Reviewer: Casee Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark #5) by Kresley Cole
Series: Immortals After Dark #5
Also in this series: A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark #2), Wicked Abyss (Immortals After Dark #18), Munro
Publisher: Pocket Books
Publication Date: April 29th 2008
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 368
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Bestselling author Kresley Cole continues her seductive Immortals After Dark series with this tale of a vampire shunned even by his own kind and a beautiful phantom, bound together by a passion they cannot resist.
A RAVEN-HAIRED TEMPTRESS OF THE DARK...
Naomi Laress, a famous ballerina from a past century, became a phantom the night she was murdered. Imbued with otherworldly powers but invisible to the living, she haunts her beloved home, scaring away trespassers -- until she encounters a ruthless
A VAMPIRE WARRIOR CONSUMED BY MADNESS...
To prevent him from harming others, Conrad Wroth's brothers imprison him in an abandoned manor. But there, a female only he can see seems determined to drive him further into madness. The exquisite creature torments him with desire, leaving his body racked with lust and his soul torn as he finds himself coveting her for his own.
HOW FAR WILL HE GO TO CLAIM HER?
Yet even if Conrad can win Naomi, evil still surrounds her. Once he returns to the brutality of his past to protect her, will he succumb to the dark needs seething inside him?
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Conrad Wroth despises his brothers for turning him into a vampire. Years before he turned, he was a member of a highly secret society whose duty it was to destroy the vampire. Conrad was taught that a vampire was nothing more than an evil that needed to be destroyed. So when he found himself one of the very creatures that he hunted, he was beyond angry. After being turned, he tried to ignore his need for blood, but it soon became too much and he found himself as one of the Fallen. A vampire who has killed while taking directly from the vein. A vampire that who has succumed to a madness in which there is no returning.
Conrad’s brothers, all vampires, refuse to give up on their brother. Having their own reasons for believing that it’s possible to save Conrad, they imprison him in an abandon manor, having no clue that a ghost is also in residence. When Conrad first sees Néomi, he’s convinced that it’s nothing more than the madness that has created the ghostly aberation. What he finds confusing is that the rage that is so much a part of him seems to dim when Néomi is with him.
Néomi Laress died in one of the worst ways a person can imagine. For 80 years, she has been bound to her home, the place where she died. Having no idea why she hasn’t “moved on”, Néomi finds her happiness where she can. Usually it is with the tenants that move into her home. Though they never know she’s there, she takes joy in their lives. When Conrad is brought into the manor, she is estatic that there is someone that can finally see and hear her.
I really enjoyed the love story between Conrad and Néomi. I think what made it even more poignant is that, for over half the book, the two couldn’t even touch. They fell in love with each other before they were even able to have physical contact. Néomi was exactly the sort of woman Conrad needed. Even after 80 years as a ghost, she was still able to find joy in the smallest things. For someone that felt only rage for 300 years, it was a powerful thing. Néomi helped Conrad overcome the rage that is so much a part of them. With every day that passes, Conrad is more and more certain that Néomi is his Bride. The one woman that can made his heart beat. All he has to do is escape the manor in which his brothers imprisoned him in and find a way to made Néomi sentient. Piece of cake, right?
I don’t want to give away too much, so I’ll leave it at that. Needless to say, the author throws enough twists and turns in to keep the reader guessing. Fans of this series will be more that satisfied with Dark Needs. There are several characters that we get to revisit, which makes the book even better. There’s also a highly amusing scene between Myst and Kaderin that made me laugh out loud. You gotta love those Valkyries.
4 out of 5.
I can’t wait to read this one! It should be getting here in a fews days – hopefully!
Fabulous review! 🙂
This is my favorite from Kresley!!
Neomi and Conrad have such a beautiful relationship based on communication and trust. 😀
Thanks for the review, Casee! I’m so happy to see DNaNE getting such positive reviews around blogland. I love Kresley’s IAD series and am anxious to read this one.
I really liked this book. You know the part when Conrad takes the ax? OMG! Talk about putting your money w/your mouth is. He was so focused on getting Neomi. And, the way he ignored her b/c he was sure he was going over the brink of madness? lol I loved the way Neomi made him react in spite of himself.
Wendy,
Can’t wait to see what you think! This is one series that keeps getting better.
KB,
I think that’s what made it so great. Their relationship was forged before they even could get physical.
Christine,
I’m really excited for the back-to-back releases. Can’t wait to read Cade’s book.
Gabby,
OMGosh, that scene was intense, wasn’t it? And Néomi’s reaction? *sniff*