No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark, #2) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 02, 2012 D.G. rated it really liked it

Shelves: awesome-narration, spicy, audiobook, re-read, reviewed, paranormal-romance

Re-Read: Nov 2020
It's amazing how when you re-read a book, sometimes you can see things from such a different perspective. This time around, the relationship didn't seem that uneven like in my first read. After all, he WOKE UP her feelings - she hadn't felt in a 1000 years after a traumatic event and he was the one who made her feel. This time around, I found that Sebastian was the one pushing too hard. After all, the woman is into you, don't ask for marriage after a few weeks! You know she's yo Re-Read: Nov 2020
It's amazing how when you re-read a book, sometimes you can see things from such a different perspective. This time around, the relationship didn't seem that uneven like in my first read. After all, he WOKE UP her feelings - she hadn't felt in a 1000 years after a traumatic event and he was the one who made her feel. This time around, I found that Sebastian was the one pushing too hard. After all, the woman is into you, don't ask for marriage after a few weeks! You know she's your bride but she's wired differently. That said, loved how honorable Sebastian was and how he was made to see things from other people's POV.

All I said below about Mr. Petkoff's narration still stands. This is the best series in audiobook, bare none.

Original Review: June 2012
**3 stars for the story plus 1 bonus star for narration**

This narration was so delicious that I was 67% into the book when I realized that if I'd been reading it, I'd probably have DNF it. The plot was exciting and the main characters were not terrible but the dialogue was sometimes corny and the romance was not at all the kind I enjoy (man chasing woman while they bicker constantly.)

Anybody who has read my review of the previous book knows I had serious reservations about continuing the series. And alas, all my fears were founded. Again, we have in this book a man with an instinctive compulsion to be with a woman but this is not reciprocated. He has NO CHOICE and if he's not with her, he suffers tremendously. She, however, can leave him whenever she wants without suffering. Maybe some women fantasize about having a man completely in their power but I'm not one of them. I want a man who chooses to be with me, not a slave without any choice in the matter.

To be fair to Kaderin, if a stranger shows up one day to tell me I was his fated bride, I would run in the other direction too. I don't object that she had misgivings about the situation (who wouldn't?) but that he had not alternative but to pursue her or be deeply unhappy forever (and in the case of an immortal, this is a terrible thing indeed.)

You would think that with so many issues against the plot, I wouldn't have enjoyed it but I was so enthralled by Mr. Petkoff's yummy narration that I had a ball with it. His performance of the characters - specially the men - was perfect and his accents were so freaking good that I had heart palpitations the first time I heard a (male) Scottish character. Mr. Petkoff didn't demure from performing the love scenes as they were written - there was moaning, groaning, gasping, panting, you name it. His interpretation was so well done that most of the time I was fanning myself as I was listening.

So you can bet the farm that I'll continue this series as long as Mr. Petkoff is the narrator. I wonder how bad the books will have to get before I stop listening! ...more

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Aug 16, 2013 Shan ~A~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: family, romance, erotic, siblings, paranormal, in-series-or-trilogy, fantasy, vampires, kindle-unlimited, time-travel

Sebastian Wroth and Kaderin

I read this years ago and rated it 5 stars. Not sure what my thoughts were then since I didn't actually write a review. I still really loved it this time around, but not so much that it will be 5 stars this time.

However, I did have more of an emotional connection this time around due to Sebastian. I had completely forgotten that he and Conrad didn't wish to be turned, but their wishes were denied.

When we met him here it's a few hundred years later and he's been avoid ...more

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Jun 17, 2010 Melissa Wehunt added it

No Rest for the Wicked (The Immortals After Dark, Book 2) by Kresley Cole (2006)

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Jun 03, 2010 Desiree M ~*~*~ LiveReadCollect rated it it was amazing

Shelves: listened-to-audiobook, vampires, hero-good-guy-straight-arrow, books-i-own, paranormal-romance, older-woman-younger-man, various-paranormal-creatures, valkyrie, heroes-i-want-to-be-all-mine, author-kresley-cole

Reread (on audio): June 2020

Listened to this in one day. Even when I know exactly what is going to happen, I still get excited for what is to come. Love this series.

Another re-read on audio: Oct 2018, I love this one, the story is great, Sebastian is so sweet and I just want to hold him, and Robert Petkoff, is of course, an amazing narrator for this series. People are probably tired of me writing the same thing when it comes to the narration, but I can't not mention how much I love his narratio ...more

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