Long and Short Reviews

Dark Needs At Night's Edge by Kresley Cole
Simon And Schuster Publishing, Pocket Books
Contemporary, Paranormal
Full Length, Hot
Review by Magnolia

A RAVEN-HAIRED TEMPTRESS OF THE DARK...

Néomi Laress, a famous ballerina from a past century, became a phantom the night she was murdered. Imbued with otherworldly powers but invisible to the living, she haunts her beloved home, scaring away trespassers -- until she encounters a ruthless immortal even more terrifying than Néomi herself.

A VAMPIRE WARRIOR CONSUMED BY MADNESS...

To prevent him from harming others, Conrad Wroth's brothers imprison him in an abandoned manor. But there, a female only he can see seems determined to drive him further into madness. The exquisite creature torments him with desire, leaving his body racked with lust and his soul torn as he finds himself coveting her for his own.

HOW FAR WILL HE GO TO CLAIM HER?

Yet even if Conrad can win Néomi, evil still surrounds her. Once he returns to the brutality of his past to protect her, will he succumb to the dark needs seething inside him?

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The fourth book in the book in The Immortals After Dark Series, Dark Needs At Night’s Edge is a excellent addition to a strong series. Dark Needs At Night’s Edge is enticing and completely spell binding. From the first page Ms. Cole begins the roller coater ride of emotions from Neomi's murder to Conrad's enslavement by his brothers.

Conrad is one of the most interesting hero’s I’ve read in a long time. Conrad knows he is losing his sanity and he knows that it is only a matter of time until someone is able to end his miserable life. But in his darkest bleakest moment, he is given, a small ray of hope in the form of Neomi Laress. Not only are his mental abilities lacking but so are his ‘love making’ ones. But instead of the standard hero that instantly knows how to please a woman. Neomi has the role of the ‘knowledgeable’ one.

Neomi’s love for Conrad is so well written that it comes off the page and fills the readers heart.

While she loves Conrad, she knows that they can never be a couple as he wishes. Time is of the essence in the bargain she made with the witch. She is determined to make the most of it. Sensual, satisfying, and downright beautiful love scenes bring their emotions for each other and totally evolves the reader.

Just when the reader believe the roller coaster is pausing, it hangs a sharp left. Leaving the reader gasping and wondering how Neomi and Conrad will ever manage to achieve the happily ever after ending. Ms. Cole does a wonderful job balancing the high tension with lines like, ‘did you just call your female bait? That’s an endearment for you Conrad?’ The crazy antics of the other secondary characters are guaranteed to make the reader chuckle.