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A review by jessicareadsit
Lothaire by Kresley Cole
4.0
Lothaire Daciano, the Enemy of Old !!!1 I cannot begin to describe how excited I was to get down in this book. Loth was meant to be a prince but was a bastard child in his own Kingdom. His father was Stefanovich-the king of the Vampire Horde which means Lothy is a PRINCE !!!! Told as a child he was not good enough, trying hard to protect his mother from their brutal king. Both were banished because his mother would not bow to the king and his mortal mistress. After their banishment from a young age she taught him to harbor hate and planted the seeds of revenge for his father. Kill him before he finds his bride she cautioned.. Gain allegiance from the Horde
In walks Ms. Ellie Pierce mortal being occupied by Saroya the Queen Soul Reaper is the goddess of death and blood. Ellie just want to be the first of her hill billy lot to go to college but alas she is trapped with Saroya who lands her in prison then death row only to be saved by Lothaire.
Their relationship at the beginning is boy wants goddess inside girl but not girl and girl wants boy (Typical right?)
Their banter and her slow seduction of his mind from darkness to the light was super funny to read:
"He called her a mortal kmart checkout beneath him ! Been called worse, mister.- Bootlegger, moonshiner, Elly May Clampett, mountain mama, redneck, backwoods Bessie, hick, trailer trash, yokel, and, more recently, death-row con."
Then the real seduction begins as little Ms. Virgin Ellie rocks his world. She began a game of temptation, to mke him want her, to replace Saroya in his mind as his mate. So he would choose her instead :
"When you do recount my clumsy attempts to Saroya, be sure to mention the part where I rode you like a lazy horse and made you cream-jeans faster than a fifteen-year-old schoolboy squeezin' a tit for the first time." FIRECRACKERRRRRRRR
I also like the euphemism Rubber band (snapping her back to reality). As she was dealt some serious whammies- learning about immortals, seeing them, falling in love, having penetration. I mean how's a girl to cope ??????
There is some sick play at work in Lothaire wanting Soroya to be his bride when she did not even want him as opposed to Ellie who reacted to him so fiercely. He kept thinking in his mind that she could never be his until eventually she wasn't:
" That a mere mortal virgin girl would make him question his own future? Make him question his revenge? So intent was he that he could never see past that.She calmed him as no other...just as Hag had predicted."
Of course Lothaire and Phenix would have a past. I yearn for info on her.. she was betrothed to Loki AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NEED MOREEEEEEEEEE
She spared him when they were younger and have fought alongside him and allies and enemies for centuries.
The Saroya herself is such a bitch I couldn't wait for La Dorada to kick her ass
"Why aren't you even trying to seduce me? You feel no desire for me. You never have. I can wait for the human-who does. How do you know it won't be better with me? Because it can't possibly be better with anyone." SCORE for team Ellie !!!!
Then of course eventually he begins warming up to Ellie girl and her hot perverted ways:
"Saroya can't want you as much as I do, Lothaire. No one can. I've been aching for you."
"When I-I'm gone, will you . . . will you t-tell my children about me? Will you t-take care of them. Just be at ease for now, Elizabeth. Why couldn't y-you and Saroya just leave m-me alone? I only ever w-wanted to live."GUT TWISTINGGGGGGG
Either he was developing a conscience, or Ellie Ann Peirce was his Bride. She might be my bride but she cannot be my queen. (REALIZATION)
"I did, in fact, come loaded for bear. Only to find a butterfly."
"I never knew it could be like this. Lothaire, I've never felt closer to another. Voice thick, he admitted, "Neither have I."
The fact that he was willing to hold back his sexual tendencies for her to experience sex fully really spoke of his commitment to her
Tonight, Lothaire, you don't get to be a vampire with her.
"Little mortal, you've changed everything."Because he was feeling something stronger for her-a bone-deep feeling of possessiveness, of protectiveness. No one would ever harm the female in his arms, not even himself. "Because you are my Bride, Lizvetta. And I've got many years to make up for."
I would say time to roll out the epiphany. "Boy loves girl and not Goddess and goes to kill himself instead of harming her and breaking vows."
Before Ivana had gone to meet her death, Lothaire had asked her, "How can you do this?" At last he understood her answer. Because anything that is worthy in me began with Elizabeth.
Shoulders back, he traced outside to meet dawn, challenging an enemy he'd eluded all his life.An enemy he now prayed would defeat him.
Que the DRAMA (Capital and !!!!!!!) Dorado swings in and begins attacking from a side then eventually the shit hits the fan:
It is foretold that La Dorada, the Queen of Evil and of Golds, a sorceress of great power, will destroy Saroya the Soul Reaper, Goddess of Divine Death, condemning her to the Ether that spawned her, forever as formless as the chaos whence she sprang. . . .Saroya's last thought: My actions had a consequence.
