The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark, #0.5)
Kresley Cole
Nikolai Wroth, once a ruthless human warlord in the 1700s and now a general in the rebel vampire army, needs to find his bride, the one woman who can render him truly alive. As a turned human, he doesn't enjoy a heartbeat or breathing and is consequently weaker than fully blooded vampires. He wants his bride for the power she will bring him and can hardly believe it when his heart beats for Myst the Coveted, a mad, fey, mythological creature.She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen the jewel which commands her, giving him absolute power over her. While he possesses it, he can make her do anything, and he plans to in order for her to experience firsthand the agonizing, unending lust she'd purposely subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Wroth realizes he wants more from her and frees her, will she come.Note: First published in the 2006 anthology, Playing Easy to Get.
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3.5 stars
OVERALL: A fun and steamy novella that is NOT THE PLACE to start this series! But I liked the chain elements and how Nikolai resolved that issue.
Content warnings: sexually explicit scenes, violence, battle, blood, death, prisoner, captive, betrayal
I understand now why so many people recommend NOT starting the series here with this novella. I think reading it where I did (between books 6+7) was great, because it sets up some conversations that happen in book 7, and tells the story between characters we've already heard about and seen in books 1-6. I think starting here would be A LOT to take in, and maybe tough to follow.
Despite this being a novella, I felt like there was enough angst and development of the story and the romance for me to enjoy the shorter length. I felt like there was just a hint too much sex and the chain subplot, but ultimately I appreciated how both the main characters came around to the other and made choices for each other.
Plus, the big dramatic 'I'll sacrifice myself for her' scene totally got me, as sacrifice scenes always do. LOL just for Myst to one-up him by being like 'let me just out grand-gesture you here'
A comment on Myst's superpower being seduction and manipulation of men: I actually liked this element, and exemplified the femme fatale element--lure them in just to use. Fine by me
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