The Warlord and the Ballerina | Dark Needs at Night's Edge (The Immortals After Dark, Book 4)

One of the Best! | Dark Needs at Night's Edge (The Immortals After Dark, Book 4) | Kresley Cole

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	• Dark Needs at Night's Edge (The Immortals After Dark, Book 4) Kresley Cole Pocket, 2008 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 66 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Not her best work...

I actually would give this a 2.5, not a three, but I rounded up.
First off I really love Kresly Cole, and will probably buy more of her books in the future, but this one just didn't really work. If felt forced. It started off with a great premise and I was actually looking forward to it, but as it progressed I stopped caring.
You have the leading man, who is insane in the beginning, a killer, blood thirsty, horrible, and misunderstood. You expect a change in him for the better, which happens, but in matter of pages, not chapters. There wasn't a slow progression towards sanity, so that when it happened it seemed fake. Also, Cole included many of the characters from the other books, which is fine, but they kinda took over towards the end in an annoying way.
The majority of this book seemed to be people explaining the world around them. I could have use a couple of refresher pages, but not chapters. The last chapter, which is normally the chapter where the lovers bask in their happiness, this one was pages of explanation of how the heroine lived through another endeavor.
Overall it was not a pleasing read, but won't stop me from reading the next book she puts out.

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The Warlord and the Ballerina

I would first like to say that I really really really love the paranormal genre and its books like this that remind me why. This novel was absolutely flawless from start to finish. In fact, EVERY book in this series has been above par. I finally understood how talented the author is when I went back and read her novella "The Warlord Wants Forever." I loved that story and I Hate novellas. If interested, you can find it in Playing Easy to Get. Anyways...

The beginning of the book takes the reader to a chaotic chain of events that takes place during the Jazz Age in 1927. Former burlesque dancer and famous ballerina Neomi Laress gets stabbed in the heart or (in Mariketa's words) shanked in the ticker by her spurned ex-boyfriend. Neomi's ghost becomes trapped in a type of spirit limbo and she is unable to leave the confinements of Élancourt, her once beloved home. She remains in this sad state for several decades, but things start to get really interesting fast when a certain deranged assassin vampire invades her home.

The vamp in question is Conrad Wroth. Kresley Cole allows the reader to view events in the novel from his point of view and I got to warn you that it is very incoherent and fragmented in the first portion of the novel. But I guess when you're brutally murdered and turned into the very thing that you swore an oath to kill; you're allowed to go off the deep bend on occasion. At the very start of the story, things become very dicey for Conrad because he is forced to contend with a long list of enemies that want to see him dead (for good this time). Conrad is also bent on seeking vengeance against his older brothers for the part they took in his first death.

All of these various elements become insignificant once he meets Neomi. The romance between them is very well written. I think the thing that I loved most about the story was the fact that there was an actual (gasp) ROMANCE in this novel. Because of Neomi's ghostly status, they couldn't rip each other's clothes off immediately. I have gotten so tired of other authors stringing a bunch of sex scenes together and proclaiming it a novel. Please don't misinterpret me; this IS a very sexy read. Conrad is a virgin when he first meets Neomi and she willingly becomes his sex tutor. I DON'T BLAME HER!

Look for past characters to make cameos in this newest addition. Nix and Mariketa are absolutely hilarious.

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One of the Best!

One of the best books in the series. I dont give 5 stars easily. But this gets one. Nough said.

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couldnt put it down!

she did it again! every one of these lore books have been amazing and thi one was no exception. i was leery about the whole ghost thing, but i couldnt put the book down. i actually found myself laughing out loud,

Another Great Book in the Series

I loved this book as much as the ones that came before. I love the concept of the world she has created. My only complaint is that she isn't writing fast enough, I want to read more! :)

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