How can you not fall in love with a tormented vampire? This one was just as good as the others. Cole is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. ( )

I didn't enjoy this one as much as I did her previous works in the Immortals After Dark series. I thought I wouldn't like this one but I still did. Although the start didn't quite pull me in since it was about the human-turned-ghost-turned-something-else heroine, Neomi, I got curious about the hero, Conrad, the long-lost youngest Wroth brother, who's also the most bitter. He's way different from the heroes I've read before because of one thing, and I'm not about to spoil it for the rest of you, I suggest you give it a try.

I only gave this a four because there's less humor, not much witty conversation, but I have to give credit for the superb writing. I was skeptical about the match because it's always Kresley Cole's style to put together two totally opposite characters and make them fall in love with each other, usually they're mismatched. Ghost and vampire, how could that be? Trust me, she really made it work.

The story focused on the characters and how they changed, especially Conrad, the most improved character in the attitude sense. Neomi also improved and got the best of both worlds. Emotions ran fiercely, there were lots of conflicts here, and you'll wonder what would happen next. You'll get laughs when the valkyries, Mariketa and Bowen (yay!) appear here, I love them a lot. On another note, the sex was erotic from the verbal foreplay to the actual thing, and the main event.

I still had fun reading this and would read the next. ( )

I can't say that any 'one' of these books is my favorite. All of them have been absolutely, surprisingly, wonderful and all favorites. This one in particular actually made me cry. It seemed like it was actually going to be slow in the beginning, but Cole was just building the wicked way that she does and hail to the queen for such a thrilling ride and twists and turns, I even held my breathe for a few chapters at the end. Glorious!!! ( )

This love story between a ghost and a vampire. So they do start with a bit of a disadvantage in the story.

Conrad Wroth has gone to the dark side, draining others to death he has absorbed their memories and has gone pretty mad. His brothers decide that they're going to try a desperate attempt to bring him back from this brink. When he starts talking about a beautiful ghost talking to him both he and they are convinced that it's another part of his madness.

Neomi Laress became a phantom when she was killed by her jealous lover. She's used to being invisible to people and ignored by them except when she uses her telekenesis to move things. She finds Conrad interesting, and participates in his healing. They find love along the path of healing.

I liked Neomi, sassy and clever and bitter about being adrift in a world where she really can't do anything to people she's desperate to be physical. There's nothing particularly surprising in this but I found it a fun read. ( )

The missing Wroth brother is finally found and captured by his brothers. He is a vampire, an assassin, and he succumbed to his blood lust and has killed while feeding, therefor marking him as evil and quite crazed from the memories of those he has killed. His brothers put him in an old house near their home in Louisiana to try and help him, turns out he is not the only occupant. Naomi was a famous ballerina at the height of her career in the 20's and was brutally murdered in her newly renovated home. The same home the vampire assassin now resides in. She is a ghost, refusing to leave her life behind, she stays in her home, unable to leave its walls for 80 years. Conrad is the only one who can see her, and they soon find out through various plot twists and obstacles that she is his fated bride. Find out how that goes down...its good.

I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the others, it was great, but not my favorite of the series. I love the humor and sarcasm of the female lead character, she is hilarious, and the face that she is a ghost well, that was new. I couldn't even figure out how that was going to work out for the main characters, but as usual, it does. Good book, and excellent series.

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