renpuspita's review against another edition
4.0
NOTE : Some hot pics included
Sorry folks, not fans of Demon. Even I know their horns are lickable, but I prefer Vampires when it comes to "the most drooling Lore creatures at IAD world"
At last this one have Paul Marron's cover, so I'm not complaining :P.
And I found this hottie at KC forum ( I really miss that forum) for Cadeon :
But I think Sebastian Rulli can be a good Cadeon
Sorry folks, not fans of Demon. Even I know their horns are lickable, but I prefer Vampires when it comes to "the most drooling Lore creatures at IAD world"
At last this one have Paul Marron's cover, so I'm not complaining :P.
And I found this hottie at KC forum ( I really miss that forum) for Cadeon :
But I think Sebastian Rulli can be a good Cadeon
geo_ix's review against another edition
5.0
Some of you hoe-hoes may be against this book because there's cheating. But Tim's a right tosser so who gives a damn!
Oh Cadeon. Before, hearing about the demons and stuff, I was a little grossed out. After this? Gimme gimme! Mmm-mmm. I want a slice of THAT apple pie!
Seriously, how sexy can one guy BE? Englishy accent, all hot a shit, and the horns ended up being just as good. Little spoiler here - I think I nearly jumped into me kindle and strangled him for cutting them off in the end. If I was her, I'd be livid. Even after he said they'd be back in a few weeks. But still, SO cute to put himself through torturous pain for her. I literally sigh just thinking about it.
Anyway! This one is HELLA adventurous! And JUST as steamy in the lovin' department. Yumm-AY!
I loved it! Each story is unique! While the events of their relationships all are kinda the same, the actual events aren't and it gives that sense of difference needed to make it what it is. Each character is uniquely different. This is a first for a nerdy, OCD woman, and a very very very cocky man- I know Bowen is cocky, but he got nothin' on this fella!
Oh Cadeon. Before, hearing about the demons and stuff, I was a little grossed out. After this? Gimme gimme! Mmm-mmm. I want a slice of THAT apple pie!
Seriously, how sexy can one guy BE? Englishy accent, all hot a shit, and the horns ended up being just as good. Little spoiler here - I think I nearly jumped into me kindle and strangled him for cutting them off in the end. If I was her, I'd be livid. Even after he said they'd be back in a few weeks. But still, SO cute to put himself through torturous pain for her. I literally sigh just thinking about it.
Anyway! This one is HELLA adventurous! And JUST as steamy in the lovin' department. Yumm-AY!
I loved it! Each story is unique! While the events of their relationships all are kinda the same, the actual events aren't and it gives that sense of difference needed to make it what it is. Each character is uniquely different. This is a first for a nerdy, OCD woman, and a very very very cocky man- I know Bowen is cocky, but he got nothin' on this fella!
jessehill's review against another edition
4.0
I’m really not sure what it is exactly but I’m really enjoying this series. It’s just a fun guilty pleasure and the universe is so intriguing to me.
cr6zym0nkeyiz's review against another edition
3.0
“I want to go, but not alone with him! I don’t suppose you could hire someone less…” “Incredibly hot? With less lickable horns and a less sexy Sith Ifrican accent?”
I went into DARK DESIRES AFTER DUSK liking it quite a bit like the last few books, but came out frustrated and annoyed. I think I made it a little halfway before I started getting annoyed and I guess part of that is because I found the heroine incredibly annoying. It was an exhausting read and I think my expectations may have been raised a bit too high for this book because I didn't take into account that I may have wanted to strangle the heroine.
"Fate decides . . . who I can be most satisfied with." Nibbling her lip, she asked, "Have you slept with anyone else since you knew it was me?"
"Gave a halfhearted try for a witch . . . she wanted a werewolf instead." There was no getting around it--Holly was jealous of the witch. But then Cadeon said, "And I wanted you.”
