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Shadow's Claim
by Kresley Cole
Okay, dang it! I really am going to take a break now that I've finished all the IAD books prior to [b:Sweet Ruin|24002318|Sweet Ruin (Immortals After Dark, #15)|Kresley Cole|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1430651869s/24002318.jpg|43602301]. I know if I don't, I will be very sad when I have no more IAD books for at least another year. Feel free to point and laugh when I fail miserably within the next few weeks.
I really enjoyed this. Trehan was a great hero, Morgana was hilariously bitchy, and I loved the addition of Bettina's uncle Raum, and Salem, her foul-mouthed sylph servant. I'd love to see Salem get his body back and discover why he's cursed. I wonder if Hag can help?
If Cole does continue on with the Dacian series, I will read and hope she continues to keep it as a companion series to the IAD. Just imagine, we can have 'very special' crossovers from time to time :)
Bettina was a good character as well, if not my favorite heroine of the series. She had a lot of growing up to do and was probably the most emotionally immature heroine we've had so far and definitely one of the youngest chronologically. She was only 22 (a baby in the IAD) and she had been sheltered all her life. The one time she did strike out on her own she almost died, hence her PTSD and her well-meaning, but old fashioned uncle deciding to step in and get her a husband through a medieval-like tournament for her hand. I could smell Nix all over that mess from the get-go. Once again she's being "cruel to be kind" and getting all her chess pieces in order for the Accession.
I didn't see Bettina as being as flip-floppy as some reviewers have. She was in a tough spot with that tournament. Frustrating to the hero and the reader or not, I could understand Bettina's confused feelings for her childhood friend, Cas. As Salem pointed out, he was gorgeous and one of the few males the sheltered girl had ever been around on a regular basis - of course she had a crush on him. Even when she did begin to realize that he was only a friend, she still didn't want to see him die. Rock meet hard place.
I also completely sympathized with Bettina at the end when Cas and Trehan were in a pissing contest and she was just trying to keep everyone safe and happy. Of course everything backfired when their almighty male pride came into play. I guess it is best to never get in the middle of a dog fight, but how are we supposed to know how they think.
I liked Caspion and had a feeling that he might make a good hero eventually, but wondered how Cole would make it possible without skipping a century or two into the future. After all, he's still very immature in this book. But, I think she set that up nicely with his little trip to the hell dimension where time moves much slower. He can now be gone for a mere month or two and come back much older, wiser, emotionally damaged and ready for his own story :) Maybe he could be paired with Lothaire's silly cousin after she gets back from her own adventure "infiltrating" the nymphs in NOLA.
Re: the audio. Robert Petkoff rocks. It's really pointless to keep saying it. Now he's added a Cockney accent to his repertoire :D
I really enjoyed this. Trehan was a great hero, Morgana was hilariously bitchy, and I loved the addition of Bettina's uncle Raum, and Salem, her foul-mouthed sylph servant. I'd love to see Salem get his body back and discover why he's cursed. I wonder if Hag can help?
If Cole does continue on with the Dacian series, I will read and hope she continues to keep it as a companion series to the IAD. Just imagine, we can have 'very special' crossovers from time to time :)
Bettina was a good character as well, if not my favorite heroine of the series. She had a lot of growing up to do and was probably the most emotionally immature heroine we've had so far and definitely one of the youngest chronologically. She was only 22 (a baby in the IAD) and she had been sheltered all her life. The one time she did strike out on her own she almost died, hence her PTSD and her well-meaning, but old fashioned uncle deciding to step in and get her a husband through a medieval-like tournament for her hand. I could smell Nix all over that mess from the get-go. Once again she's being "cruel to be kind" and getting all her chess pieces in order for the Accession.
I didn't see Bettina as being as flip-floppy as some reviewers have. She was in a tough spot with that tournament. Frustrating to the hero and the reader or not, I could understand Bettina's confused feelings for her childhood friend, Cas. As Salem pointed out, he was gorgeous and one of the few males the sheltered girl had ever been around on a regular basis - of course she had a crush on him. Even when she did begin to realize that he was only a friend, she still didn't want to see him die. Rock meet hard place.
I also completely sympathized with Bettina at the end when Cas and Trehan were in a pissing contest and she was just trying to keep everyone safe and happy. Of course everything backfired when their almighty male pride came into play. I guess it is best to never get in the middle of a dog fight, but how are we supposed to know how they think.
Re: the audio. Robert Petkoff rocks. It's really pointless to keep saying it. Now he's added a Cockney accent to his repertoire :D