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Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole

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meggiemine's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense medium-paced

3.0

I think Dark Desires After Dusk is my least favorite in the series so far. This is the first book with a hero who is a demon and even though we’ve met Cade and his brother in previous books, it still felt like there was a lot of new worldbuilding to take in and process (people, alliances, abilities, history, rituals, etc.). When I found myself pausing my reading to make a note it was almost always because I came across something informational, not because I liked the witty dialogue, prose, sexy times, etc. I generally like the rake & wallflower dynamic in historical romance, but it didn’t work for me as well here. I got a little annoyed with their bickering. Anyway, I know this review is all negative, but I am still hooked on this series. I think maybe it’s time for me to take a break, though, before it starts to feel too repetitive.

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Endnotes

Series: Immortals After Dark #5

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Setting: present day, starts out in New Orleans, LA, but they go on a road trip to Mississippi, Michigan, then the Arctic

Hero: Cadeon Woede, rage demon, straight and thick tawny hair past his jaw, blonde stubble, tan skin, South African accent (?), ne'er do well, rake, black sheep

Heroine: Holly Ashwin, halfling (valkyrie/human), strawberry blonde curly hair, OCD, mathematician and professor, working on her PhD

Tropes: rake/wallflower, road trip, fated mates, heroine in peril, forced proximity

Length: 433 pages, 117k words

Read Date: January 5, 2022

Heat Index: 3.5 🌡️🌡️🌡️

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