I adored Cadeon when he first appeared in Wicked Deeds on a Winter Night. I found him playful, exciting, fun and easy to talk to in a best friend kind of way. Cadeon had messed up badly with his brother and he is trying to make up for it and making up for it means losing her mated female right when he is finally able to be with her. It's heartbreaking, but Cadeon is at the point where is is constantly asking himself is he really going to make up his past mistakes to his brother by betraying the one woman that he loves?
Without looking up, she said, “Cadeon, a chance can’t be reduced from zero.”
“Gods, I love it when you talk mathy to me.”
And that one woman is the most dumbest and idiotic heroine's I've ever met. The main reason why I didn't enjoy this book so much is because of Holly. She is basically a geek. A so called smart woman who is a brainiac and gets caught into this immortal mess.It is very obvious that Cade and Holly are attracted to each other. Cade doesn't fight it, but Holly fights it for the longest time, but we are more than halfway through the book and she is still pushing him away. I understand pushing him away. And some of the arguments she got into with him is only something a nerd would argue about. I feel like the middle of this book was so boring.
“You dress her in a wet T-shirt and make her carry the bags?
Damn, Cade, I like how you roll"
And Holly was the most uninteresting person ever! She is the definition of geeky and nerdy. Her so called sickness was a complete joke! I just didn't connect with the heroine this time. DARK DESIRES AFTER DUSK was still pretty good, but it was just okay for me. The heroine really did ruin the book for me. I loved the dialogue and the amazing storyline as usual! How could I not? I am looking forward to the next Immortals After Dark book and hopefully it will make up for this one being not so great.
I went into DARK DESIRES AFTER DUSK liking it quite a bit like the last few books, but came out frustrated and annoyed. I think I made it a little halfway before I started getting annoyed and I guess part of that is because I found the heroine incredibly annoying. It was an exhausting read and I think my expectations may have been raised a bit too high for this book because I didn't take into account that I may have wanted to strangle the heroine.
"Fate decides . . . who I can be most satisfied with." Nibbling her lip, she asked, "Have you slept with anyone else since you knew it was me?"
"Gave a halfhearted try for a witch . . . she wanted a werewolf instead." There was no getting around it--Holly was jealous of the witch. But then Cadeon said, "And I wanted you.”
I adored Cadeon when he first appeared in Wicked Deeds on a Winter Night. I found him playful, exciting, fun and easy to talk to in a best friend kind of way. Cadeon had messed up badly with his brother and he is trying to make up for it and making up for it means losing her mated female right when he is finally able to be with her. It's heartbreaking, but Cadeon is at the point where is is constantly asking himself is he really going to make up his past mistakes to his brother by betraying the one woman that he loves?
Without looking up, she said, “Cadeon, a chance can’t be reduced from zero.”
“Gods, I love it when you talk mathy to me.”
And that one woman is the most dumbest and idiotic heroine's I've ever met. The main reason why I didn't enjoy this book so much is because of Holly. She is basically a geek. A so called smart woman who is a brainiac and gets caught into this immortal mess.It is very obvious that Cade and Holly are attracted to each other. Cade doesn't fight it, but Holly fights it for the longest time, but we are more than halfway through the book and she is still pushing him away. I understand pushing him away. And some of the arguments she got into with him is only something a nerd would argue about. I feel like the middle of this book was so boring.
“You dress her in a wet T-shirt and make her carry the bags?
Damn, Cade, I like how you roll"
And Holly was the most uninteresting person ever! She is the definition of geeky and nerdy. Her so called sickness was a complete joke! I just didn't connect with the heroine this time. DARK DESIRES AFTER DUSK was still pretty good, but it was just okay for me. The heroine really did ruin the book for me. I loved the dialogue and the amazing storyline as usual! How could I not? I am looking forward to the next Immortals After Dark book and hopefully it will make up for this one being not so great.
ikepauh's review against another edition
4.0
Another sweet sugary fix.
