Search - Pleasure of a Dark Prince (Immortals After Dark, Bk 9)

After finding the last few stories in the IAD series to be a bit meh, I'm glad to see that my favorite romance author is back in fighting form with Pleasure of a Dark Prince. As another reviewer has mentioned, the first 100 plus pages are rehashing events that took place in the other novels, but from Lucia and Garreth's point of view. Consequently it's a bit choppy and jarring even for someone who remembers what happened in the other stories quite well. I'm not sure how easy the beginning of PDP would be for a newcomer to the series though Cole does do a valiant effort of explaining it all.

Fortunately, after the prerequisite setup, this book really takes off and holds you captive until the end. We get to see Garreth and Lucia in a "Tomb Raider" style adventure and Cole's writing really shines here not only as a romance author but as a fairly decent horror/adventure storyteller as well. She introduces several new intriguing characters in the mix and several favorites (like Nix, Regin, and Lothaire) also have major cameos. The love story is hot without losing the romance and I definitely think this story is up there behind No Rest For The WIcked as a favorite in the series. It had a freshness about it that I feel was lacking in some of her latest stories (such as the ones following the demon brothers and the novella with Murdoch Wroth and Daniella). Although, even Cole's mediocre contributions are still miles higher than the average paranormal romance author, and so very readable.

This book sets up a future trilogy of books that follow Carrow, Regin, and Lothaire's stories. I think Cole is a genius at having you fall in love with her characters to such a degree that you pine for her next novel like a lovesick fool. I know I will be not-so-patiently awaiting Carrow's story which comes out on August 31.

This is probably my favorite book in the series! I have a soft spot for the werewolf tales :) This is Lucia's and Garreth's love story. Lucia, the Valkyrie Archer who feels intense pain if she misses a shot...and Garreth, the Dark Prince of the Lykae. Lucia is Garreth's mate... but Lucia's purity" is tied to her Archer gifts. Lucia needs her gift to fight "the big evil". Lots of sexual tension between the characters... I love the banter between the characters...and how Garreth allows Lucia to be herself (a volatile Valkyrie) while her pursues her.
An awesome read... the cherry on top... in this series :)

I am a huge fan of Kresley Cole, and I have all of her books. The first one in the series, was by far my favorite before I read this book(that is A hunger Like No Other). This book is now my second favorite book only because I loved the first two characters still the best.

I was hoping this book would be more forward than her previous books were, I was wondering how far she was going to go where she keeps going back where the same characters are in the same timeline, instead of everything happening in the future 6 months, or a year. She spent the first 100 pages with the new story adding in everything that happened previously, and then she skips it up year, and you realize you still have 300 pages of all new material!

I loved the characters, and i have to say me likey the lykaes! Garreth is simply likable enough that you want him to be talking to you instead of Lucia. I'm glad that she wrote more for Lucia, and gave her her own backstory finally, and I was in love with thier relationship. You could also tell she was setting up for the next books in her writing, and i found myself wondering why she wrote this tidbit, and who it would correspond to, and who you think it would be for the best character. I hope I havent said any spoilers, but the ending was a complete and total, WHAAAAAAAT! She leaves the mother of all cliffhangers, and has you making sure theres nothing written on the next pages for you to see what happens.

If you are a fan and havent read it yet, go and get it! You wont be disapointed

As always a great read from KC, start from the beginning of the series and you will be looking for the next one. I am just sorry I have read them all and now waiting for the next release impatiently.LOL

I haven't read the series in order but so far this is my favorite! It starts off a little slow, giving a recap from the other stories it intertwines with (but I enjoy this since I'm reading out of order), but then it takes off and is so hard to put down.

I found Lucia and her reasons for wanting to keep secrets from Garreth very understandable. It seems like in some books when the lead has a "deep dark secret" it turns out to be something silly or slightly embarrassing. However, with Lucia hers truly is deep and dark with no simple solution.

Also, I love the dialogue and how realistic it is. Ive found myself rolling my eyes with some other authors because no one talks like that, but not with Cole.

I highly recommend this book!

This book was a lot of fun and very sexy. I adored both Garreth and Lucia from the other books and they do not disappoint. It made sense that Lucia would keep certain facts about her past from Garreth so it wasn't annoying at all.

The only thing is you really have to read "A Hunger Like No Other" first or you will be completely lost.

I have to say that this one was a little choppy and really isn't as smooth. I didn't like the end where they set up the story for three other characters. I thought it was unnecessary. I think the fact that Lucia mentioned what happened to them was enough.

I still enjoyed it though and would recommend it to others who have read the series.