A review by redhairedashreads
Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole

Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.

DNF Page 144, Ch. 25 (41%)

I am giving up on this book. For the previous books even if I didn’t like one of the characters (usually the man), I usually liked the other MC, but with this one I didn’t like either of them, which really killed my enjoyment of this book. 

While I like Cade in the other books, I don’t like him at all in this one. He has been lying from the very beginning and plans on giving Holly up even though she is his mate, which I don’t love. He is misogynistic, kisses another demon after they have already kissed and he knows she is his mate, and just constantly does things that make me not really like him. 

Holly was my main issue though because she was so annoying. She is a newly awakened valkyrie who has spent her life avoiding anything sexual, not because she doesn’t like it but because she is afraid of hurting someone, but she has a boyfriend, which she doesn’t kiss, and expects it to magically all work out once they get married. She also only eats prepackaged foods and refuses to eat them if she accidentally touches the rim, which is such a waste and was just very ridiculous. She is such a controlled and lifeless woman that I just wanted to slap her and shout to wake up. 

At 40% in I still can’t imagine these two as a couple and I wouldn’t want either of them as a partner, nor do I really care what happens next to them so I am just done with this book.

TW: kidnapping, attempted rape, death, violence,