I wanted to read another IAD book after Lothaire and this was my first pick after a quick scroll through the blurbs. Lothaire's voice and Cade's voice were different which is great since they are two different characters. Way to state the obvious but sometimes heros (and stories) can sound the same. Cade's a mercenary and he's on the good side? Even if he's a brutal killer but then again, all of Lorekind...kill?
There's got be more to OCD than what Holly portraying...I suppose her Valkyrie-ness eliminated that need, that compulsion she had???
Cade...he went for it at every chance he got, how was Holly not to melt despite...well being sheltered ("repressed") and turned off by his cursing, manners, bla bla. I still think she forgave him too easily at the end. They all melt. Meh.
Similar to Lothaire, Holly ends up in Val Hall and buddies it up with the Valkyries. Is that a running theme? I can't recall if that also happens in all the other earlier books.
Overall, Lothaire wins. While comparing Dark Desires after Dusk and Lothaire, Cade was making it very hard for me
I wanted to read another IAD book after Lothaire and this was my first pick after a quick scroll through the blurbs. Lothaire's voice and Cade's voice were different which is great since they are two different characters. Way to state the obvious but sometimes heros (and stories) can sound the same. Cade's a mercenary and he's on the good side? Even if he's a brutal killer but then again, all of Lorekind...kill?
There's got be more to OCD than what Holly portraying...I suppose her Valkyrie-ness eliminated that need, that compulsion she had???
Cade...he went for it at every chance he got, how was Holly not to melt despite...well being sheltered ("repressed") and turned off by his cursing, manners, bla bla. I still think she forgave him too easily at the end. They all melt. Meh.
Similar to Lothaire, Holly ends up in Val Hall and buddies it up with the Valkyries. Is that a running theme? I can't recall if that also happens in all the other earlier books.
Overall, Lothaire wins. While comparing Dark Desires after Dusk and Lothaire, Cade was making it very hard for me
raven_acres's review against another edition
3.0
Cade and Holly's story. Not all that impressed with the storyline.
izzy_happyfornow's review against another edition
4.0
Re-read 2021: I think I agree with my previous review
First read 2019: 3.5
I think this is a hard one to rate/review. You really think one thing going in but instead find out it's a whole other story.
I liked how Holly's OCD was not just healed by her transformation. Cade is a let me feed you kinda alpha and I dug that too. He also never dismissed Holly for her OCD.
Food might be my love language. Don't love the vessel stuff of course.
Excited for the next book.
First read 2019: 3.5
I think this is a hard one to rate/review. You really think one thing going in but instead find out it's a whole other story.
I liked how Holly's OCD was not just healed by her transformation. Cade is a let me feed you kinda alpha and I dug that too. He also never dismissed Holly for her OCD.
Food might be my love language. Don't love the vessel stuff of course.
Excited for the next book.
cjvargas101's review against another edition
3.0
****
I orginally gave this a 2 but then when i really thought about it, it wasn't that bad.I might be extremely biased because i love this series
I orginally gave this a 2 but then when i really thought about it, it wasn't that bad.I might be extremely biased because i love this series
fictionalkate's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this story.
Badass RageDemon Cade is torn between claiming his mate and trading her in for a sword that can help him return his brother's kingdom to him.
Poor guy. Tough choice...
I loved the interaction between Holly and Cade. And I liked how Holly's change between being an OCD Mathematics professor and valkyrie was a progression and not something that just all of a sudden happened.
And this book featured another appearance from "Nucking Futs Nix" :D
She's my favourite character of the series and she just keeps getting better with every appearance. I can't wait to read her downfall ;)
Badass RageDemon Cade is torn between claiming his mate and trading her in for a sword that can help him return his brother's kingdom to him.
Poor guy. Tough choice...
I loved the interaction between Holly and Cade. And I liked how Holly's change between being an OCD Mathematics professor and valkyrie was a progression and not something that just all of a sudden happened.
And this book featured another appearance from "Nucking Futs Nix" :D
She's my favourite character of the series and she just keeps getting better with every appearance. I can't wait to read her downfall ;)
jazzigtee's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5