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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
i think im just a baby, but i felt like they were too much of enemies before they became lovers. like they were so MEAN to each other. also did NOT love the fact that she literally had slaves
I wanted to give this author another chance but she is not for me.
funny
lighthearted
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Even though each book in the book series isn't that much different from the other, I keep on reading them without pause when I can.. I also prefer these over the one I have been reading for some time now (Surrender to Me). And I know that I will start reading #9 in about 10 minutes.. :D
This one was not for me. Too much sexual violence. Maybe I need a break from the series
Rydstrom remains my favorite hero, and this is where I stop talking about that and talk to my therapist instead.
But this book...
-1 star for the homophobia. There hasn't been a single (out) queer character in IAD so far, and here we get our first queer characters. They are 1) off-page; 2) Sabine's slaves (a general problem that's *never* dealt with); and 3) are ordered by Sabine/take pleasure to *maybe* SA Rydstrom while bathing him when he's Sabine's prisoner. Cole's writing pulls back as if she knew in 2009 that this wasn't cool. Then Rydstrom goes for homophobia instead of dealing with being SA'd because that's the "easier" writing path.
-1 star for the what-the-fuckery of so many writing choices. Kiss of a Demon King would be incredibly hot one moment, and then next, it's whiplash, where the word choice is vomit-worthy. Among other things, I may die happily if I never read the word "seed" again outside of gardening books.
Rydstrom and Sabine have classic D/s dynamics, but smart-ass masochists tend to throw off readers as that doesn't seem to be what most romance books with BDSM elements go with. Rydstrom not breaking is important, but tying him up on a bed for 130 pages was a disservice to showing his character. Rydstrom does lose it, but the rage nature of the Rage demon Cole kept promising didn't quite materialize until the very end when he will sacrifice himself for Sabine's life.
Cole plays with our cultural ideas about demons and sorcerers and contrasts medieval and modern society. I enjoy the materialistic and "ooh, shiny jewels" Valkeryie nature. Still, it'd be nice to see more ways Cole views modernity besides fancy sports cars, expensive clothing, thongs, video games, and movies. (Every sexually empowered woman wearing thongs dates this series so much.) We get little hints of Sabine wanting to bring sexual education and feminist empowerment to the female Rage demons. (Rydstrom not remembering sleeping with Durinda was hilarious, but also, it was a millennia ago. Sorry, but I wouldn't recognize some people I had sex with 20 years ago on the street.)
For a moment, I'd hoped that Puck would be their foster kid, and he'd actually been the one the prophecy had been about, not some future biological offspring of Rydstrom and Sabine. If Nïx forges these alliances via marriage amongst the different types of Immortals and makes everyone family, it would be cool to show a contrast, especially after Cade and Holly's very bio-essentialist journey.
I have many questions about Rothkalina under Rydstrom's rule again, including, but not limited to, what they think of their queen. I do hope we'll see more.
But this book...
-1 star for the homophobia. There hasn't been a single (out) queer character in IAD so far, and here we get our first queer characters. They are 1) off-page; 2) Sabine's slaves (a general problem that's *never* dealt with); and 3) are ordered by Sabine/take pleasure to *maybe* SA Rydstrom while bathing him when he's Sabine's prisoner. Cole's writing pulls back as if she knew in 2009 that this wasn't cool. Then Rydstrom goes for homophobia instead of dealing with being SA'd because that's the "easier" writing path.
-1 star for the what-the-fuckery of so many writing choices. Kiss of a Demon King would be incredibly hot one moment, and then next, it's whiplash, where the word choice is vomit-worthy. Among other things, I may die happily if I never read the word "seed" again outside of gardening books.
Rydstrom and Sabine have classic D/s dynamics, but smart-ass masochists tend to throw off readers as that doesn't seem to be what most romance books with BDSM elements go with. Rydstrom not breaking is important, but tying him up on a bed for 130 pages was a disservice to showing his character. Rydstrom does lose it, but the rage nature of the Rage demon Cole kept promising didn't quite materialize until the very end when he will sacrifice himself for Sabine's life.
Cole plays with our cultural ideas about demons and sorcerers and contrasts medieval and modern society. I enjoy the materialistic and "ooh, shiny jewels" Valkeryie nature. Still, it'd be nice to see more ways Cole views modernity besides fancy sports cars, expensive clothing, thongs, video games, and movies. (Every sexually empowered woman wearing thongs dates this series so much.) We get little hints of Sabine wanting to bring sexual education and feminist empowerment to the female Rage demons. (Rydstrom not remembering sleeping with Durinda was hilarious, but also, it was a millennia ago. Sorry, but I wouldn't recognize some people I had sex with 20 years ago on the street.)
For a moment, I'd hoped that Puck would be their foster kid, and he'd actually been the one the prophecy had been about, not some future biological offspring of Rydstrom and Sabine. If Nïx forges these alliances via marriage amongst the different types of Immortals and makes everyone family, it would be cool to show a contrast, especially after Cade and Holly's very bio-essentialist journey.
I have many questions about Rothkalina under Rydstrom's rule again, including, but not limited to, what they think of their queen. I do hope we'll see more.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes