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When spinning my wheel for the fourth book of the Love in the Night Readathon, it landed on IAD. That is short for Immortals After Dark, a series by Kresley Cole. I read the first book, A Hunger Like No Other, not too long ago and wanted to continue the series. I was thinking of starting the 2nd book, but decided to go with The Warlord Wants Forever. It is listed as 0.5 of the series. I am using this book for the host favorite prompt.
I have to say, before we get too much farther in, I did feel like I got more from this book reading it after the first. There wasn't quite as much world building, so it was helpful that I understood more of the rules and terminology before reading this. There is a little bit of explanation so you could go in blind and still understand the basics. I do have to say though that I understood the connection between Myst and her Valkyrie sisters better because I read the A Hunger Like No Other first.
Our heroine is Myst, one of the Valkyries we met in the first book. She is commonly used as bait for the various plans they execute. She is at a stronghold of Demetrius and Ivan's and is watching as the other vampire faction (led by Kristoff) is attacking. Myst is drawn to the made vampire Nikolai Wroth, a famous warlord from back in the day. He ends up coming across her and after some baiting and sexy times between the two, Myst escapes with her sisters after "blooding" Nik. Basically she started the vampire mating bond to become his Bride, but leaves him unfinished. Poor Nik is left in a highly aroused state for 5 years and can only find completion with Myst.
We have a time jump and come to "modern day" (when A Hunger Like No Other is set) and he finally finds her in New Orleans. Nik ends up kind of kidnapping her after breaking the chain around her waist. Now comes the issue that I've seen a lot of reviewers have with this book. If someone else has the chain, Myst has to do what they say. I was intrigued, but didn't take issue with how things evolved. Yes, Nik had some learning to do about what exactly a "women's role" is from his time as a human in the 1700s. He also is dead set that Myst is his mate, blood bride and the only woman for him. Yes he sometimes goes about things wrong, but I do want to say that it came from his insecurities. He was so nervous that if he let her go again, she would leave him, again. That was actually Myst's plan. To seduce him into giving her back the chain and then leaving. I did feel like Myst was a little over the top sometimes and very defensive. It was nice how they evolved and grew together. I feel like it gave a really nice base for their relationship once the misunderstanding was worked out.
They both were hurt and lashed out. My really only downside was that this was longer. It didn't feel rushed to me at all, I just really love her writing and the world she's built. I definitely want to try to read at least one book in the IAD series a month moving forward. Especially since this readathon got me out of my only historical binge. I'm also really excited to see what happens with Nik's brothers.
Have you read The Warlord Wants Forever?
Bookishly Yours,
Stasi🍎
STATISTICS: The Warlord Wants Forever, Kresley Cole, 5-stars, 1 day, paperback, 188 pages, published in 2006
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