Things are ramping up (literally!) as we are finally deep diving into the second installment of the Immortals After Dark Series. No Rest For The Wicked is a fun, world wind story akin to The Great Amazing Race, where everything and anything can happen if believe in the impossibility.
Genres: Paranormal RomancePublisher: Pocket Books
Publication Date: October 31st 2006
Source: Owned
Format: Scribd – Audiobook / Physical Copy
In this next installment in the Immortals After Dark Series, USA Today Bestselling author Kresley Cole delivers a scorching tale about a forbidding vampire who lives in the shadows and the beautiful assassin who hunts him there.
A vampire soldier weary of life…
Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire—a nightmare in his mind—against his will. Burdened with hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite, fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead.
A valkyrie assassin dispatched to destroy him…
When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her sorrow—accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she encounters Sebastian, her feelings—particularly lust—emerge multiplied. For the first time, she’s unable to complete a kill.
Competitors in a legendary hunt…
The prize of the month-long contest is powerful enough to change history, and Kaderin will do anything to win it for her sisters. Wanting only to win her, forever, Sebastian competes as well, taking every opportunity—as they travel to ancient tombs and through catacombs, seeking relics around the world—to use her new feelings to seduce her. But when forced to choose between the vampire she’s falling for and reuniting her family, how can Kaderin live without either?
“The mind was capable of unimaginable feats if one were strong enough to believe them possible.”
We are finally finding our groove in the Lore! Kresley Cole is finding her rhythm and path in the paranormal romance genre and I can honestly say that I am loving it! No Rest For the Wicked, centers on the story of the great Valkyrie, Kaderin, and the loner vampire Sebastian; as they both compete in the ‘Hie’—the great adventurous scavenger hunt that happens every 250 years in the Lore—however, both strive for different prizes, Kaderin wishes to brings her sisters back to life and Sebastian wishes to make Kaderin his bride.
Ya’ll I was a little hesitant jumping into the second book after such a rocky start with the first novel, but oh my goodness am I so glad I listened to those in the read along and gave it another shot, because wow did I enjoy Kaderin and Sebastian. Kaderin is this fierce Valkyrie, known to everyone as Kaderin the cold-hearted as she can no longer feel emotion due to a blessing from the Goddess after her sisters were killed in a battle against vampires. The character growth that Kaderin goes through is one of my favorite things about this story as she has to relearn what emotions are and feeling them along side her every time Sebastian is near her.
Sebastian was such a sweet bean, we are given the classic sad boi hero (with alpha male tendencies if I’m not gonna lie) and badass heroine who wants absolutely nothing (but everything) to do with him but because they are fated, they can’t seem to stay away from each other. I loved watching him figure out how to be the best version he could be of himself for Kaderin and always finding ways to be near her or helping her, even if it meant losing a limb or two.
Honestly, I think No Rest For The Wicked is probably the best place to start this series if you are looking to jump into this series. You get adventure as different immortals scour the world for different trinkets and items, a hot and sizzling enemies to lovers that is riddled with a chemistry so sweet and passionate—you can’t help but swoon.
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