{"id":11833,"date":"2014-08-18T10:20:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T14:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=11833"},"modified":"2017-04-13T05:13:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T09:13:49","slug":"review-the-warlord-wants-forever-immortals-after-dark-1-by-kresley-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=11833","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark #1) by Kresley Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first book in the\u00a0Immortals After Dark<\/em>\u00a0series (well, actually it\u2019s a novella) is dark and dirty with lots of sex and a strong paranormal setting.<\/p>\n

Merciless warlord Nikolai Wroth is a 300 year old turned vampire. His fighting and conquering bring him to a castle where a beautiful creature is imprisoned. Sent to torture and interrogate her, the mysterious Myst instead engages in some light-hearted banter and intense flirting with the big badass.<\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to Wroth, Myst is a valkyrie – a race thought to be myth. And Myst is secretly known as \u2018Myst the Coveted\u2019, using her beauty and her powers to bring deserving men to their knees before destroying them. Vampires are the sworn enemy of the valkyrie, and Myst lives to torment them. So she \u2018bloods\u2019 Wroth, linking him to her as his Bride. This means his heart starts to beat, his lungs start to breath, and he is awakened sexually since the first time since he was turned. They share one searing kiss before she leaves him high and dry \u2013 literally. As his Bride, Myst is the only one that he can be with, so without her he exists in a perpetual state of aching lust. It takes him five years to find her, and when he does he. is. pissed!<\/p>\n

\u201cFive years of hell,\u201d\u00a0he sneered, roughly palming my ass. \u201cYou deserve to be fucked till you can\u2019t walk.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here comes the sexy! Wroth fully intends on making Myst pay for leaving him like she did, and he makes good on his promise. And with a delicious little twist that has Myst doing whatever Wroth wants, he doesn\u2019t waste any time.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen some reviews where people have been turned off by the \u2018non-consensual\u2019 nature of their relationship. I can understand people\u2019s concerns, but it didn\u2019t bother me. I didn\u2019t actually see it like that, because while Wroth certainly pushes the issue, Myst is right there with him every time of her own free will.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the back and forth between them, the touch of sweetness as they come together, and the romance as it develops – even though it’s not very detailed. There are additional storylines featuring Wroth\u2019s brother and his fellow vampires, and we get to know some of Myst\u2019s valkyrie sisters. Again, there\u2019s not a lot of detail given, but it\u2019s a novella, so there wasn\u2019t really time for it.<\/p>\n

Kresley Cole\u2019s paranormal world is violent and dangerous. I admit it took me a little bit to understand the setting as it wasn\u2019t all laid out straight away, but I finally figured out that the story is set in present day and in the world as we know it, there just happen to be numerous supernatural creatures living among us. Although there was no human interaction in the story at all, it\u2019s all very strongly paranormal.<\/p>\n

I have been meaning to read this series for such a long time, and I\u2019m so excited that I finally made a start. I\u2019m looking forward to delving further into this world.<\/p>\n

3 stars.<\/p>\n

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For full series info, see our Immortals After Dark series<\/a> page.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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