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A review by magnafeana
No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole
3.0
3.75 “Have I mentioned I love this series?” stars!
She was a Valkyire;
He was a vamp;
Can it be anymore obvious?
He was a nerd,
While she killed and slayed;
What more can I say?
This next installment of Immortals After Dark dives into more great world building and a unique couple once more!
Forced to turn into a Vampire centuries ago, Sebastian (H) finds himself on the receiving end of a blade when humans of his new village want him gone. But his executioner turns out to be his Bride, the fated being to give him back his humanity through the blooding—unfeeling Valkyrie Kaderie (h) or, as he lovingly calls her “Katja”.
H and h come to rocky start: Katja’s feelings return with a confusing vengeance that muck up her purpose in life while Sebastian must navigate The Lore and understand the world is much more than mere mortals understand.
Through the Hie—an intensive game of scavenger all to sate a goddess’ passive desires—H and h must navigate their budding attraction among their racial divide and among quite the killer of a competition.
What I enjoy about the Immortals After Dark series is how diverse the plots are. The stakes are always high and the world building deepens. I love that tremendously.
However, while the MCs do have their differences, a lot of them slip into the same tropes. I think the differences are enough that each character would have a distinct enough voice from another, I do. Same to the back stories. In the context of immortals, it truly makes sense for all the cast to go through horrible, horrible things.
I don’t know. It’s just something about the way the MCs and side characters are written that seem familiar. Maybe it’s the humor. I don’t know why, but the humor here doesn’t do it for me.
I found it out that Sebastian, a man who is still hurting from women not genuinely desiring him, dabbles in non-consensual blood play with his Bride because he “lost control”. Same with the bargaining kisses and touches for lifesaving when he was clearly bothered his Bride would feel pain regardless if she heals.
It felt like there were two Sebastians: Sebastian the dubcon manipulative king and Bastian the scarred-hearted scholar who would love like no other.
And the time travel thing… I’m sorry, but the explanation was one of those “God-kun” explanations. I understand why it was there, but it felt like it could’ve been explained earlier and the risk factor could have come from ”If you open a door to the past to connect it to the present day, you have a time limit before the door to the present closes and you’re stuck in a new reality”.
I get the time travel explanation was staved off to build drama, but it didn’t contribute as much Ah-ha! wittiness as it should have.
There was some lite OM drama and mentions of possibleOW, but it just felt like blatant plot device and not something naturally occurring between the characters.
I did enjoy this book. The steam level was
She was a Valkyire;
He was a vamp;
Can it be anymore obvious?
He was a nerd,
While she killed and slayed;
What more can I say?
This next installment of Immortals After Dark dives into more great world building and a unique couple once more!
Forced to turn into a Vampire centuries ago, Sebastian (H) finds himself on the receiving end of a blade when humans of his new village want him gone. But his executioner turns out to be his Bride, the fated being to give him back his humanity through the blooding—unfeeling Valkyrie Kaderie (h) or, as he lovingly calls her “Katja”.
H and h come to rocky start: Katja’s feelings return with a confusing vengeance that muck up her purpose in life while Sebastian must navigate The Lore and understand the world is much more than mere mortals understand.
Through the Hie—an intensive game of scavenger all to sate a goddess’ passive desires—H and h must navigate their budding attraction among their racial divide and among quite the killer of a competition.
What I enjoy about the Immortals After Dark series is how diverse the plots are. The stakes are always high and the world building deepens. I love that tremendously.
However, while the MCs do have their differences, a lot of them slip into the same tropes. I think the differences are enough that each character would have a distinct enough voice from another, I do. Same to the back stories. In the context of immortals, it truly makes sense for all the cast to go through horrible, horrible things.
I don’t know. It’s just something about the way the MCs and side characters are written that seem familiar. Maybe it’s the humor. I don’t know why, but the humor here doesn’t do it for me.
I found it out that Sebastian, a man who is still hurting from women not genuinely desiring him, dabbles in non-consensual blood play with his Bride because he “lost control”. Same with the bargaining kisses and touches for lifesaving when he was clearly bothered his Bride would feel pain regardless if she heals.
It felt like there were two Sebastians: Sebastian the dubcon manipulative king and Bastian the scarred-hearted scholar who would love like no other.
And the time travel thing… I’m sorry, but the explanation was one of those “God-kun” explanations. I understand why it was there, but it felt like it could’ve been explained earlier and the risk factor could have come from ”If you open a door to the past to connect it to the present day, you have a time limit before the door to the present closes and you’re stuck in a new reality”.
I get the time travel explanation was staved off to build drama, but it didn’t contribute as much Ah-ha! wittiness as it should have.
There was some lite OM drama and mentions of possibleOW, but it just felt like blatant plot device and not something naturally occurring between the characters.
I did enjoy this book. The steam level was