I did enjoy diving more into Lothaire’s backstory as that man has been through the wringer. It was nice to see the calming influence she had on him as he has his issues, but I would have liked a bit more from the romance. I don’t think his grand gesture was enough to make up for how he acted towards her, but it is what it is. But I also love how she handled the situation by making it clear she did not want to be with him – as one person in the book said, “I am no expert with females, but I believe an attempted decapitation communicates the need for some space.” Lothaire wanted to kill Ellie for most of the book to be with Saroya and treat her terribly. Lothaire kept making decisions for Ellie, about her body, her future and what she wanted without listening to her, which annoyed me. I loved Ellie and thought she deserved better than Lothaire, especially considering the shit hand fate handed her with her being possessed by the blood-thirsty Saroya. I felt like Lothaire and Ellie had great chemistry, but I wasn’t rooting for them to get together. Honestly, I’m still unsure how I feel about the romance in this book. And that’s saying something for this series, as there is at least one limb lost per book. Seriously, so many limbs and organs were lost in this book.

Honestly, I was not expecting Lothaire to rip his LITERAL heart out as an expression of love, yet here we are. Unfortunately, this one didn’t meet my overall expectations, though it was more BONKERS than expected.

I went into this book with sky-high expectations – it is Lothaire, the Enemy of Old, after all! I’ve been intrigued since he first popped up on the page way back in A Hunger Like No Other and built up how awesome his book was going to be in mind. Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – GoodreadsĬW: Rape suicidal thoughts murder violence blood torture Series or Standalone: Immortals After Dark #11

Lothaire by kresley cole