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Shadow's Claim
by Kresley Cole
The thirteenth book in the Immortals After Dark series and the first book in the Dacians sub-series, featuring Trehan Daciano, the Prince of Shadows and Bettina, a half-demon, half-sorceri Princess.
Well, this was enjoyable enough, the tournament was interesting, as were some of the competitors (and as I discovered, the later fall out from it). Bettina was a bit of a so/so character for me – there were times when I liked her, other times when I didn’t so much. It was hard because of her character flaw and she worked through some of the stuff that annoyed me, but not all.
I do like the sorceri storylines though, because I just love that they’re not entirely “good” characters. Not that any of the immortals are, but I love that they’re greedy for gold and have few qualms about doing what needs to be done.
I’m a big assassin lover (as in the type of character, not actually) so Trehan was a pretty decent hero, right up until the misunderstanding. *eye roll*
By this point, 13 books in, I’m well familiar with the patterns and formula of these books. The characters kiss then oral and then sex (approx. 75% through) in about the same places through the story, and almost (or possibly always, my recollection isn’t that good) after sex they have the black moment / fall out. What keeps the books readable for me since I’m not super keen on the formulaic approach to series writing, is that the characters, setting and storylines are fresh. Not all the characters are my cup of tea, as with Bettina in this one, and not all stories set me on fire, but I do enjoy the build towards the Accession and the thread throughout each book that builds towards it.
Not a stand out one in the series for me, but enjoyable.
Well, this was enjoyable enough, the tournament was interesting, as were some of the competitors (and as I discovered, the later fall out from it). Bettina was a bit of a so/so character for me – there were times when I liked her, other times when I didn’t so much. It was hard because of her character flaw and she worked through some of the stuff that annoyed me, but not all.
I do like the sorceri storylines though, because I just love that they’re not entirely “good” characters. Not that any of the immortals are, but I love that they’re greedy for gold and have few qualms about doing what needs to be done.
I’m a big assassin lover (as in the type of character, not actually) so Trehan was a pretty decent hero, right up until the misunderstanding. *eye roll*
By this point, 13 books in, I’m well familiar with the patterns and formula of these books. The characters kiss then oral and then sex (approx. 75% through) in about the same places through the story, and almost (or possibly always, my recollection isn’t that good) after sex they have the black moment / fall out. What keeps the books readable for me since I’m not super keen on the formulaic approach to series writing, is that the characters, setting and storylines are fresh. Not all the characters are my cup of tea, as with Bettina in this one, and not all stories set me on fire, but I do enjoy the build towards the Accession and the thread throughout each book that builds towards it.
Not a stand out one in the series for me, but enjoyable.