Playing Easy to Get (B.A.D. Agency #1.5; Vikings Underground #3; Immortals After Dark #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 02, 2009 Shawna rated it really liked it

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4 stars – Romantic Suspense/Paranormal Romance/Erotica Anthology

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Jan 11, 2009 ♥Tricia♥ rated it really liked it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This review is for just the section: Immortals After Dark, #0.5 by Kresley cole.

I had heard alot about this series, but the book cover kept turning me off for some reason lol.

When I started reading it, it was a little slow.. and I wondered how the relationship was going to work out as there was alot of ill feelings and confusion about who she was on his part.

Reading on it was actually a really good story with alot of tension between the two for various reasons. I had never read anything by this This review is for just the section: Immortals After Dark, #0.5 by Kresley cole.

I had heard alot about this series, but the book cover kept turning me off for some reason lol.

When I started reading it, it was a little slow.. and I wondered how the relationship was going to work out as there was alot of ill feelings and confusion about who she was on his part.

Reading on it was actually a really good story with alot of tension between the two for various reasons. I had never read anything by this author before so I wasn't sure if this was one of those HEA at every book or more UF so that worked in my favor as I actually thought for a second in part of the book that this might not end happily. Which I don't mind sometimes in series as long as the story is good.

I liked the uniqueness of the blooding in the vampire race in her story. It's not often you find a new twist to the myth and it was pleasantly easy to accept within the story.

I was intrigued by the Valkyrie's and their background and am hoping to read more about them in the next books. Though I haven't researched them so I can just hope she doesn't end their story with this book as they were a joy to read about.

I enjoyed the dream scenes where Wroth learns about his Bride. I love how you are taking things, as the reader, out of context as he was when reading his dreams.. and then finding out he was mistaken and just how much compassion she actually has for the people she cares about.
This is what made the race interesting to me, as she is supposedly the nice one of the bunch.

You don't learn too much of Wroth's background, which I was a bit disappointed with, I would love to learn more about his brother and this Ivo character. Again I am hoping to read more about them all in the following books.

Overall the story was great and the characters were lovable.. and I really loved the *love/hate* thing going on with the two.

I only gave this book 4 stars because I wanted more information and backgrounds of the other characters but was left lacking. Of course I guess that's to be expected since her story had to be short enough to be shared in the book with two other authors.
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Apr 14, 2009 Trish rated it really liked it

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Turn Up the Heat- Sherrilyn Kenyon
Vince Cappelleti and Allison George in B.A.D. but not part of the bureau when they meet. Vince is a super spicy hot hero that is trying to turn his life around and running from the bad guys to stay alive. Allison is living an everyday life and yearning for some excitement and adventure. Well she gets what she she wished for- a hot, steamy, ride of her life. Oh and the adventure too.

Hunter's Oath- Jaid Black
Lord Johen Stefsson is a viking that lives in New Swede ...more

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May 03, 2009 Netanella rated it really liked it

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"Turn Up the Heat" by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 3.5 stars
I've enjoyed Kenyon's BAD series, but this one was a little too cliched for my taste. And I really had a hard time with an ex-Mafia hit man falling so quickly for Dairy Girl. I kept picturing the St. Pauli Girl, but buttermilkier.

"Hunter's Oath" by Jaid Black - 3 stars
My first experience in the Vikings Underground series, although I have a few books in the series I haven't started yet. I'm a little conflicted here - I found the whole idea of an ...more

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Oct 22, 2008 Kimberly rated it it was amazing

I only read Cole's story of Wroth and Myst. Really good, but I read it after I finished reading all her other books. Now I know what they were talking about when they said Myst would do a vampire out in the yard. ...more

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