Dark Needs at Night's Edge (Immortals After Dark Book 5)

Not sure what derailed me from a few years ago, but I’m glad to be back. Great characters, steamy love scenes, cool world-building, hard to put down (have found them all to have this). Here, mighty warrior Conrad struggles with his sanity for much of the book, while Néomi is lovely, lonely ghost. Watching them fall is love was beautiful, and seeing them overcome their (many!) obstacles (separately and together) made it feel real and healthy. Great and interesting characters from the past were revisited and further developed. Excited to read the next one!

I have always loved Kresley Coles Immortal After Dark Series, Ive read a few though not in order mores the pity. (smiles) I love the characters in this full novel, some parts dragged a bit but then other flowed smoothly and kept you wanting to read. We meet Conrad a touch more than a mad vampire, his older brothers are trying to help gain a bit or normalcy. His brothers still see the potential good in Conrad. But when Conrad starts talking to himself they think he has a set back. A dancer, a well know Ballerina killed in her home and left to haunt its halls. Neomi doesn't know what to think about the red eye'd vampire that has invaded her home. Each such a sad soul, slightly broken but fixable? Can Conrad give Neomi something tangible to hold on to? Will Neomie be that one that calms the monster inside? all over a great story I enjoyed seeing Nix and Markita the awaited. A few pretty hot scenes and as norm a evil baddie lurks. fate, choices and descisions. Enjoy

When I reread IAD last year, I actually started with Kiss of the Demon King, skipping the Wroth brothers. I recalled feeling inundated by Wroth brothers in the early parts of the series (there *are* 4 of them, after all) because you get them all so early on, and you get parts of the same story from different perspectives in each book. I'm glad this time when I picked up Dark Needs at Nights Edge (thanks @hsumanityreads) it was to start here. I found myself significantly more comfortable with enjoying the romance on this reread rather than trying to grasp at plot threads, in large part because I've read most of the series twice through. Conrad is a virgin hero for valid reasons (he joined a religious order at a young age and swore off women...then lived several hundred vampire years), and as a vampire discovering his bride and having her become and anchor for him amidst his bloodthirsty insanity is the hottest/sweetest character arc. I love Neomi's stance as independent woman/ghost, and watching her learn to rely on someone else because they both want it is also immensely satisfying. The shower scene remains one of the hottest I've ever read: tension and pining, chef's kiss. I think this is a really good IAD entry point, as there is some worldbuilding, but also better consent than in earlier books. Conrad has possessive tendencies, but he's vampire possessive, and in this case really sweet and protective, rather than scarily possessive.

Dark Needs at Nights Edge is a multi POV forced proximity paranormal romance. Conrad Wroth is a Vampire driven mad by the memories of those he’s drained, imprisoned by his brothers in an attempt to bring him back from the brink. They trap him in Elancourt Manor, home to the ghost of Néomi, a ballet dancer brutally murdered in the 1920’s. Conrad is the first person to see and speak to Néomi in 80 years and their forced proximity brings them closer. This one was so fun! I had no idea how the ghost/Vampire storyline was going to work out but I loved it. I have a soft spot for madmen written by Kresley Cole and thoughts that Néomi’s passion for life, even when she was just witnessing it, was engaging. I especially liked scenes with previous characters and hints at the next book

I have been reading romance novels since I was 15, so a good 20 years now. In my mind nothing like a cup of tea and a good romance novel to escape and unwind at the end of a day. Just to give a sample of my taste, other authors I enjoy are: Jen Holling, Connie Brockway, Johanna Lindsey, Julie Garwood, Christina Dodd, just to name a few. This entire series is such a page turner. I had a hard time putting any of the titles down. More evenings than I care to admit I stayed up way to late "just to read one more chapter". I love that the brothers are all together in this book working to save a fallen brother. Love that they are doing what they can to save the one vampire that most likely cannot be saved. The sparks between Neomi Laress and Conrad are just fantastic from the beginning. I could not find out fast enough how on earth these two could be together. I enjoyed the glimpse of supporting characters so you felt that any of them would be enjoyable to read about in their own series. The entire series is fast and there is not a lot of review of what happened in a prior book. You open the book and off you go. These are not slow moving. I laughed, I cried, I blushed. Boy Ms. Cole writes some steamy scenes. Wow! And I am amazed that nothing repeats. Each book is so different, the plots are so different and the way the main characters relate is so different. Yes they do all have hansom men and lovely ladies. But the dynamic relationship between the main characters is simply fire from page 1 to the end. Out of all my years reading romance. I have never read modern romance before. I can say without a doubt that these are the best romance books I have read and that is truly saying a lot considering how many authors works sit on my shelf.

The Amazon title states book 6 in series. This is incorrect. It's book 5.

Another incredible IAD book! The Wroth brothers are strong charachters that will make you melt - again. Kresley Cole brings us action, romance, unexpected plot twists and a sweet slow burn that turns into a scalding-hot romance.

Ich glaube, die Liebesgeschichte zwischen Neomie und Conrad ist eine der schönsten Liebesgeschichten, die ich je gelesen habe. Sie hat ein bisschen was von ›Die Schöne und das Biest‹, wenn man das Verhalten und die Umstände der beiden bedenkt. Ich konnte das Buch auf jeden Fall nicht mehr aus der Hand legen und war ab der ersten Seite gefesselt von diesen beiden außergewöhnlichen Charakteren und ihrer spannenden, emotionalen Geschichte. Einfach perfekt!

and a pretty good read too

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