Dreams of a Dark Warrior (Immortals After Dark, #10) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Feb 14, 2011 Auntee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: part-of-a-series, paranormal-romance, 2011_reads, keepers

I don't know how much more I can gush about this series, but I'll try. Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark is one of my three favorite paranormal series, the others being J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series. I guess the reason I love these series sooo much is because of the things they all have in common--excellent writing displaying the authors' vivid imaginations, fantastic storytelling skills that have you either laughing at the characters' ...more

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May 17, 2010 ♡Karlyn P♡ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: steam-hot, read-2011, genre-paranromal, ebook, published-2011

The time-line for Dreams of a Dark Warrior parallels with Demon from the Dark, and takes us back to that remote island prison in the Pacific. (In truth, these stories are going on at the same time - so be sure to have read Demon from the Dark first.) Valkyrie Regin the Radiant is being held prisoner by warden Declan Chase, a deeply troubled sexy mortal who believes all immortal creatures are evil and should be destroyed. He is a top member of The Order, an organization led by Webb who will stop The time-line for Dreams of a Dark Warrior parallels with Demon from the Dark, and takes us back to that remote island prison in the Pacific. (In truth, these stories are going on at the same time - so be sure to have read Demon from the Dark first.) Valkyrie Regin the Radiant is being held prisoner by warden Declan Chase, a deeply troubled sexy mortal who believes all immortal creatures are evil and should be destroyed. He is a top member of The Order, an organization led by Webb who will stop at nothing to capture and learn about the immortals through vivisection (think of it as an autopsy on the living) and other torturous means.

However, Declan Chase is actually Regin's reincarnated lover Aiden, a mortal Viking berserker killed one thousand years ago before they could marry. Over the years, Aiden kept coming back in different forms via reincarnation - only to die again once Regin had found him and restored Aiden's memories with a kiss. So when Regin recognized Chase as her former lover Aiden, she is mortified by his torturous ways and intends to use the kiss of doom against him to help win her freedom.

Declan doesn't understand why he is so drawn to Regin, a filthy immortal! But he also doesn't realize he is actually Aiden. Throughout the book Regin and Declan fight their attraction and disgust with each other, which at times made for some great laughs and some good steam! So when chaos rains, Regin, Declan and a clan of immortals fight it out for freedom and revenge.

This book was a lot of fun to read. As we have come to expect from this series, it is filled with great action, hot sex scenes, and a mix of regular and new characters. We meet new comers Natalya, a fey, a half-ling high school kid name Thad, and Aiden's best friend Brandr, who won his immortality from the Gods a millennium ago. Nix returns, and as always was on her game! Love her! And we get to know more about vampire Lothaire, who just cracked me up every time he spoke. I am so happy his book is next!!

However, there were few aspects that I had issue with which is why I only gave it a B grade. For instance, Declan was a great hero but it took a long time to warm up to him since he was so dark and tortured through much of the book. But when he finally came around and recognized Regin as his woman, I forgave all his crimes against Regin and fell for the guy. However, I also felt many of his crimes against the lore were simply irredeemable.

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Overall, this book was tough to put down! It is a bit darker than previous, including some gruesome torture scenes and possibly the coldest and meanest hero in the series yet. I loved how we got to meet Aiden in several of his reincarnated forms, and Regin was so witty and funny with her cutting dialogue she helped lighten the story and balance it out for a great read. (I think Regin is now my favorite heroine in this series.) And while I didn't warm up to Declan Chase as the book's hero until near the end, I think Regin and him ended up as a great couple. ...more

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Sep 27, 2010 Jen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: cole

I think what I like most about this book (series) is how each story is intertwined. Like Carrow was going on at the same time. I am very anxious for Lothaire though. Very. Will it be Furie? Surely it isn't Nix. And will Nix even get a HEA?

Regin was awesome though. She might be one of my favorite ones in the this series. And I love how Cole had her fall in love with DC and not just make it about the past. ...more

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Aug 22, 2011 Chrisolu rated it it was amazing

Finally got around to reading this after reading Lothaire. I wasn't sure if I were going to like this book because of the darker theme but I did. As always, Kresley Cole is funnier than the best standup on Def Comedy Jam.

Lothaire had so many funny lines in this book:

"I am a king. I don't negotiate with mortals at your pay grade." page 134

" I've been unmaned with a whip made of razor wire. Naturally, that took many lashes." page 136

"Hate scars, I'm physically flawless- why can't everyone else be ...more

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Aug 21, 2010 Mahlet rated it it was amazing

Shelves: eagerly-anticipating, pnr, series, favorite-author

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WHOA! So crazy dude who’s currently torturing Regin in Demon from the Dark is her MATE?!? Love, love LOVE this twist!! I was already excited for Regin’s story, now I can’t wait!! Just one month to go :) ...more

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Feb 16, 2011 Wendy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: paranormal-scifi-romance, i-own, cover-hottie, were-shifter-demon-faries-other, vampire, kresley-cole, pub-2011, whole-lot-of-other, part-of-a-series, 2011-reads

I wish they had more stars to give. Kresley Cole just keeps getting better and better. This story is about Regin the Radiant (a Valkyrie) and Declan Chase. It picks up from a previous book. There is enough back story to help remember what was going on before. He's a hunter of sorts, hunting down immortals and locking them up. He gets Regin and finds he's Very attracted to her. It bothers him because he hates immortals and has since he and his family were attacked when he was young.

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Apr 13, 2011 Ally rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, 2011

I didn’t have high expectations for Dreams of a Dark Warrior, not because I thought the storyline wouldn’t be good enough but because I haven’t been a big fan of Regin throughout the series. I really enjoyed the ups and downs of the storyline and seeing how Declan suffered and how he was willing to do anything for Regin to prove his worth and try and redeem himself but what really made me enjoy Dreams of a Dark Warrior was Lothaire! I think like many people Dreams of a Dark Warrior was a great t ...more

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Dec 10, 2010 Not Now...Mommy's Reading rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, immortals-after-dark-series, 2011-reads

This series just keeps getting better and better! I really enjoyed this latest installment by Kresley Cole. Quite a few laugh out loud moments and the scenes between Declan (aka Aidan) and Regin were H-O-T!!! I have to admit that my new favorite bad-boy in this series is Lothaire - he just exudes sexiness! I can't wait for his story!

The only thing that kept this from being a five-star for me is that although I loved the story between Regin and Declan from beginning to end...Declan was not my ide ...more

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