A review by ericawrites
A Hunger Like No Other, by Kresley Cole
2.0
Massive CW: dubious consent at best, rape at worst, kidnapping, lots of violence as supernatural creatures
Listen: This world building is more interesting.
Lachlain is an awful hero. I wasn't even convinced he was hot because we didn't get proper appreciation of his looks. If he has PTSD, then it could've been nuanced.
Neither him or Emma hit the character mark on identification. For a still inexplicable reason, Emma hadn't even held a man's hand, let alone kissed one, before Lachlain. The never having sex is fine for her being tied to her vampire stuff.
(But also they have sex that first time when he fingers her and she gives him a handjob, unless you read it as rape. All the other consensual sex is sex, not just when he finally puts his giant dick in her vag.)
I liked the parts about Lachlain learning about the world. I liked his relationship with Bowe and Harmann. Emma was much better when we learned what she liked about life, like tell me more about this pop culture degree, than all her worries around losing control.
Emma has to relive Lachlain's memories for these two to connect. And kill her father.
This was published in 2006, and yeah, the non-con assault alpha male stuff doesn't surprise me, just bored me and made me consider if I was DNF with this book and if I would continue to read the series.
Looks like the other books don't have the same issues, and there's at least one book with a queer couple. (Sorry, authors, immortals would never be all cishet.) So I will continue on.
Listen: This world building is more interesting.
Lachlain is an awful hero. I wasn't even convinced he was hot because we didn't get proper appreciation of his looks. If he has PTSD, then it could've been nuanced.
Neither him or Emma hit the character mark on identification. For a still inexplicable reason, Emma hadn't even held a man's hand, let alone kissed one, before Lachlain. The never having sex is fine for her being tied to her vampire stuff.
(But also they have sex that first time when he fingers her and she gives him a handjob, unless you read it as rape. All the other consensual sex is sex, not just when he finally puts his giant dick in her vag.)
I liked the parts about Lachlain learning about the world. I liked his relationship with Bowe and Harmann. Emma was much better when we learned what she liked about life, like tell me more about this pop culture degree, than all her worries around losing control.
Emma has to relive Lachlain's memories for these two to connect. And kill her father.
This was published in 2006, and yeah, the non-con assault alpha male stuff doesn't surprise me, just bored me and made me consider if I was DNF with this book and if I would continue to read the series.
Looks like the other books don't have the same issues, and there's at least one book with a queer couple. (Sorry, authors, immortals would never be all cishet.) So I will continue on.