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Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole

6 reviews

glddstwmn's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I wish the ending wasn't so fluffy and that there was another spicy scene after chapter 41 but over all I enjoyed the slow burn and the sunshine/grumpy trope. The Wroth Brothers are all pookie bear baby girls and I will not elaborate. 
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waffley's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Loved this!! I remember loving this book so much when i first read it years ago, and now im happy i still love it now after a reread. The only thing that irritated me about this book was that the MMC rarely apologized for his harsh words. And then he’d be all depressed because he already assumed she’d never forgive him bc of said words 🙄

But yea, loved this! Inloved Kaderin and Sebastians book, and i think i loved this just as much so they’re tied for first place! Sebastian is still my fave Wroth brother though. 
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katyhosbein's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I’m officially a Kresley stan after reading this fourth book in the IAD series. Néomi has been my favorite woman main character in the series so far. Her maturity in dealing with Conrad was super enjoyable to read and she was easy to root for. 

Also LOVED the amount of Nïx in this book. I laughed out loud whenever she was involved. 
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historysoverture's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I've officially read an IAD book!!! Am I going to read another? Possibly!  It was fun and exciting, but just fine. Not the greatest, but definitely not the worst.
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friends2lovers's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

Tonight Conrad had recalled what he’d once coveted, what he’d been filled with regret never to possess. 
I’d wanted a woman of my own.  One to claim and protect.  One to pleasure.
 
As a mortal, he’d longed for this constantly.  What if this female was his?  His arm injury ached under the spray of the water.  If the curse of that mark was true . . . Was this little ghost the one his life had been leading toward?  He recalled the chills he’d felt when Nikolai had merely uttered the name of her home.  Conrad had been forced here, sensing it was the first step on a doomed path.
   
His dream . . . her doom.
  
“You need to stay away from me.”  I have to escape this place.  “For your own good.”

Her brows drew together.  “Vampire, I don’t know if I can.”

I really loved the beginning to the first half (thereabouts) of this, but it gradually lost a little bit of my engagement.  It had strong spooky, Halloween-ish vibes that eventually dissipated.  And the romance and story lost some of the momentum it had in the beginning.  It’s a slow burn because she’s a ghost, so they can’t touch each other at all.  I grew impatient during the long stretch in the middle where the plot wasn’t really moving forward.

“You believe me?”

“I . . . don’t.”  Nikolai ran his hand over the back of his neck.  "I don’t know if I can accept everything you said.”

“Then why?”

“For whatever reason, you need this badly, and you came to me for it.” Nikolai cast him a stern look.  “Because I’m still your goddamned brother.” 

The Wroth brothers are so far my favorite immortals and I enjoyed seeing them all working together to bring Conrad back from the brink of insanity.  I thought Conrad’s journey from madness to lucidity was well-developed.  I really felt for him.  Overall, this is in my top 3 of the series so far, but I still have a long way to go! 
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ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

KC did it again. In Dark Needs, we meet another Wroth brother; the rogue, blood-crazed Conrad, one of the Fallen. Even more enrapturing is the burlesque-star-turned-primadonna-ballerina-turned-ghost Néomi, trapped haunting her beautiful New Orleans estate. I never turn down a forced proximity trope. As usual, a steamy romance, slowly simmering political intrigue, and some laughs courtesy of Nucking Futs Nïx. An excellent journey even deeper into the world of Lore. I now refer to IAD and its like « high brow smut. »
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