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A review by tuttidolci
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
3.0
Re-read MAY 2022 (with Audiobook):
For my initial read of this book, back in like 2010 or 11 (or something in that era), I gave this story 5 stars. I was fairly new to the PNR game around that time, and this story swept me away, with Kresley Cole's sensual firepower. However, many years later, I'm no longer feeling as enamored by this story as I was back then. Granted, I have gobbled up a shit ton of PNR books in the last decade, so I have more defined tastes now. That's not to say that this wasn't enjoyable the 2nd time around - it was! - but it also felt dated, compared today's PNRs, so it didn't check all the boxes for me as much as it did back then. The forced sensuality was one thing that irked me in this because it was excused by the fact that the male protagonist was described as gorgeous, rich, and a king. Had he been an ugly, broke troll, the female protagonist would've been running for the hills and the story would've been classified as Horror instead of Romance.
For my initial read of this book, back in like 2010 or 11 (or something in that era), I gave this story 5 stars. I was fairly new to the PNR game around that time, and this story swept me away, with Kresley Cole's sensual firepower. However, many years later, I'm no longer feeling as enamored by this story as I was back then. Granted, I have gobbled up a shit ton of PNR books in the last decade, so I have more defined tastes now. That's not to say that this wasn't enjoyable the 2nd time around - it was! - but it also felt dated, compared today's PNRs, so it didn't check all the boxes for me as much as it did back then. The forced sensuality was one thing that irked me in this because it was excused by the fact that the male protagonist was described as gorgeous, rich, and a king. Had he been an ugly, broke troll, the female protagonist would've been running for the hills and the story would've been classified as Horror instead of Romance.