Cadeon is the prince of the rage demons, and his brother is the King, well he would be if Cade hadn't lost his crown. Holly is a OCD math wiz, professor, and severely repressed human/Valkyrie. She doesn't know she is a Valkyrie until she is attacked by another group of demons because she just happens to be one of the keys to the lore ascension. When she gets attacked, she turns, and then well...you can read it for yourself.

Anyway, I like Cade's character a lot, he has been one of my favorites for awhile, since we first met him. He is a sarcastic chauvinistic ass and he is just hilarious. I like how Holly starts to open up and accept everything and she learns who is is in the process. I still really dislike Rydstrom (Cade's brother) but maybe there will be some explanations in his book, which is next. There is some awesome plot in this book...and I am excited to see more of these characters later...but what I really want is Nix to have a book. Just sayin.

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I consider Cadeon Woede, the hero of the fifth installment of Kresley Cole's widely popular Immortals After Dark paranormal romance series, to be the less intense of the males in the series thus far- although he's experienced some big-time regrets in his past.

After losing his father and eldest brother to war, Rydstrom Woede, Cade's next oldest brother who is now first in line to the throne of their demon Kingdom, sends Cade away to be fostered out to ensure the succession to the throne. One fateful day the kingdome falls to an invading army lead by his families' darkest enemy... and it's all Cade's fault.

Instead of leaving to help Rydstrom fend off the invader, he had made the decision to stay back and fight for his foster family- who ended up murdered anyway. Feeling guilty ever since for not helping his brother, when the chance comes along all these years later to finally wrest the throne back for Rydstrom, Cade's determined to make good on his vow for revenge.

And the chance for redemption just happens to center around the one woman he knows he destined for, one Holly Ashwin a bright young lady he met not long ago and has never forgotten.

Now he must make a decision- protect the one woman he knows he's destined for or use her to get a magic weapon that will kill his enemy once and for all.

However Holly is more than she seems- far more than even she realizes- and things become less cut and dry when the fate of the world are in the balance...

As I said before, Cade is less wounded then some of the other characters we've seen in this series and it was a welcome respite, if you ask me. Sexy and charming, but no less determined, Cade's love for Holly is never in question, even when he's sure he will have to give her up to ensure his brother's throne.

Holly is fascinating as well, as she keeps all her emotions under ruthless control for fear of harming an innocent. Being both Valkyrie AND Fury (even though she has no idea who she really is), she has a lot of power to keep in check but when she finally comes into her own, it's something to behold! I loved the ending when she thinks Cade has betrayed her and she manages to fight her way out of a sticky situation all on her own. She's smart and strong and just as determined as Cade and they make a wonderful pairing. ( )

I have liked reading this series and I recommend it to those who are familiar with their mythology. In this book a demon (who is good) mates with a math nerd female immortal warrior. They go on this long trek to retrieve a sword to kill a someone who can't die by normal methods and get back his kingdom. I wonder what happened to the brother, the sword and how the big battle between the demons as well as the battle within the lore is coming will fare. With all of Nix's involvement in this battle of the lore, I want to read her romance story. ( )

I'm reading this series out of order, but it doesn't really seem to matter. I have some issues with how this volume doesn't really have an ending though; hopefully that will be addressed in the next (last?) book.

For a year the infamous demon mercenary Cadeon Woede has watched his other from afar, believing the human to be forever out of his reach. Holly Ashwin enjoyed her ordered life between teaching classes and working on a new, ground breaking computer code she never realized that there is more to her existence. When fate conspires to bring Cade and Holly together it could bring about the birth of the ultimate good or the ultimate evil that every faction of the Lore is determined to use to tip the scale in their own favor.

Of all the Immortals After Dark books I have to say this has been the most disappointing one to me. I think it may have to do with the fact that Cade has stuck out to me as a character and I expected a little more from his story. I didn't like him as much as I thought I would. I enjoyed Holly's OCD quirks although I found her to be a bit on the self-centered side which kind of annoyed me. Despite my disappointment I did find it to be an engrossing story that was fast paced and read very smoothly. Although I'm looking forward to Rydstrom's story next, it is with a little trepidation based on what we found at the end of this one. In any event I am sure it will be interesting to see how it all works out. ( )