With many thanks to Sarah @ Pocket Books for this copy and a chance to review!
As a huge fan of Gena Showalter I couldn't pass this opportunity up! I have heard so much about Kresley Cole's books as well I thought a novella was as good as any place to start. So let's start with Gena's Tempt Me Eternally which is the story of Aleaha & Breean, which you met in Seduce the Darkness and frankly I liked this story better and found it easier to understand as a stand alone not having read the entire Alien Huntress Series. Breean is the leader of the Rakans a serious hot, fierce warrior who wants nothing more than to find another planet to call home. His has been destroyed by a virus and unlivable. And I said wants nothing more, well... until he comes across Aleaha. I found her a complete spite fire which I loved, I mean seriously, how cool would it be to assume another's identity (physically) by just coming into contact with them! Although she is the newest agent of the Alien Investigation Removal Team these two should be arch enemies, so why can't they keep their paws of each other. The scenes are hot, hot, hot and took me away for a couple of hours into a world of fantasy that I was sad had to end. Although I love novellas for their fast reads I could have taken a bit more of Aleaha & Breean!
Book Junkie Rating: 3.5/5
Untouchable by Kresely Cole wasn't too bad. I have never read about Valkyre's and this seems to be the last of the Wroth Brothers who has yet to find his mate. So needless to say I felt a little lost without having read the other stories. I must admit it is always hard for me to write a review when I am not that into a story. So let me just state the facts. Ice Queen of the Iceres with the alarming gift of pain to all she touches was a bit of a whiner to me. Feeling no real connection at all I was struggling to find a connection between her and Murdock. He is a Valkyrie and the last of the Wroth brothers who is a self described manwhore.Who frankly I thought deserved a better storyline. Their frustration in being attracted to one another was heartfelt and understandable as every touch of Dani inflicts pain, I myself felt pain in the struggle to complete this story. Now I have heard a lot of KC and would love to read her books, some are even on my TBR list, I didn't hate this book, just saddened a little at the fact that I feel that if this was a full length book there would have been more room for character development, I just felt rushed!
Book Junkie Rating: 2.0/5
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
KRESLEY COLE
delivers a breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time...and a Valkyrie aching to be touched.
Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela the Ice Maiden -- the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years. Yet the exquisite Danii is part ice fey, and her freezing skin can't be touched by anyone but her own kind without inflicting pain beyond measure. Soon desperate for closeness, in an agony of frustration, Murdoch and Danii will do anything to have each other. Together, can they find the key that will finally allow them to slake the overwhelming desire burning between them?
NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
GENA SHOWALTER
puts a daring spin on a tale of huntress and hunted...and concocts a sensual chemistry that is positively explosive.
Aleaha Love can be anyone -- literally. With only skin-to-skin contact, she can change her appearance, assume any identity. Her newest identity switch has made her an AIR (alien investigation and removal) agent and sends her on a mission to capture a group of otherworldly warriors. Only she becomes the captured. Breean, a golden-skinned commander known for his iron will who is at once dangerous and soul-shatteringly seductive, threatens her new life. Because for the first time, Aleaha only wants to be herself....
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Title: Deep Kiss of Winter
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3 comments:
I'm really sad you didn't enjoy Untouchable. Kresley's IAD series is truly amazing. But I would not reccomend starting late in the series...as you know. Lol.
December 21, 2009 11:22 AMI enjoyed the story, but I have been reading since book one and since the first Wroth Brother, so I knew their background and had been waiting forever for their story.
Of course I must agree that it was a bit rushed, both of them, but it's extremely hard to write a "complete" story as a novella and maintain the balance.
Great review!
Hi Jessica!
December 21, 2009 11:35 AMThanks and I am def. going to start the series at the begining! I have heard so many great things about it and Kresely's writing!
I love Kresley's books and it's better if you start at the beginning of the series although the first Wroth brothers story was to short for me and could have used just a little something else. But for the most part when I start one of her books I finish it in a couple.
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