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A review by chelseaj91
Blood Red Kiss by Gena Showalter, Larissa Ione, Kresley Cole
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole 5 stars!
OMG!! I loved Myst and Nikolai's story! It was interesting getting to see their start and I honestly just wanted this to be a full-length novel. The trouble those two could have gotten into! And I would have loved to see them fighting together more. I know they're present in the rest of the IAD books and it seems like people are starting to half consider coming around, but I just wanted more of them.
Forsaken by Night by Larissa Ione 3 Stars!
This was actually pretty interesting. I did feel like there was some world building that got left out because it was a novella so I was a little frustrated with that because I will admit to getting a little lost. I liked Lobo and Tehya's relationship and how it had sort of started before things were revealed. The end really kind of amped the tension and I would have liked more on Lobo's exile because there were clearly some dominoes that tipped at that point. I really wished there'd been more to Tehya's past and her secrets because it seemed a pretty big deal when things were revealed. Overall, I think I'm considering giving the main series this came from a chance.
Dark Swan by Gena Showalter 2 Stars!
This was definitely my least favorite of these novellas. If I'd been reading this as a book on it's own, I would have most definitely DNF'd. As it was, I skimmed about 80% of the story. There was just so much info that was skipped and it honestly felt like the author was expecting you to have already been familiar with the world. That being said, the story did have potential but it just never went anywhere. Dallas was such an eye-rolly ass (and I don't know why he pissed me off because some of those traits on other characters I absolutely love...). Lilica's character confused me. She was supposed to have been raised in this lab and it half seemed like the author wanted to give her a naïve quality because there were a lot of things that she acknowledged she'd never done. Yet she never had problems figuring out the city or potentially being slightly concerned about things. I don't know, it just struck me as odd. Overall, I feel like this just needed to become a full length novel because it desperately needed to be fleshed out.
OMG!! I loved Myst and Nikolai's story! It was interesting getting to see their start and I honestly just wanted this to be a full-length novel. The trouble those two could have gotten into! And I would have loved to see them fighting together more. I know they're present in the rest of the IAD books and it seems like people are starting to half consider coming around, but I just wanted more of them.
Forsaken by Night by Larissa Ione 3 Stars!
This was actually pretty interesting. I did feel like there was some world building that got left out because it was a novella so I was a little frustrated with that because I will admit to getting a little lost. I liked Lobo and Tehya's relationship and how it had sort of started before things were revealed. The end really kind of amped the tension and I would have liked more on Lobo's exile because there were clearly some dominoes that tipped at that point. I really wished there'd been more to Tehya's past and her secrets because it seemed a pretty big deal when things were revealed. Overall, I think I'm considering giving the main series this came from a chance.
Dark Swan by Gena Showalter 2 Stars!
This was definitely my least favorite of these novellas. If I'd been reading this as a book on it's own, I would have most definitely DNF'd. As it was, I skimmed about 80% of the story. There was just so much info that was skipped and it honestly felt like the author was expecting you to have already been familiar with the world. That being said, the story did have potential but it just never went anywhere. Dallas was such an eye-rolly ass (and I don't know why he pissed me off because some of those traits on other characters I absolutely love...). Lilica's character confused me. She was supposed to have been raised in this lab and it half seemed like the author wanted to give her a naïve quality because there were a lot of things that she acknowledged she'd never done. Yet she never had problems figuring out the city or potentially being slightly concerned about things. I don't know, it just struck me as odd. Overall, I feel like this just needed to become a full length novel because it desperately needed to be fleshed out.