{"id":38806,"date":"2018-12-02T05:16:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T10:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=38806"},"modified":"2018-12-02T05:16:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T10:16:22","slug":"audio-review-shades-of-wicked-night-rebel-1-by-jeaniene-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=38806","title":{"rendered":"Audio Review: Shades of Wicked (Night Rebel, #1) by Jeaniene Frost"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4.5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, yes, yes, I loved this one! Thank you, Jeaniene Frost, for giving us the opportunity to finally get up close and personal with one of my all-time favourite vampires, Ian! Ian has always been a highlight of the Night Huntress books and its spin-offs. His arrogance, irreverence and filthy deviance are completely charming and so freaking hilarious! And here, in his own book, he absolutely shines, and I was revelling in all that is this fabulously unique character.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe might be morally bankrupt, chronically dishonest, and inexplicably dangerous, but he was also . . . fun.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And not to be outdone, Law Guardian, Veritas stands strongly beside Ian\u2019s massive, completely shameless, personality. We\u2019ve seen her briefly in other books, and I loved her so much in this story! Strong, brave and powerful, Veritas is a force to be reckoned with. She is on the hunt for a demon named Dagon, and she isn\u2019t going to let anything get in her way. When she learns that Dagon owns Ian\u2019s immortal soul, she tracks down the eternal playboy in order to use him as bait to lure out her prey.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a good idea, but of course nothing goes to plan, and though they initially hate each other, Ian and Veritas soon find themselves partnering up to take down the bad guy \u2013 in ways they could never have imagined.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if we both survive, I won’t enforce my claim on you,\u201d I said desperately. \u201cIn fact, the first thing I’ll do is drop you back at that bordello in Poland and order you a new carnival orgy, promise!\u201d Then I threw up, spraying a stream of crimson all over him as I lost my fight against the nausea.
\n\u201cSee?\u201d I managed when I finished puking. Vow sealed with a blood oath.”
\nHe looked down at himself in disgust. “This is everything I knew marriage would be.\u201d <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This book is a wildly adventurous ride, and I loved it! It\u2019s fun with lots of humour, action, suspense, twists, turns and supernatural badassery. There is so much more to Ian and Veritas than we knew, and as they slowly begin to get to know each other, walls are dropped, secrets are revealed and passion ignites as these two fiery vampires really<\/i> get to know each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cLucifer\u2019s hammering hard-on! Now <\/i>that was a real shag!\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you thought the infamous Chapter 32 from One Foot in the Grave<\/i> was hot, it has nothing on these two when they get going. Just\u2026 damn! And all of that sexy time brings with it an emotional connection that neither Ian or Veritas can deny, and I LOVED getting so see this completely new part of Ian, that is still so irreverently\u2026 Ian.<\/p>\n

Ian grinned before leaning down to lick the blood off my lip. \u201cI know, it’s a lot to take in. Never thought you’d be this happy, did you? Or this <\/i>lucky. Blimey, go ahead and envy yourself. Countless other people will, I assure you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But their battle to draw out and take down Dagon will leave them both them forever changed, with far-reaching consequences that neither of them ever saw coming.<\/p>\n

I recommend being up to date on all of the preceding books before starting on this one \u2013 the entire Night Huntress<\/i> collection, the Night Huntress World<\/i> books, and the Night Prince<\/i> series. You could do it as a standalone, but you\u2019ll be missing a lot of context, and this book contains some pretty big spoilers for the earlier books so read with caution. Cat, Bones, Spade, Mencheres and Vlad (via phone) all make very welcome appearances, and it made me realise just how much I missed these characters! I loved seeing them together again, and the relationship that Ian has with Cat and Bones, in particular, was just gorgeous to see.<\/p>\n

It all ends with kickass action, twist after twist, and a whole lot of emotion, and though the cliffy isn\u2019t too painful, it\u2019s still left me desperate for more and I can\u2019t wait to see where the story is going to go from here.<\/p>\n

As expected, this is a fantastic read, and wonderfully narrated by Tavia Gilbert how she kept all of those accents straight I\u2019ll never know. She did a fantastic job!<\/p>\n

Loved this one! Another fantastic addition to Jeaniene Frost\u2019s paranormal world.<\/p>\n

4.5 stars!<\/p>\n

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Shades of Wicked (#1)
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Wicked Bite (#2)
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Wicked All Night (#3)
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