Then after all the drama the Dacians swoop in to claim him as their King WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTT
After he discards poor Ellie he realizes: "each being had a unique key to his or her happiness. Mine was Elizabeth. Because of her actions, she'd robbed Lothaire of his key."
Fav quote: "My sanity will fail me long before my will does. Luckily, the only thing more interesting than a madman is a relentless one."
In walks Ms. Ellie Pierce mortal being occupied by Saroya the Queen Soul Reaper is the goddess of death and blood. Ellie just want to be the first of her hill billy lot to go to college but alas she is trapped with Saroya who lands her in prison then death row only to be saved by Lothaire.
Their relationship at the beginning is boy wants goddess inside girl but not girl and girl wants boy (Typical right?)
Their banter and her slow seduction of his mind from darkness to the light was super funny to read:
"He called her a mortal kmart checkout beneath him ! Been called worse, mister.- Bootlegger, moonshiner, Elly May Clampett, mountain mama, redneck, backwoods Bessie, hick, trailer trash, yokel, and, more recently, death-row con."
Then the real seduction begins as little Ms. Virgin Ellie rocks his world. She began a game of temptation, to mke him want her, to replace Saroya in his mind as his mate. So he would choose her instead :
"When you do recount my clumsy attempts to Saroya, be sure to mention the part where I rode you like a lazy horse and made you cream-jeans faster than a fifteen-year-old schoolboy squeezin' a tit for the first time." FIRECRACKERRRRRRRR
I also like the euphemism Rubber band (snapping her back to reality). As she was dealt some serious whammies- learning about immortals, seeing them, falling in love, having penetration. I mean how's a girl to cope ??????
There is some sick play at work in Lothaire wanting Soroya to be his bride when she did not even want him as opposed to Ellie who reacted to him so fiercely. He kept thinking in his mind that she could never be his until eventually she wasn't:
" That a mere mortal virgin girl would make him question his own future? Make him question his revenge? So intent was he that he could never see past that.She calmed him as no other...just as Hag had predicted."
Of course Lothaire and Phenix would have a past. I yearn for info on her.. she was betrothed to Loki AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NEED MOREEEEEEEEEE
She spared him when they were younger and have fought alongside him and allies and enemies for centuries.
The Saroya herself is such a bitch I couldn't wait for La Dorada to kick her ass
"Why aren't you even trying to seduce me? You feel no desire for me. You never have. I can wait for the human-who does. How do you know it won't be better with me? Because it can't possibly be better with anyone." SCORE for team Ellie !!!!
Then of course eventually he begins warming up to Ellie girl and her hot perverted ways:
"Saroya can't want you as much as I do, Lothaire. No one can. I've been aching for you."
"When I-I'm gone, will you . . . will you t-tell my children about me? Will you t-take care of them. Just be at ease for now, Elizabeth. Why couldn't y-you and Saroya just leave m-me alone? I only ever w-wanted to live."GUT TWISTINGGGGGGG
Either he was developing a conscience, or Ellie Ann Peirce was his Bride. She might be my bride but she cannot be my queen. (REALIZATION)
"I did, in fact, come loaded for bear. Only to find a butterfly."
"I never knew it could be like this. Lothaire, I've never felt closer to another. Voice thick, he admitted, "Neither have I."
The fact that he was willing to hold back his sexual tendencies for her to experience sex fully really spoke of his commitment to her
Tonight, Lothaire, you don't get to be a vampire with her.
"Little mortal, you've changed everything."Because he was feeling something stronger for her-a bone-deep feeling of possessiveness, of protectiveness. No one would ever harm the female in his arms, not even himself. "Because you are my Bride, Lizvetta. And I've got many years to make up for."
I would say time to roll out the epiphany. "Boy loves girl and not Goddess and goes to kill himself instead of harming her and breaking vows."
Before Ivana had gone to meet her death, Lothaire had asked her, "How can you do this?" At last he understood her answer. Because anything that is worthy in me began with Elizabeth.
Shoulders back, he traced outside to meet dawn, challenging an enemy he'd eluded all his life.An enemy he now prayed would defeat him.
Que the DRAMA (Capital and !!!!!!!) Dorado swings in and begins attacking from a side then eventually the shit hits the fan:
It is foretold that La Dorada, the Queen of Evil and of Golds, a sorceress of great power, will destroy Saroya the Soul Reaper, Goddess of Divine Death, condemning her to the Ether that spawned her, forever as formless as the chaos whence she sprang. . . .Saroya's last thought: My actions had a consequence.
Then after all the drama the Dacians swoop in to claim him as their King WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTT
After he discards poor Ellie he realizes: "each being had a unique key to his or her happiness. Mine was Elizabeth. Because of her actions, she'd robbed Lothaire of his key."
Fav quote: "My sanity will fail me long before my will does. Luckily, the only thing more interesting than a madman is a relentless one."