A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark #2) Review

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Characters:

Emmaline definitely didn't have a backbone at the beginning of this book. I'm glad that by the end she was so much more independent and learned to speak her mind. Lachlain was cold, angry and aggressive from the beginning. If the story hadn't been told from both of their perspectives, I would have probably hated him completely. Since I did get his perspective, I have a love hate relationship with him. I cannot say that he would be considered one of my favorite characters. Emmaline's family seemed mostly insane to me throughout the book. I wanted to kill half of them for certain ways in which they treated Emma. Thank goodness she learned how to stand up for herself because that made me want to kill them a little less.

The beginning of the book was a bit harsh. Lachlain had no idea who Emma was or what her life was like. I have to take into account that he was injured after having been imprisoned and captured for 150 years and it was by people like Emma, so he thought. But she turned out to be more than what she seemed. Even with what had happened with Lachlain, it bothered me with the sexual things that he did to Emma against her will. It bothered me a lot. The more I read the book throughout their journey together, the more I felt like was completely insane. It angered me that the small things that Emma did to try to get away from him wasn't nearly enough. If I was with someone like that, I'd definitely do a bit more to try to get away from the crazy fool! The fact that she settled so many times because she didn't think she could ever get away was ridiculous. Then after the full moon everything clicked and she was ready to spend the rest of her life with him.

Plot:

The plot was pretty simple to me and for most of the book it wasn't a major part. It mostly consisted of Lachlain and Emma's journey together and getting to know one another. For most of the journey Emma didn't really learn anything which annoyed me. From the first moment the vampires attacked Emma's family, I knew they were after Emma. I couldn't believe who Emma turned out to be. The plot was okay. I was mostly just interested in how Emma would come to fall for Lachlain since I knew that would happen. When she got back to her families home injured, I was angry that no one believed what she said happened. And that they kept her from Lachlain since he was the only one who could save her. Honestly Lachlain had hurt her but her family didn't know in what ways he did. When he found out details about her from her family, I was glad that he changed certain ways that he treated her. It bothered me though that her family wasn't taking into account the fact that Lachlain hadn't wanted to kill her like the vamps did. In the end I was pretty happy with the story. I do however feel that the rest of the series will have the same vibe as this book. I started with this book instead of the first and a review stated things that were prominent in this book like the way the male is willing to do anything to rule over the woman he wants and the woman does pretty much nothing to stop the man from controlling her. The women seem to fall a bit easily for a dominating and controlling man. I will probably continue with the series but it will be difficult.

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