Nothing will stop Cadeon of the Rage Demons from finding the means to atone for the one wrong that haunts him. But once he captures the key to his redemption, the halfling Holly Ashwin, he finds that the woman he thought he could use for his own ends and then forget haunts him as much as his past. Raised as a human, Holly Ashwin never knew that some legends are real until she encounters a brutal demon, who inexplicably guards her like a treasure. Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with him as her protector, she begins to crave the Cade's wicked touch. Yet just when he earns Holly's trust, will Cade be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs - and claim his heart?

Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutly fantastic
Comment: This is one of the best books i have ever read. Its plot will have you stuck to the sofa making you unable to put it down until you've gotten to the end. I wasn't sure about it at first but after starting to read i couldn't stop. I now look very forward to reading the other books in the immortal series.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good but not fantastic
Comment: I have read all of the Immortals After Dark series and each one was really well written with excellent character development, well handled action scenes and super charged eroticism. However, it is not surprising that after five (or six if you include the anthologised story) smashing stories the standard would drop eventually.
This book is not bad, it just isn't up to Kresley Cole's usual standard. The romance seems rushed, even forced and although there are plenty of fun moments - the action scenes are as good as ever - and there are the usual array of fascinating denizens of of the Lore, it is not enough to cover a somewhat floppy plotline.
That said, I am still glad I bought the book (I just don't re read it like I do the Wroth brother stories)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great story, bit short in the ending but still great...
Comment: I loved this book. I was not convinced that I would enjoy this book considering the lack of Vampires or Lycans but Cade the rage demon really made me change my mind.

Cade is a rage demon who has spent 9 centuries being punished for losing his borthers crown, and Holly doesn't know it yet but she is a halfling (half human, half Valkerie). We know from the previous IAD books that Cade believes her to be his mate, but thinking she was fully human she was forbidden to him. Cade has seemed very superficial in previous IAD books but this latest story has done well to portray him as just in his reserved and stand-offish nature. I also love that Holly is not perfect. She utterly flawed and wonderfully quirky.

One of the main advantages to the world Cole has created, is that it's diverse, full of different species, laws, mythologies, characters and locations. But the added bonus is that she show's no partiality to any of them. The Immortals After Dark Series is building up to the "Ascension", a war that occurs every 500 years. It pits species against species, forces new alliances and does what it's supposed to - thins out the Lore population. Each book in Cole's IAD series is a prequel to the war yet to come and demonstrates how the different species are aligning, that the line between good and evil is very blurred and that anything can and will happen. I cannot wait for the next in the series to come out, and I cannot wait to get to the Ascension....

I would thoroughly recommend this book from Kresley Cole. It's fast paced, well written and doesn't seem forced or cliched. Enjoy...

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A very nice addition to the serie
Comment: I enjoyed this book very much even if it is not as much action as the first ones in the serie. The characters are special: a demon, the first in the serie and a girl that is very far from the typical heroine. The ending was a bit abrupt, but the rest of the book was well developed and very much worth reading.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Something Missing
Comment: Having read and loved all the books in this series up until now, I was left a little disappointed by this one. It is written to the same high standard as the previous instalments, but I felt there were some serious flaws in the plot which stopped me enjoying the story.
(Spoilers!) The main problem with the story is that the relationship between the two main characters - the focal point of all these books - seemed hollow and forced here. This is principally because for the first 9/10ths of the book the plot relies on the fact that Cadeon fully intends to hand over Holly to an evil sorcerer who wants to impregnate her and use the child for evil, in exchange for a magical sword which can kill his brother's enemy. Despite the fact that he changes his mind at the very last minute, the fact that he was willing to hand over Holly for most of the book, despite supposedly loving her, makes him seem extremely callous and selfish. The reasoning behind his plan always seemed somewhat flimsy, vague and insubstantial, relying on the justification that he simply had 'no choice' - a fact which was plainly untrue.
In light of this, both Cadeon and his brother Rydstrom come across as being rather unworthy heroes, and I found myself actively disliking them. Finally, the book comes to an unsatisfying conclusion, with Holly hastily - and unbelievably - forgiving Cadeon for handing her over to an evil sorcerer to be his slave. Though he feels guilty for doing it, I thought his intentions soured the relationship from the beginning. Unlike Cole's other books which I have wholeheartedly enjoyed, this one left a bad taste in my mouth, and feeling a bit let down. I would recommend every book in the series but this one, and I hope the next one in the series is back to Cole's high standard.

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