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A review by amym84
Shades of Wicked: A Night Rebel Novel by Jeaniene Frost
5.0
I don't know what took me so long to read this book. Having read Frost's Night Huntress series multiple times along with the spinoffs, I, like many others, was highly anticipating Ian getting his own story. But when Shades of Wicked came out I didn't jump at starting it. And then it got pushed further and further down my TBR pile.
Well, once I finally began the book, I didn't want to stop. It brought me back to what it is I love about Jeaniene Frost in that I want to live and breathe the stories.
Frost really does Ian justice in the first of his series. Law Guardian Veritas - whom long-time readers will recognize from the brief glimpses of her character throughout the Night Huntress world - is the perfect match for him. She's been alive long enough to know her own mind, but she's also very vulnerable and kind.
Together they're in the search for the demon Dagon who has marked Ian's soul and with whom Veritas has a mysterious score to settle. At first it's posed as an opposites-attract with a tinge of enemies-to-lovers thrown in, but the best part is seeing Ian and Veritas reveal parts of themselves to each other that they've never shown anyone else - for Ian this means not even Bones or Mencheres. And possibly learning that they're not as different as they previous thought.
I absolutely loved this story, and I remember what it is about this world that Jeaniene Frost created that I recommend so much to those who are looking for a vampire romance. Ian's book will not disappoint those who have been waiting for it for, literally, years.
On the other hand, I'm a little happy I waited because now I get to jump right into [b:Wicked Bite|41798737|Wicked Bite (Night Rebel, #2)|Jeaniene Frost|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545051040l/41798737._SY75_.jpg|65218999]. And with the emotional way Frost decided to leave things in Shades of Wicked, I'm happy there is no wait to see Ian back at it again.
Well, once I finally began the book, I didn't want to stop. It brought me back to what it is I love about Jeaniene Frost in that I want to live and breathe the stories.
Frost really does Ian justice in the first of his series. Law Guardian Veritas - whom long-time readers will recognize from the brief glimpses of her character throughout the Night Huntress world - is the perfect match for him. She's been alive long enough to know her own mind, but she's also very vulnerable and kind.
Together they're in the search for the demon Dagon who has marked Ian's soul and with whom Veritas has a mysterious score to settle. At first it's posed as an opposites-attract with a tinge of enemies-to-lovers thrown in, but the best part is seeing Ian and Veritas reveal parts of themselves to each other that they've never shown anyone else - for Ian this means not even Bones or Mencheres. And possibly learning that they're not as different as they previous thought.
I absolutely loved this story, and I remember what it is about this world that Jeaniene Frost created that I recommend so much to those who are looking for a vampire romance. Ian's book will not disappoint those who have been waiting for it for, literally, years.
On the other hand, I'm a little happy I waited because now I get to jump right into [b:Wicked Bite|41798737|Wicked Bite (Night Rebel, #2)|Jeaniene Frost|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545051040l/41798737._SY75_.jpg|65218999]. And with the emotional way Frost decided to leave things in Shades of Wicked, I'm happy there is no wait to see Ian back at it again.