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Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (The Immortals After Dark, Book 3)
written by Kresley Cole
Studio : Pocket Star
by Pocket Star
Publisher : Pocket Star
Released : 2007-10
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781416547037
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 87 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $2.93
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Her breathless kiss haunts him... Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae clan was nearly destroyed when he lost the one woman meant for him. The ruthless warrior grew even colder, never taking another to his bed -- until a smoldering encounter with his enemy, Mariketa the Awaited, reawakens his darkest desires. When sinister forces unite against her, the Highlander finds himself using all his strength and skill to keep her alive. His slow, hot touch is irresistible... Temporarily stripped of her powers, Mari is forced to take refuge with her sworn adversary. It's rumored that no one can tempt Bowen's hardened heart, but soon passion burns between them. Though a future together is impossible, she fears he has no intention of letting her go. No deed is too wicked for her seduction... If they defeat the evil that surrounds them, can Mari deny Bowen when he demands her body and soul -- or will she risk everything for her fierce protector? |
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This Series Just Gets Better and Better |
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night is Bowen and Mariketa's story and partly takes place at the same time as No Rest for the Wicked during the Talisman's Hie, so I think it would be helpful if you're familiar with that book before starting this one. Bowen if you remember was after the prize so he could go back in time and save his mate. During the Hie he trapped Mariketa and several other supernaturals. Unfortunately this has upset (to put it mildly) their supernatural races and is threatening to start a major interspecies incident. So it falls to Bowen to go and rescue Mariketa. But that's just the beginning.
The glue that holds this whole story together is Bowen and Mariketa's relationship. There's quite a bit of other external stuff going on - The Talisman's Hie, interfering Valkyries, lots more intriguing hints dropped about other characters - mainly the proper introduction of Rydstrom and Cade and who exactly is stalking Regin?
Their relationship basically starts off as a confrontation and though they have a chemistry between them Bowen is far too caught up in the need to win the Hie and save his mate. So he betrays Mariketa and traps her to prevent her continuing with the Hie. Not the best way to start a courtship. It's only after he goes back to rescue her and they have to work together to escape the jungle that the spark between them becomes something more. But the course of their love isn't going to run smoothly, just when it seems everything has come into place for them the past rises up to bite Bowen and he has to decide who and what he really wants.
I like Bowen (more than Mariketa). He's one of those characters who doesn't really have a filter between his brain and his mouth. Maybe this is a Lykae trait as I seem to remember Lachlain from A Hunger Like No Other being similar. When he feels it is deeply and completely. He never gives up.
Mariketa is young and in some ways immature. She lies to Bowen about how often she's using her powers even though it's dangerous for her to do so. Some of her behaviour is understandable. He wants her to contain an essential part of herself - akin to her asking him to give up his animal instinct. But sometimes in romances you feel like shouting at the protagonists - just talk to one another! Yet despite all the confrontations in their relationship there's also something warm and fuzzy about it.
For me Kresley Cole has improved with every book in this series, certain scenes she writes so well. She puts you through the wringer, then just when you think the characters have finally got it together she takes it away from you, and makes the protagonists work even harder for their happy ending. And she never lets her protagonists say I love you before time. Even though there are confusions, eventually her characters talk to one another and when they finally open up it feels real and it works.
This is one of my favourite series. Recommended.
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KRESLEY, KRESLEY, KRESLEY! |
Ms. Cole,
If I could smoke a cigarette after reading your novels I would. Great, writing, great plots, great characters. Keep it up, you have a loyal customer for life. |
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Characters needed more depth |
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This was a fun read for me. I enjoyed all of the characters and the quirky way the leading male and female played off of each other. Kresley Cole has a unique paranormal writing style that I enjoy very much. Though I wish she would have given Bowen more depth so I could have felt more in touch with his immortality and the dark emptyness he had felt and battled with for so long. I can't say this book kept me staying up for hours just to devour it... it didn't but it was a good read. I recently purchased (A hunger like no other) and look forward to starting it. |
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This book sizzles |
This is a really great series.
Loved the first book, very hot. The second book had a lot more humor in it. And this book, just sizzled (like the first book).
Great characters, variety of, great building of sexual tension. And the characters are in total denial that they're attracted to each other, which is fun for the reader. Plus there a ton of action, you were never quite sure what was going to happen.
Really really good! |
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Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night |
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (The Immortals After Dark, Book 3)
This is the 3rd book in the Immortals After Dark series. I read the 1st two last year. I love Kresley Cole's writing and I liked this book but not as good as the 1st two. This story revolves around a witch - Mari who is suppose to be the most powerful of her kind but her powers are unstable; and Bowen of the Lykae (wolf) clan. They are sworn enemies that enter a competition for different personal gains. They form a brief alliance to win a prize but Bowen traps her in a cave to delay her in the competition but before she is trapped Mari cast a spell on him that makes him mortal. While she is trapped she can't stop thinking about Bowen and Bowen can not stop thinking about her. Bowen believes she has cast a spell on him that makes him think she is his mate. They end up going through several interesting trials where Bowen ends up realizing it is not a spell she really is his mate. Mari is not so easy to believe.
Cole did a nice job of bringing in the characters of the first two books and you can definitely read this as a stand alone. Cole filled this book with seduction, love, sex and action. The nice thing about Cole's work is that you can actual relate to the characters or the situation even when the book is based on supernatural characters. I found myself wanting to be seduced by Bowen or sometimes wishing I was Mari. |
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