A review by redhairedashreads
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

2.0

 
2 stars - It was ok

After being imprisoned and tortured by the vampire horde for years, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, finally escapes with the help of the scent of his fated mate. Unfortunately, he is enraged to find that his fated mate is a vampire. Emmaline Troy is a sheltered half vampire/half valkyrie who just wants to know more about her parents, but instead finds herself kidnapped by a Lykae and fighting her attraction to him.  

After seeing multiple people reading the newer books in this series it made me want to return to this series. Sadly, I have not read any of this series since 2013 and remember none of it, so that meant I needed to reread because I remembered nothing about this series. I knew going into this series that the early books are a bit dated and have some problematic MMC. I was hopeful I could look past that but sadly, I could not. 

Lachlan is an extremely problematic character. He doesn’t understand the meaning of no at all or that women have any rights. He sexually assaults Emma by coercing her to do sexual acts with him after kidnapping her. He doesn’t outright rape her but he does threaten to multiple times and frequently ignores her when she says no. He also gets her drunk at one point to try and lower her inhibitions in the hope that she will willingly have sex with him, so no I don’t like Lachlain at all. Yes, he has a few moments where he is kind, protective, and sweet, But overall, he wasn’t a good man and I think Emma deserved someone so much better.  

Now for what I did like about this book: Emma and the world. I liked Emma and her character development. She starts as a shy and sheltered woman who has spent her life surrounded by her valkyrie aunts but by the end she realizes she can take care of herself. She is fighting her own fights, beheading vampires, and beating up jealous women. Emma was surprisingly badass in the end and I wonder if we will see more of her in the future. 

This world is fascinating and I am really captivated by the different factions of the Lore. There are Lykae, vampires, valkyries, ghouls, wiches, and all kinds of other stuff. It’s just a very fascinating world that makes me want to keep reading, which is good because at this point, the problematic heroes normally would make me stop. Hopefully the next book will be less problematic. 

TW: Lachlain manipulates Emma into unwanted sexual contact, attempts to rape her a couple of times, and gets her drunk at one point in an attempt to lower her inhibitions so she will have sex with him; patricide; imprisonment, torture, self mutilation, 
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