it’s more than time I make up for it, so here goes …
For a reader who’s been weaned on fairy tales, Arthurian legends and Greek myths in her childhood, and got hooked on paranormal/ urban fantasy stuff late in her adulthood, this series is a dream come true. I can’t think of another series that combines, urban fantasy, Greek mythology in the form of the Olympians, the Titans and the mystery of Pandora’s box, and melds it into the framework of a paranormal romance novel so successfully.
Quite frankly, apart from Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling and Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series, no other story arc has captured my attention in a long while. Let me share with you why.
Every once in a while, you come across a book series that not just entertains but engages with its lively characters, credible universe building, and snappy dialogues which grab your attention and spark off your imagination.
The Immortals after Dark series by Kresley Cole surely showcases some of the best paranormal rom writing there is. I was wary of stories of werewolves, vampires, demons and witches before picking up the first book of this series, A Hunger Like No Other. Having watched one vampire movie too many, and skeptical of being bitten by what I call, the ‘para rom’ bug, I was totally and pleasantly blown away by her sheer talent in reinventing Lorekind and giving paranormal an alternative spin on the traditional vampire and werewolf tale.
Of course, Ms Cole has gone beyond that, to weave in other urban fantasy characters using the coven of Valkyries as the catalyst of many a wonderful work which followed. I may have lapsed in following up on the series, but I never forgot the characters Ms Cole created.
Recently, I had the immense pleasure of finishing up not just books 4 to 6, Dark Needs at Night’s Edge, Dark Desires After Dusk and Kiss Of A Demon King, but also the prequel written as a novella, The Warlord Wants Forever. Let’s talk about Dark Needs at Night’s Edge first.
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