Hardcover, 468 pages
Published January 10th 2012 by Gallery
ISBN 13: 9781439136829
Source: Purchased for self
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Series: Immortals After Dark #12
Best read in order: yes
Stars: 5
Flames: 3
Lothaire: refined, regal, beyond arrogant, most likely
insane, tailor made cloths, older than dirt
Ellie: back mountain hick, ex con, humble, unbending, second
hand jeans and t-shits kind of gal, barely out of her teens
It’s so easy to see how these two are perfectly matched
(snorts.) Now, you must read this book just to find out how Lothaire ends up
wearing a wife beater, owning a Skoal cap and using NASCAR in a sentence.
Really that has to strike your curiosity.
I LOVE bat-crap crazy heroes and Lothaire is walking/tracing
a very fine line with the crazy. He is absolutely one of the most arrogant characters
that I have ever read. He’s so arrogant that he thinks his actions are normal.
Just when you think he could not possibly do anything else hateful to Ellie he
manages to one up his last. The fact that Ellie not only takes it, but pushes
it back at him is what makes Lothaire such
an entertaining read. Their gift exchanging towards the end is a perfect
example of this.
Poor Ellie, she’s possessed by Saroya the Soul Reaper, a
vampire goddess, a cruel and crazy blood thirsty goddess. Lothaire wants Saroya,
not Ellie. He makes abundantly clear right from the beginning. There’s a very
devious catch though and I loved it I thought it was so perfectly played. Saroya
is very evil, as evil as Lothaire wants his Bride to be. Ellie is strong
willed. She wants to either live her life or die to prevent Saroya from doing
more evil. The things that Ellie and Saroya do to taunt each other are so
evilly wicked.
Lothaire is an
emotional roller coaster ride. There are so many shocking, I can’t believe he
just did that moments. He is evil. He has always been evil. Do not go into this
book and think that he finally getting a Bride will change him. I liked that
about the book. At this point readers are twelve books into this series. I
would have hated seeing a complete character change for Lothaire. I also think
his Bride was perfectly matched for him. Ellie is great, yes she is the polar
opposite of Lothaire, but she is also everything that he has ever needed in a
Bride.
I can't wait to get to this book but I am reading the series in order so I have a few more to go before getting there :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVED this book. I was a big fan of Lothaire and didn't know how Cole could possibly pull of his story. She pulled it off alright. Great review!
ReplyDeleteGreat review, Vanessa! I'm looking forward to the day I can finally get around to reading this one. :)
ReplyDeleteThis novel was LOADS of Fun! I loved it!
ReplyDeleteGreat review!