A review by reydeam
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

3.0

This was a pretty darn good paranormal romance book. I liked it, I liked it a whole lot. And yeah, looks like vampires, werewolves and all that has gotten back under my skin because I'm attracted to those stories lately. I'm ok with that. And I would be absolutely ok with saying this book is good—with liking the book—if it weren't for one major aspect. Because of this aspect, I feel like not even admitting that I liked this book. I feel like hiding my face. I really should feel disgusted. Yeah, I was disgusted. Initially. But then, the characters did evolve. Still, the beginning of the story starts with an abduction and pretty much rape. True, he didn't actually have intercourse with her BUT he did use his physical power to minimize her and keep her in check and demand she do a few things that crossed over into what I would consider rape. Oh sigh. I'm a sick puppy because I wound up liking this character, he started doing things that was a 180 from the beginning...respecting her. Shrug. Well anyway, the storyline was good ...you know, the story that involves more than the couple. The writing was pretty good too. I can say that I did not cringe once at overuse of words, lame descriptions, over telling, etc. Truly, the writing was good. Now, if these stories could just evolve away from the man always needing to dominate the woman. For gosh sakes, a story with a man respecting the woman for who she is while he is also being selfless and denying his desires and needs for her good, well, that would rock a paranormal story in my opinion.